Questo Lampago emerge come un tributo moderno (e un po' degenere) al design senza tempo della Vespa. L'e-trike frutto della creatività di un trio turco, promette di unire l'eleganza retrò alla funzionalità contemporanea. Ma ci riesce? Ne dubitiamo.

#Lampago #eTrike #Design #Retro

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2023/08/lampago-un-po-del-fascino-vespa-in-un-e-trike-che-fa-il-lumacone/

My eTrike is set to arrive Saturday. Watched the setup video, and it looks like a whole project just to get it ready to ride.

Anyway, I'm hoping 3 wheels allows me to use it for errands and grocery-hauling most of the winter. If not, I'm gonna look like an old fart for no good reason, one of those old guys whose kids took away his car keys but got him a trike because his balance isn't so good.

#eTrike #eBike

It took me a week but I fixed my trike neck rest. I cut reinforcing pieces from a nylon cutting board and glued it all together with polyurethane construction glue.

The hardest part was clamping the pieces together for the glow to dry. There were no parallel surfaces so the bits kept slipping and I ended up with glue all over my hands.

After it was finished I made a new towelling cover for the foam pad.

#RecumbentTrike #GreenspeedTrike #cycling #BikeTooter #eTrike

Und ich dachte wir hätten schon alles elektrifiziert was Räder hat. Denkste!

Vook Electric Drift Trike
3-kW hub motor
Powered by a 50-Ah/62-V (3.1-kWh) or 30-Ah/62-V (1.86-kWh) lithium-ion battery, the e-trike can reach speeds of up to 65 km/h (40 mph) with its 3,000-watt output.

#etrike #trike #vook #Emobilität

Thursday's trike ride. I rode over to the post office at Clifford Gardens and then rode around Toowoomba until I saw this house in Mt Lofty.

A wonky A frame. It's a bit different to the older Toowoomba houses.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #GreenspeedTrike #Toowoomba

On Sunday I went for a ride with the TRBUG on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail from Coominya to Esk and return.

The unfolded trike only just fits in the Honda Jazz with the front passenger seat pushed forward and with the backrest tilted forward too.

After an uneventful drive to Coominya I unloaded the trike and reattached everything I had taken off it to fit it the car.

We rode along the rail trail in very pleasant weather. The track dips through creek lines at each trestle bridge. Although some bike riders got off and walked their bikes I was able to ride through each one.

The only one I had problems with was one with a line of stepping stones across the creek. On the first time over I rode through the water beside them and part way up the far side. I then came to a 30cm vertical step. I had help lifting the trike over.

On the way back I rode down ok and across the creek but lost traction and bogged in the loose gravel where the stepping stones met the edge. I needed help to get going

Towards Esk I saw a couple looking up at a tree. I stopped and saw a koala. I took some photos and talked to the people.

When I got to Esk the group was nowhere in sight. I phoned the leader and one of them found me.

#trbug #RecumbentTrike #greenspeedtrike #etrike #ToowoombaRegion #BrisbaneValleyRailTrail

Today's trike ride. Only 29 km. I made a long stop at Ground Up Espresso for a toasted sandwich and coffee. I sat inside with a window view of my trike. I also have a good position to sketch the cafe.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba
#GroundUpEspressoToowoomba

I took my #ETrike for its first errand outside of the neighborhood and went to @MSPCAAngell in #JamaicaPlain

I love that they have a queer pride flag flying but one thing I wish for ever visit was that they would put in some #BikeParkingEquity. I could have driven my car but for short trips under 3 miles in #Boston i try to bike so there's #OneLessCar #ClimateEmergency

Today I went for a 51 km trike ride around Toowoomba. I rode out to Westbrook along the Gore highway.

I gave myself a bit of a fright going down the hill out of Drayton at about 55 km/h as it was way bumpier than I remembered and the trike doesn't have suspension.

I stopped at the Westbrook Macca's and then followed the Bunkers Hill School road and looped around through farmland.

When I reached the Toowoomba - Cecil Plain road I followed it back to Toowoomba.

My second coffee stop was at the Cafe de Velo where I sketched the workers at the counter.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

This morning I went for another trike ride. Only 19 km but everything worked well.

I stopped at some roadworks and parked on the footpath nearby. I sketched the workers.

A couple of them marked the concrete next to where I was sitting. One taught the other the 3,4,5 rule for getting a right angle when doing the marking. They were going to cut the concrete and said that it would be very loud.

I moved back and sat on a bench to finish the sketch while they cut the concrete.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

Yesterday I went for my first trike ride since 18 May. On the 18th a connection in the main wiring to the motor came loose, heated up and melted the insulation and also the buck converter for the 12v power to the lights indicators and horn.

Since then I neatened up the wiring harness and checked all the connections. I fitted a new buck converter and made an aluminium box for the components.

I did a 29 km ride and stopped at the TAFE campus to sketch. The buildings are in the brutalist style.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

I use a 350w 36v BBS01 with an 850c display on my recumbent trike. I use two batteries.

Recently when I turned the display on it would sometimes immediately turn off. Other times it would flicker and then work ok.

Today I went for a ride with fully charged batteries and everything was working ok. I stopped to sketch at about 20 km and when I turned it back on the screen was reading 23v and the motor didn't work. 30v is flat.

I turned it off and on and it read 16 - 24v. I turned it off again and switched to the other battery. It read 23v.

I did this a few times with no change. I rode home with it turned on but set to zero assist.

Half way home it read 40v but when I increased the assist the voltage immediately dropped so there was no assist.

I've been told it could be a bad connection so I will check out the connections and wiring from the batteries tomorrow.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

‘Tesla of e-bikes’ one step closer to production

https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/05/12/tesla-of-e-bikes-one-step-closer-to-production/

'Grant Sinclair, nephew of the late serial inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, may have the answer in the shape of his futuristic IRIS eTrike® which is being prepared for mass production.'

'The Iris eTrike is an ultralight streamlined electric-assist vehicle with a cruising speed of 25 mph.'

#bike #etrike #tricycle #bicycle #bicycles #bikes #trikes #Sinclair #SinclairC5

This morning I went for a meandering trike ride around the middle of Toowoomba. I first parked near the entrance to Toowoomba Grammar School where I sketched a broken pine tree. Until recently the was a large pine on each of the entrance. Now there is one and a shattered stump.

Other rode down Margaret St to a clock repair shop to enquire about if they could fix an old flip clock I own. No luck.

I stopped then rode around some other shops before returning. My last stop was at a bakery to buy lunch to take home.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

On Wednesday I went for a trike ride around Toowoomba. I stopped at a camping shop. I was looking for a replacement water bladder hose. They didn't have one, only complete units.

I then rode down James St, something I don't usually do. It's the main traffic route through the town. Before they put a bypass it it was packed with semi trailers. They're mostly gone but the traffic is still heavy.

I stopped at a workshop for hot rods and chopped vehicles, parked on the footpath, and sketched the vehicles out front.

The owner came out to have a look and talked about his cargo bike that was parked there. He used to take his kids to school, now it's used by the staff to collect parts.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching

#cycling #BikeTooter #CargoBike #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

This morning I went for a short trike ride around the east side of Toowoomba. I stopped up the street from my home and sketched a couple of houses and a pumpkin stand outside of one.

#MastoArt #art #sketching #PenSketching #watercolour #watercolor #PleinAir #UrbanSketching
#cycling #BikeTooter #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #Toowoomba

I rode around Toowoomba this morning and managed 42 km. Before I went home I stopped and sketched a house that has a mansard roof. A very unusual style for Toowoomba.

#BikeTooter #cycling #RecumbentTrike #eTrike #MastoArt #sketching #UrbanSketching #PenAndWatercolour

This morning I went for my second trike ride since I sorted out my electrical problems. Hot and sunny, but not quite as hot as forecast.

At the 25 km mark I bought a coffee then circled round until I found a shady spot to sketch.

The ride was 32 km all up.

#BikeTooter #cycling #RecumbentTrike #GreenspeedTrike #Etrike #MastoArt #art #sketching #UrbanSketching #PenAnsWatercolour #Toowoomba

E-Trikes Are Coming to Rescue the Aging Suburbs

"Battery-boosted three-wheelers are increasingly popular with older riders. But safety fears and the lack of bike-friendly infrastructure could hold them back. "

"Since launching in January, the e-trikes have followed the same arc: More than half of customers coming into stores to ask about the RadTrike have been older adults, according to Radenbaugh."

#ebike #etrike #cycling

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-10/suburban-boomers-are-boosting-the-e-trike-market

A few sketches from my last three trike rides. The first one, it rained. The second I had a flat battery and nearly had apoplexy by the time I arrived home.
Today's was great 🙂

#MandoArt #Art #Sketch #UrbanSketching ##PenAndWatercolour #RecumbentTrike #BikeTooter #cycling #etrike