It was fogging real hard for a bit at the coast. Made an interesting effect on my painting and on my paint mixes. Not to mention a wet helmet, face and glasses on the ride to where I decided to stop.

#DoNotDoWatercolorsInTheRain
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#watercolor #watercolour #art #drawing #HalfMoonBay

I just put in an order for a second #recumbent – an ICE Sprint X, so my first #RecumbentTrike to complement the Toxy in the cold and wet months #nplusone #biketooter

Current status.

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Pokey taking it all in on our #SunsetCruise. It wasn’t foggy all day, we walked around in short sleeves, it was still lovely at 8pm, and there was hardly a breeze. What a great evening.
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Pokey at the beach. In first photo we see the leading edge of tropical storm Hilary making its way north and giving us a big miss. Other photo shows the clouds coming down from the north with high level smoke mixed in there from BC, WA and OR. A day of near misses for us in #HalfMoonBay.

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Pokey at the Point. Pillar Point, that is.

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Loaded up Pokey and actually drove somewhere for a little ride, this time to tootle around Santa Cruz. Started at Wilder Ranch State Park, stopped by the UC Santa Cruz Coastal Sciences Campus to say hi to the elephant seals, then along West Cliff to Steamer Lane Supply, and looped back along the newish rail trail. Santa Cruz was *sunny* unlike at home.

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I will never complain about regular bike gearing again! Spent about 4 days trying to suss out why the chain kept jumping off on the new mid drive motor, turns out it was because it wasn't looped through this teeny tiny gear, frustrating as it must have been set up wrong somehow since I got it, as gear wasn't looped through before. My hunch is the front derailleur kept the chain aligned a lot more before. #recumbentTrike #eBike #accessibleCycling

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.

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My faithful steed.

#Sketch #QSOTD #BikeTooter #cycling #RecumbentTrike

Pillar Point with Pokey doing a sketchbomb.

#UrbanSketching #Sketch #sketching
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Another #SunsetCruise but so different from last night. Fog psyched us out by pulling back then rolling in from a different direction. Freezing breeze. And yet, that little half moon was visible over the bay.

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Part 2 of tonight’s #SunsetCruise:

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I went for a #SunsetCruise around our harbor and out to the point tonight. It was pretty cool. Here’s part 1:

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It was a great #SunsetCruise.

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“Oh pretty good. How’s your day been?”

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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

The earth dropped about a foot sometime during the winter storms (above an old and large slide area). Not #TrikeWorthy in this direction. Should be fun in the other.

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Pokey at The Spot.

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