Wednesday, October 26, 2016

10 Miles with 2 Trikes

Today's Tracking via GPS and Ham Radio



I finally got my GPS, ham radio, and wiring harness for battery supply, antenna feedline, and helmet earphone and microphone installed on my "New" used Catrike Road this morning.  I thought I had it finished yesterday but got rained out  before Lilly and I got even halfway to the pavement of Frost Road.  When I first went out this morning, thinking to make a quick getaway, I realized I had not yet installed the wiring harness for the transmit switch to mount on the right handlebar nor the connection for the helmet harness.  That didn't take long to remedy, though, and I was ready to go in less than an hour.  Jacque decided she was in the mood for a ride as well, so we loaded up both trikes, hers and mine, on the junk trailer and loaded every other necessity for a ride.  Water, snacks, harnesses and seat-pads for the doggies, etc; the basic necessities of life on a bike.
Jacque  could have easily hauled both doggies in her side-by-side saddle-baskets, she's done it before, but I wanted to try Lilly again in the belly harness. 
All worked fairly well and 'twas a lovely day for a ride in the country, por cierto.
Lilly is a whiner and a crybaby, though.  If she's not being petted and spoiled while traveling she tends to whine and beg and drive everyone within earshot absolutely bonkers.  So today she drove ME bonkers for about half the ride, after which her whining mechanism seemed to dwindle in strength and she was calm and quiet most of the ride back towards  home, not even getting excited when the inevitable snarling dog came running up to the fences in full alarm-cry.
We were all fairly tuckered by the time we got back to the Exploder and trailer, but we realized we still had time to hurriedly  clean up and make it to the movie "I'm Not Ashamed" in Albuquerque.  This was a film based on a true story of one of the first victims of the Columbine High School shootings.  We loved the film and highly recommend it, with one caveat:  Make sure you have Kleenex handy.
It does NOT go into the gory details of the carnage, but it gets a wonderful message across:  Heavenly Father loves us all.
As usual, no close encounters or dangerous incidents occurred.  Great riding weather, and it ain't gonna last forever.....
The geek-stuff on the trike worked fine, as seen by the path reported by its GPS and radio transmitter.  I have a few small parts on order to duplicate the setup on the other bikes, but for now this one will do.  The trike is much lighter, has more gears, and cruises faster on top end and zips up hills much faster than my other bikes:  It's very low slung and LIGHT.

Ride Started: 1:05 PM    Ride Ended:  2:56 PM
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  10.05
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
 6.28 MPH                             8.0 MPH                   28.5 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hour 51 mins                      1 hour 38 mins           13 minutes

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