Chronicling my journey from constructing a homebuilt through the 3000 mile Roll Over America on in to my recent aquisition of a used Quest that I commute with.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Twin cities
Rest day in the rain cities. We only ride 60 miles between camp sites on the east and west sides. Stopped for a vegan scone, soy cappachino and a new bike pump at freewheel cycle and cafe. A very cool place.
It was great meeting you in Reedsburg WI. I was the guy on the Yellow fade to Blue V-Rex.
Glad you folks made you're goal of our Nations Capital.
Doing a little negative Statistics math of the ROAM:
1. There was a full 33% or 1/3 Attrition rate of riders.
2. Ten percent of the Original 52 riders had very serious issues. Three Velos were in Roll over Accidents. Two riders forced off the road by by cars with one rider actually hit by a 5000 pound car nearly destroying the Velomobile but more importantly the rider was only mildly hurt.
After reading most reports from Velomobile riders of ROAM indicates shocks are needed on anything but smooth asphalt roadways.
Now for some positive statistics: YOU GUYS & ONE WOMAN MADE AN HISTORIC CROSS COUNTRY USA TOUR!
Originally I set up this blog to document my adventures taking the car free challenge during the month of May 15th to June 15th 2007. The Car Free Challenge is sponsored by Bentrider Online. My primary tool in this adventure is a fully faired, home built, recumbent trike.
At the end of each entry you will find the word comments. Click it to make a comment or ask questions.
The question "Why?" frequently comes up when I tell people I'm doing the car free challenge.
Here in working class New Britain, CT I get lots of comments about how high the price of gasoline is, but the fact that gas is at a record high price is really only a coincidence. It doesn't seem like a day goes by that I don't hear or read another story about global warming and its effects. I wonder what kind of mess we're leaving for our kids. As I ride I see that most cars on the road have one person in them and I've read that 40% of car trips are just a few miles long. So in a way I'm trying to prove to folks who see me that it can be different. It is possible to do most of what we use a car for by human power. Besides, there is the obvious answer that most people can figure out from the big grin on my face as I ride the trike (I'm having a blast) I like it when people admire my creation. On a typical day I'll get 15 or 20 thumbs up, lots of waves, and 4 or 5 people will roll down the window at a stop to ask me about the trike.
1 comment:
It was great meeting you in Reedsburg WI. I was the guy on the Yellow fade to Blue V-Rex.
Glad you folks made you're goal of our Nations Capital.
Doing a little negative Statistics math of the ROAM:
1. There was a full 33% or 1/3 Attrition rate of riders.
2. Ten percent of the Original 52 riders had very serious issues. Three Velos were in Roll over Accidents. Two riders forced off the road by by cars with one rider actually hit by a 5000 pound car nearly destroying the Velomobile but more importantly the rider was only mildly hurt.
After reading most reports from Velomobile riders of ROAM indicates shocks are needed on anything but smooth asphalt roadways.
Now for some positive statistics: YOU GUYS & ONE WOMAN MADE AN HISTORIC CROSS COUNTRY USA TOUR!
SAFE TRAVELS MERRILL!
Mike in Reedsburg
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