March 2025, The Beat Rolls on, more March! Riding thru the WIND and chill of early Spring or 3rd Winter here in So. CO.

 March 16- Headed north on the Pikes Peak Greenway and up the Cottonwood Creek Trail. We were going to go all the way to the current end of the concrete on the CCT but after getting thru the tunnel on the northeast side of the trail, Jo's battery really dropped in power level even though we charged it! So rode up to the street exit for Austin Bluffs and turned around, heading southwest back to Cottonwood Regional Park and down the CCT, then headed south over to the Good Neighbors Meeting House for our Think bar and iced tea. From there back to the Storage area. Too bad the battery dropped as it was a nice coolish day and the ending of CCT is in a open area that is really to HOT to ride to in the summer time temps!

Stopped at Criterium Bicycle Shop and used their patio area to eat our brown bag lunch

The Pikes Peak Greenway, a bridge over Monument Creek right before Criterium Bicycle Shop

March 17- We head up the Rock Island Trail to do a status check on the new "lighted crosswalk" at the junction of RIT and Murry Blvd. Yea, it's now a working crossing light! It's a real great place as it's really hard to get across 4 lanes of traffic, playing "dodge car"!!

We were going to go to the current end of the trail at a Cul-de-Sac just before Powers Blvd but Jo was feeling hungry so we turned around and went to the Academy Blvd Path over to the Mavrick Station for our brown bag and iced tea lunch. Then headed into downtown and decided our afternoon snack stop would be at Loyal Coffee. Haven't been there for a long time and it's easy parking for the recumbent trikes! From there, headed to the storage unit and the end of the ride, walked home! 

Decided to stop at Loyal Coffee in downtown Co. Springs for our iced tea and Think Bar

Notice the "little girl" painted on the wall, it was just Jo and I at a huge wooden table 

March 21- We headed up the Sinton Trail hoping the construction at Ellison St. had finally let the trail be open enough to get to Angletech, RATS, it was still closed off, so we had to detour on Sinton Rd. Not the best route as the pull over lane is missing in places but we had really little traffic, so it wasn't so bad. Headed north on the sidewalk of the Garden of the Gods Road. Had the tech's at Angletech check the battery output and do a test on the rear hub e-motor on Jo's trike. We bought our trikes used from them and Jo's came with the rear hub e-assist motor so it lasted 2 years. We went into CC debt big time and ordered a new 48V 14amp hr. 500 W Bafang inline e-assist system, should be in next week to have it installed with a new rear wheel and new 7 speed cassette! I have the same system on my ICE Trike but mine is only a 36V so she will now have the stronger system! :) 

Then we headed north got on the Foothills Trail and wow, the wildfire last week burnt the whole hillside down to the asphalt trail before they could stop it!! Followed the trail to the 31st. St. bike lane, which halfway down was closed due to road construction. We jumped on the sidewalk to get to the Midland Trail back into the Springs and Cascade St. back to the Storage unit to end the ride!

Wildfire burn on the Foothills Trail top of the slope all the way down to the asphalt trail!!

That's it for now, tomorrow is Sunday and it's suppose to be a bit chilly so we will be doing a "Food Run" with trike and trailer so probably no video but who knows. Next week is looking much warmer so we should get more videos coming out SOON! All the best!