Last ride in June 2026-90F+ temps, WIND and smoke from wildfires has caused us not to ride so far in July!!

 Hello again, well I'll be posting the last ride we did for June 2026. July has been extremely HOT, WINDY and Smokey due to wildfires burning all around the State of Colorado! :( The smoke makes it much harder to breathe easily while riding and irritates the eyes! So, no July rides as of yet, hopefully by the 4th. (Independence Day) so, on with the last ride in June!

June 28- The TRAIL that TIME (and the city) FORGOT

We headed up to do a video of a couple of standalone portions of the Sand Creek Trail. This ride starts on the Rock Island, then taking the Homestead Trail South to Galley Rd. From there, it's going thru parking lots, sidewalks and finally an "access road" Over to Wooten Rd and a stop at a Mavrick Station Store/Cafe for iced tea and the brown bag special. Taking the Wooten Rd bike lane back up to Galley Rd. and then sidewalk heading East almost to Powers Blvd.

We pick up the 2-sections of the Sand Creek Trail, 1. goes under Galley Rd but dead ends in 100ft. Turning south, 2. the second section heads south and under the Platte Ave/Hwy 25 Bridge and then goes 200 ft and dead ends. Someday, the north section will hook up with the Rock Island Trail, the south section will hook up to the rest of the Sand Creek Trail as it heads back to its ending point at Las Vegas St., it will be a 30-mile trail, when and IF ever completed! We headed back having to use the sidewalk along Galley Rd. due to heavy street construction adding new massive water pipes.

Now, heading north on the Homestead South Trail back to the Rock Island Trail and over to the Academy Blvd Path heading north. LOL, headed to a different Mavrick Station Store/Cafe for, yep, more Iced tea and snack, 90F+ temps and quite windy conditions but still a good ride and day of exploring! Back on the Rock Island and then to the apartment to put the trikes away and get out of the HEAT!

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Well, we have gotten through June already, the summer goes by so fast! It's a PITA when wildfires cause you to miss beautiful but HOT days of summer riding but that's the "way the cookie crumbles", LOL! Hopefully we will be riding in the "historic old Northend" 4th. of July (Independence Day) Parade on Saturday, Happy 250th. USA Independence Day to all of YOU! HAPPY TRAILS. :)

June 2026- Trike Broke!!

 Saturday afternoon, while putting the trikes back under the inside stairs in our apartment complex, I heard a strange noise, sounded like the chain jumped off the cassette so I checked it out. BUMMER, somehow the rear derailleur WIRE pulled out of it's holder so the chain was pulled from the 2nd to the 9th COG!! I had to grip the derailleur to get enough slack in the chain to put it back on the top little wheel of the derailleur cage, the whole derailleur was loose.

Tighten the derailleur to the frame and went to re-hookup the wire. Noticed that the actual tiny square shaped wire hold fell out of the upper derailleur arm?? New Shimano CUES type derailleur so I had NO IDEA on how it fit back in, tried several ways but it wouldn't fit back into the derailleur arm. Gave up and went and cleaned up from the ride. Tried to get Angletech to come pick up the trike but they are SUPER busy, said they would try to get to me if it slowed down any. They are closed Sun and Mon, Tuesday came and went, no pickup, RATS!

I decided to give it "one more try" and finally figured that you turned the wire holder and bolt "backwards and put it into the ARM, backwards to"!! Got the wire attached and tighten down, the shifter now is working but it's a bit off for some reason. Called on Wednesday, asked if I could ride it up on Thursday morning, could they check the little bit of chain skip and make sure I "Routed the Cable" to specs, they said yes, YEA! 

June 25- Angletech-Sinton Pond-Home before the afternoon thunderstorms

Headed up to Angletech to get there before they opened, Joshia came out early and checked out what I did and LOL, well I was at least close on the proper cable mounting. He did a fine tuning and WALA I was back in the saddle again! The heavy black clouds were coming in fast, so I just headed home via the Sinton Trail and PP Greenway! 

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Friday is supposed to have more chance of Thunderstorms so we won't ride but Saturday and Sunday look awesome so we will now be able to get back out and RIDE! There is nothing sadder than a "Broke Trike"! Until we come together again My Friends, HAPPY TRAILS!

June 2026 Continued

 As usual lots of personal stuff and some REALLY HOT weather made getting in a ride a bit tough since last blog entry! So, I will get you up to date, and away we go!

June 18- Food Run and Lunch Ride

We really needed to get in a Food Run as supplies were getting to a real low point, headed out via the Rock Island over to the Walmart Market off Union Blvd. 

Once all the stuff was put away, we headed over to the Pikes Peak Greenway and got in a lunch ride. Rode up to the University Village Colorado Center Panera Bread for iced tea and our brown bag lunch. We did get a new trike accessory, Trike Name Plates! You can order yours from North Texas Recumbentz.Com   It's a new AZUB recumbent dealership and Mike makes these Name Plates if you're interested! 

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We headed up to the Vincent St. Loop and onto the Cottonwood Creek Trail south back to the Pikes Peak Greenway south and slowly made our way home!

July 20- The June, PPRRN Meet and Eat Ride

It was time for a monthly PPRRN Meet and Eat Ride, I decided to go to a new place, it's called Codswhopple and it's a British Style Fish & Chips place on the Westside of Colorado Springs! The meet is set up so we met at 12:00 Noon at the shop or you could ride in with myself and Jo at the Julie Penrose Fountain, in America the Beautiful Park at 11:20 AM and ride in on the Midland Trail.

We had 5 recumbent trikes and 1 recumbent bike, two new PPRRN members came, and we headed off down the trail heading west to 30th. Street. Had to use a little bit of sidewalk to get to the restaurant safely but the fish (we had Cod) and fries were great! The only thing was it was another really HOT day 95F and with our group size we at outside, but the company was great.

As one of the new members lives a bit out east of Colorado Springs, we decided to head back to her truck the reverse way and said our good bye's at the Fountain. Fun folks, good food and a ride, made for a really good day! Jo and I headed over to pick up Shooks Run Trail and get herbal-berry iced tea and eat an Atkins bar to cool down in the shade and then headed home!

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Sadly, after we got back home and I added a second taillight on Jo's trike, as we put the trikes away, I heard a noise when backing up my trike! I thought the chain had slipped off the rear cog but somehow the "wire" pulled out of the rear derailleur! Then a small squarish metal holder fell out of the derailleur arm itself? Couldn't get it to fit back in and that piece helps hold the cable, bummer! Have to wait for Tuesday, when Angletech opens and have them come pick up the trike and fix it so no ride on Monday. Till we come together next time, HAPPY TRAILS.