Trikling News
Mar. 28th, 2007 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheWell, after the excitement and adventure of the temporary loss of the trike last week, we've been cossetting it and buying it new toys, etc.
Rob took a lump out of the hedge in front of the house to make it easier to tether it to its little metal hoop. I bought it some panniers and a handlebar-mounting coolbag, from LIDL; we've done shopping once since then and Rob says the panniers are fabulous. We already have a toddler seat, second-hand; I've ordered a fixing bracket for it, too, so it will be in use soon enough. The next thing is to get a rear carrier that actually fits, as a bodge-job is fine for shopping but no good for kid-transport.
We also got a nonslip mat for the floor; it's lighter than the old carpet we were using before, and better at preventing the carseat from sliding around, which sometimes happened if we went too fast over a speedbump or similar (yes, that shouldn't happen anyway, but it has done, and if it happens again I want the carseat more secure).
We're hoping that our holiday in April will give me a chance to test my SPD with cycling. Then I can take off for the summer, like last year, pootling along rivers and canals with the girls, shopping and feeding ducks and having picnics.
I can remember the freedom of it. It's the most marvelous feeling, swelling under my ribs. In but a month, a little month, I'll be cycling again. I know I will.
Rob took a lump out of the hedge in front of the house to make it easier to tether it to its little metal hoop. I bought it some panniers and a handlebar-mounting coolbag, from LIDL; we've done shopping once since then and Rob says the panniers are fabulous. We already have a toddler seat, second-hand; I've ordered a fixing bracket for it, too, so it will be in use soon enough. The next thing is to get a rear carrier that actually fits, as a bodge-job is fine for shopping but no good for kid-transport.
We also got a nonslip mat for the floor; it's lighter than the old carpet we were using before, and better at preventing the carseat from sliding around, which sometimes happened if we went too fast over a speedbump or similar (yes, that shouldn't happen anyway, but it has done, and if it happens again I want the carseat more secure).
We're hoping that our holiday in April will give me a chance to test my SPD with cycling. Then I can take off for the summer, like last year, pootling along rivers and canals with the girls, shopping and feeding ducks and having picnics.
I can remember the freedom of it. It's the most marvelous feeling, swelling under my ribs. In but a month, a little month, I'll be cycling again. I know I will.
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Date: 2007-03-28 03:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-28 03:22 pm (UTC)Good luck with SPD healing.
Panniers
Date: 2007-04-14 01:14 pm (UTC)I've also got a copy of the Yak trailer I picked up on freecycle a couple of years back but it doesn't have a quick release and needs bolting onto the bike so doesnt get used as often as it might.
Who needs a car? ;)