 Re: Riding in the hood.
Today I rode both my bikes the china girl and the whacker. I started out with the whacker for a little exercise. It rode like garbage. (I found out later why). I was pretty much exhausted when I returned.
I rested a few minutes then got the china girl out and went yard sale shopping. Without a doubt the most exciting thing at the sales was the bike. I got stopped by teenaged boys, I got mobbed by foreign speaking young men, I got lots of waves from old men on the side of the road. I swear I should be running for something this election year.
The whacker had too much tension on the drive wheel, that it was not able to skip when it got choked down on the hills. So it just went into drag mode. I still don't have the adjustment quite right but it is much, much better. I think I am going to love the friction drive when I get it adjusted correctly.
If you are into speed forget the whacker it will fly downhill but uphill is a different thing all together. |