Sometimes things go against you and you have to take a long walk to keep from doing something stupid. Today was one of those days.
From my last blog you know that we broke our bicycle. For the past ten days I have been working to repair the damage by creating a replacement suspension fork for Path. My goal was to create a new part that was stronger and more rigid in all dimensions. I have indeed created a replacement part that achieved those goals. Continue reading The Long Walk
History repeats itself occasionally. Today’s story is reminiscent of June 15, 2005 in Medicine Hat Alberta. On that occasion Path had a major catastrophe and we wound up carrying him back about 4 miles. Yesterday again we were about 4 miles from home when Path dropped to his knees again. Continue reading Basket Case
“One step forward and two steps back;” That’s what my Dad used to tease me when I complained about the five block walk to school. He lived with his folks near Ewan Washington on a dry land wheat farm. He walked two miles to school and in the winter with drifting snow blowing hard he told me the he would take a step forward and the wind would blow him back two steps. I got suspicious when he told me the only way he got to school at all was to turn around and walk backwards.
We have moved to Gilroy California and it is once again warm. Today I dug out my entire horde of aircraft steel tubing. When you buy steel there is a substantial minimum order. When I built “Path” I had plenty of steel left over for another complete tandem. The entire horde turned out to be 55 pounds. We have hauled all of this along for five years now
The “Son of Path” will have a set of exciting new wheels. The wheels will be the same size as “Path,” 20 inch, a popular BMX size. The hubs will be state-of-the-art NuVinci CVP hubs. CVP stands for Continuously Variable Planetary gearing. This will provide a 350% range of speeds and the ability to shift while standing still.