Jacque wanted to go into Albuquerque today to put flowers on her parents' graves.
So we decided to load up the heavy Tandem Terratrike and ride somewhere along one of the many bike trails in the Big City.
We decided, since we were in the Northwest part of ABQ, to park the vehicle at Balloon Fiesta Park and ride from there as far as we could with our limited available time. We had to be in Edgewood, cleaned up and presentable, not smelling like overheated cyclists, by 6:30 PM.
We made it, but not with lots of time to spare.
Jacque purchased a shade canopy for her single Catrike about a year ago and has been making noise about adapting it for use on our block-long tandem trike. We stopped at the hardware store for a few clamps; I already had some aluminum tubing for mounting, and we set out to do the adaptation in the Balloon Fiesta Parking Lot before we rode off into the Albuquerque heat. We neglected to take pictures but we'll post some soon. The canopy provides welcome shade for Jacque and the doggies, the most important travelers in the operation, but not for me. Which is probably OK for now.
We only rode around along the bike path parallelling Paseo Del Norte for about 4 miles out and back. It was a hot but enjoyable ride, and the shade of the many trees available along the trail as it nears the Bosque Trail near the Rio Grande was more than welcome.
The shade worked, the trike worked, the tracker worked, we survived, and didn't run out of water. How cool is that?
Ride Started: 2:32 PM Ride Ended: 4:36 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.5 Ending Voltage: 13.0
Lowest Temp 78 F Highest Temp: 88 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 9.46
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
5.2 MPH 6.7 MPH 22.5 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 Hour 50 mins 1 Hour 25 mins 25 minutes
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