Tricycling

Tricycling? Yes? Do you want me to begin from the beginning? Or, click right down to the Suntrike ?

The beginning? The beginning I guess was Dad teaching me to balance on a two-wheeler, on the lawn.
One speed until age of 12, then Raleigh 3-speed as birthday gift.
Got around on roads of NH ok, Challanged the hills and they challanged right back. Had plenty
of chance to learn about impacting the ground without breaking anything. Then:

College town, Boston. Wanted to keep up, Italian, 10-speed Chiorda. That got me out of town ok.
Skip ahead two years, going back to work after lunch, on Commonwealth Ave. Some yo-yo jumped a
red light. Knocked me and the Chiorda tumbling aross Comm Ave at lunchtime. Wheeee!
I wasn't hurt. Chiorda was a smash. Cops called, yo-yo filed accident report.
His insurance settled me out for $50, I didn't have a lawyer. I needed a bicycle.

Went French this time, Peugeot, 10 speeds. Now, this was my main bike.
I rode that Pug all over. Trucked it out west and rode around in Colorodo. Mountains don't give up.
Trucked it back to NY, Introduced Pug to roads I'd known with Raleigh. Then, Litchfield!
There exists no road in Litchfield that Pug and I have not rode down, or up, or both, repeatedly.
Years add up. At about 20 yoa Pug just got too old.

Replaced with Trek, road bike, 12-speed.
Skishark is starting to slow down too a little bit. Remember, thinking,
" My knees can't take this hill like they used to." Then, head trauma.

Didn't quite have enough left of my balance sense to, , well, deal. with a 2-wheeler successfully.
But I really missed my cycling. I needed my cycling for aerobics. After breaking both legs,
I needed it for muscular therapy as well.Thought,"What about tricycle?"

Local shop had a 3-speed, a good trike for an old man in Florida, but not for my hills.
To get more I had to get out of town. Did so. The Sun Trike has a recumbent posture and 24 speeds.

Sun Bicycles EZ-3 AX Trike

a recumbent delta. Well,

Now that took a bit of getting used to, being so dependent on yaw of road for my balance.
Not all roads are created level y'know. Got disk brakes on back. Can turn around in my own length!
Bought mirror, helmet, and waterbottle. Made my own saddlebag.

Now working on getting my bike legs back. Starting with training loops. Got some fine training hills
close to hand up here in Litchfield. My first loop is quarter mile up the hill from driveway
Next driveway UP, abandoned farm, is where I turn. Then WHEEEE!!

It has a lot in common with skiing around here on these hills. You give it your all to climb
As fast as you can. Get to the top. Turn and catch breath, then a wild downhill ride.
You hope you don't lose control.

I got another loop, starts about quarter mile from here, then is almost one mile around,
gently DOWNHILL !! Both ways, until just before the turnaround.
Figure be good for practicing in my higher gears.

At the end of that loop is the hill that inspired me, my knees wouldn't bicycle anymore.
But? No Problem. I can push as hard as I can from that recumbent posture and my knees like it fine.
Very theraputic, cycling on my Suntrike eases my back spasm more the harder I push.