This morning I went for a ride with TRBUG. Seven of us rode out of Toowoomba to Wyreema, then around to Wellcamp and back to Toowoomba.

The weather was good for winter, slightly overcast for some of the time and fairly windy. By the time we got back to Toowoomba some batteries were getting low and the riders were having to nurse them. My bike changed over to the second battery.

We finished the ride at a coffee shop at Whyalla plaza shops. After that I rode home part of the way with a couple who live on the same side town.

By the time I arrived home I had done 60.8km.

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In the middle of last year I decided to try and reach 3000 km. Not a big goal for some, but big for me!

My last trike ride for 2023 was on the 31st of December. I reached 3005 km for the year.

It was a ride in the countryside with the Toowoomba Region BUG.

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Towards the end of yesterday's trike ride with the BUG I felt my neck rest get wobbly on one side and then felt a sharp stabbing pain in my neck.

When we stopped I checked it out and found that one end of the plastic back plate that holds the foam cushion had snapped right off.

When I bought the trike in late 2016 the builder advised me only to get a neck rest if I really needed one. I found that as I have the seat reclined a fair way I really did.

I originally made my own with some aluminium tube, hose clamps, a piece of a nylon cutting board, a piece of towelling, and a piece of foam. It worked well but looked pretty rough!

The neck rest is a 'Finer Recliner' that I purchased in Jan 2018 for 175 USD. It is a very comfortable neck rest but this is the second time it has broken.

Last time, I had to get the bracket that clamps to the trike seat welded when it cracked and the neck rest sagged to one side.

I've glued it together with 'all plastics' super glue but I think I will have to reinforce it as well.

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On Sunday I went for a ride with the TRBUG on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail from Coominya to Esk and return.

The unfolded trike only just fits in the Honda Jazz with the front passenger seat pushed forward and with the backrest tilted forward too.

After an uneventful drive to Coominya I unloaded the trike and reattached everything I had taken off it to fit it the car.

We rode along the rail trail in very pleasant weather. The track dips through creek lines at each trestle bridge. Although some bike riders got off and walked their bikes I was able to ride through each one.

The only one I had problems with was one with a line of stepping stones across the creek. On the first time over I rode through the water beside them and part way up the far side. I then came to a 30cm vertical step. I had help lifting the trike over.

On the way back I rode down ok and across the creek but lost traction and bogged in the loose gravel where the stepping stones met the edge. I needed help to get going

Towards Esk I saw a couple looking up at a tree. I stopped and saw a koala. I took some photos and talked to the people.

When I got to Esk the group was nowhere in sight. I phoned the leader and one of them found me.

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