The real lazy boy style of peddling a bike or just laid back relaxing and going down the road. 
Well after that triple bypass back in Jan 2013 when the doc's told me I had to stop the little cigars and to lay off the drinking I have been taking that money and squirreling it away for a couple of years , like almost three of them.
Last November (2015) I went over to Village Cycle in Cocoa and put a deposit down on a trike I have had my eyes on since that operation.
They were happy to see me ( They are the closest dealer for that trike to me ) when I handed them half of the cost in a stack of $20.00. :wink:
This is the one I got a TerraTrike Rambler , Base model , 24 speed.
I wanted to get the 24 inch All Road Tire Package in place of there stock 20 inch tires. That I would finally find out cost me a lot of time , almost three months of it.
The dealer got the trike in after New Years which was just over four weeks after ordering it. During that time the folks at TerraTrike took the week off for Christmas and New Years and also held there annual inventory so nothing was made or shipped out. Otherwise it would of been here a lot sooner.
Another several more weeks ( and phone calls ) with the trike at the dealers and with the stock tires and no All Road Tire Package. I went over to the dealer and told them to cancel that tire package and I would go with the stock tires so I would have the trike to use.
I guess the dealer felt a little sorry ( about all the wasted time over the tire package ) since he tossed in a Safety Flag , A really nice Water Bottle Holder , A adjustable Rear View Mirror on the left side and gave me a discount on a Travel Rack over the rear tire and a Head Rest. At that time I paid the balance and took the trike home.
Taking it home was the best decision I made about that tire package. This is the latter part of February and Terra Trike still does not have that tire package in stock according to there web site. That is from November 23 , 2015 , December , January and now February.
The other bikes..............
I still have my 21 speed street bike ( the one I got in Jan 2014 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10042 ) and later the three speed Fat Tire Bike. Now I am at 3 bikes and one standard three wheeler for the wife , 4 bikes in all.
The street bike I had to put two new tires on , after a couple thousand miles the rear one decide it did not want to hold any air. I took it to the local bike shop and they did not have the same size tires for it and tried to locate them from there suppliers but failed. They suggested I might want to try a outside source which I did. Only place I could locate the same size tires was threw the Specialized ( Brand ) Bike dealer who ordered two new ones for me at $50.00 each and then shipped them to me. When they arrived I took them to the local bike shop and they installed them along with new tubes and did a total check up and maintenance on the bike. Might as well cover all the basis while I can and the bike is there.
I can say it is one sweet ride and those new tires are great but the seat still gets uncomfortable after an hours ride.
The fat tire bike is one easy way to get down the trail to the river , it is over an hours walk to get there and on the bike just less the 30 minutes and that is not hurrying. Just going along in 1st gear and at times making it to 2nd in short stretches where the old rail road cinders act like some cloned asphalt pavement. :roll:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10221
Back to the trike......
It is one sweet ride and really spoils a person. Sitting in it is like sitting in my my Lazy Boy Recliner when it is kicked back , nice and comfortable ,it's some easy peddling . Going on a ride for a couple of hours is nothing and the time fly's by. When you are done and return home there is no sore butt or anything else. After I did some adjusting ( fine tuning for me ) to the the seats angle it is even better.
One more modification for the Trike , It's getting a rear tire upgrade from the stock 20 inch rim to a 26 inch rim. It zips along really nice with the 20 inch and with the 26 it will pick up some more speed. Plus a Speedometer , Odometer and hourly ( time ) recording combination to keep tack of the miles and hours on it for maintenance.
Well after that triple bypass back in Jan 2013 when the doc's told me I had to stop the little cigars and to lay off the drinking I have been taking that money and squirreling it away for a couple of years , like almost three of them.
Last November (2015) I went over to Village Cycle in Cocoa and put a deposit down on a trike I have had my eyes on since that operation.
They were happy to see me ( They are the closest dealer for that trike to me ) when I handed them half of the cost in a stack of $20.00. :wink:
This is the one I got a TerraTrike Rambler , Base model , 24 speed.
I wanted to get the 24 inch All Road Tire Package in place of there stock 20 inch tires. That I would finally find out cost me a lot of time , almost three months of it.
The dealer got the trike in after New Years which was just over four weeks after ordering it. During that time the folks at TerraTrike took the week off for Christmas and New Years and also held there annual inventory so nothing was made or shipped out. Otherwise it would of been here a lot sooner.
Another several more weeks ( and phone calls ) with the trike at the dealers and with the stock tires and no All Road Tire Package. I went over to the dealer and told them to cancel that tire package and I would go with the stock tires so I would have the trike to use.
I guess the dealer felt a little sorry ( about all the wasted time over the tire package ) since he tossed in a Safety Flag , A really nice Water Bottle Holder , A adjustable Rear View Mirror on the left side and gave me a discount on a Travel Rack over the rear tire and a Head Rest. At that time I paid the balance and took the trike home.
Taking it home was the best decision I made about that tire package. This is the latter part of February and Terra Trike still does not have that tire package in stock according to there web site. That is from November 23 , 2015 , December , January and now February.
The other bikes..............
I still have my 21 speed street bike ( the one I got in Jan 2014 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10042 ) and later the three speed Fat Tire Bike. Now I am at 3 bikes and one standard three wheeler for the wife , 4 bikes in all.
The street bike I had to put two new tires on , after a couple thousand miles the rear one decide it did not want to hold any air. I took it to the local bike shop and they did not have the same size tires for it and tried to locate them from there suppliers but failed. They suggested I might want to try a outside source which I did. Only place I could locate the same size tires was threw the Specialized ( Brand ) Bike dealer who ordered two new ones for me at $50.00 each and then shipped them to me. When they arrived I took them to the local bike shop and they installed them along with new tubes and did a total check up and maintenance on the bike. Might as well cover all the basis while I can and the bike is there.
I can say it is one sweet ride and those new tires are great but the seat still gets uncomfortable after an hours ride.
The fat tire bike is one easy way to get down the trail to the river , it is over an hours walk to get there and on the bike just less the 30 minutes and that is not hurrying. Just going along in 1st gear and at times making it to 2nd in short stretches where the old rail road cinders act like some cloned asphalt pavement. :roll:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10221
Back to the trike......
It is one sweet ride and really spoils a person. Sitting in it is like sitting in my my Lazy Boy Recliner when it is kicked back , nice and comfortable ,it's some easy peddling . Going on a ride for a couple of hours is nothing and the time fly's by. When you are done and return home there is no sore butt or anything else. After I did some adjusting ( fine tuning for me ) to the the seats angle it is even better.
One more modification for the Trike , It's getting a rear tire upgrade from the stock 20 inch rim to a 26 inch rim. It zips along really nice with the 20 inch and with the 26 it will pick up some more speed. Plus a Speedometer , Odometer and hourly ( time ) recording combination to keep tack of the miles and hours on it for maintenance.
