New transport.

[dalekboy]

On the weekend Sharon and I tried out two trikes from Fuse Recumbents. I came away from a 4km ride with no issues, and the 8-month preggo chick's only issue going up a hill was that her belly was getting in the way enough to stop her.

So shortly I shall possess a secondhand, 1993 Greenspeed trike, with trailer so I can take parcels down to the post office. Very happy about this. It'll save us some petrol money, and it's a form of exercise that is fairly low impact. Combined with my swimming lessons, I'll hopefully be doing good, exercise-wise.

arcadiagt5, a long-time trike supoorter/pusher, is over the moon.

Comments

[delicious-irony.livejournal.com]

A trike.

Honestly, I've never ridden a bike successfully before. There was an abortive attempt at age 7 that involved the neighbour's ornamental pineapple plants and took two people to get me out. :P The concept of bike gears are going to take some getting used to...

You'd recommend a recumbent trike then?

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

Certainly. But this still offers a vast range of choices of completely different experiences.

Leece has reviewed her tadpole (two wheels front) here: http://leecetheartist.livejournal.com/131195.html

I've reviewed a delta here: http://arcadiagt5.livejournal.com/115508.html

and another tadpole here: http://arcadiagt5.livejournal.com/79659.html

[magnapops.livejournal.com]

Excellent reviews. Especially from a beginners point of view as both machines are likely to be in the mix for trying out.

Thank-you.

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.