Today's Tracking via APRS and Ham Radio
We decided, immediately after Crafty Jacque finished my new cycling Tee-Shirts, to do a late afternoon trike ride - normally a no-no this time of year but it's been partly cloudy and cooler all day. So off we went, for the usual Post Office Short Trip (POST). The chain was a bit noisier than usual on the way up the hill so I decided I better have a look at it when we stopped for our Lemonade and Ice Cream Enjoyment (LICE).
We enjoyed our usual break and treats (BATS) and - of course - I completely forgot about checking the trike's running gear to see what all the extra noise might be about. I'm terrible about thinking "I need to FIX that or CHECK that" while in motion with weird noises occurring but spacing out completely when stopped, since of course the noise and irritation disappear. On the way back to the ranch...
"We were headed down the Highway Makin' 30 Miles An Hour when Our Whistle Broke Into a Scream...." No. Wait, that's one of my old guitar songs, and we don't have a whistle. And the
"INCIDENT" happened right AFTER we smoked down the road and were shifting chain-gears going UPhill. The rear end made a horrible CLAAAACK and we stopped immediately and..... the Terratrike Weakness had happened again.
Terratrike builds these Terratrike Pro's with a so-called "Quick Release" axle spindle on the rear wheel and it SUCKS. Big time. Ours has come loose at LEAST a DOZEN times since we bought this trike. I've called Terratrike a couple times about this problem but they don't seem to think it's a problem and don't even MAKE or SELL a fixed axle version with a good stout axle shaft and threaded ends that allow a good torquing when installing the nuts on the mounted axle, as with less costly bikes all over the place. Thankfully our frame didn't get bent or twisted this time. But it's irritating to have to re-mount this so often when a simple standard axle with threads and nuts -- not a "Quik Release" spindle less than 3/16 of an inch in diameter to handle all that stress and torque -- could be utilized. I guess I'm going to have to build myself a custom rear wheel for this trike so we can ride for more than 20 or 30 miles without the rear axle falling apart.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.2 Ending Voltage: 13.0
Lowest Temp 77 F Highest Temp: 84 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 4.27
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
3.4 MPH 6.5 MPH 30.7 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 hour 15 mins 39 mins 35 minutes
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