WELCOME to: BJ and Jo Ondo's recumbent trike cycling blog! This blog has information about US, our "Bicycle/Trike History", and our RIDES, here in Colorado Springs, CO., the Pikes Peak Region, State of Colorado and anywhere else our WHEELS take us!
After 2 days of on and off snow storms and a day of melting, we finally got in a ride. Headed East on the Rock Island Trail up to the Academy Blvd Path to go to a Mavrick Station for cheap unsweet iced tea and eat our brown bag lunch. Heading back on the Path and then continued East on the Rock Island to it's current end at a Cul-De-Sac on the access road just before Powers Blvd.
Now heading west on the Rock Island Trail over to the junction with the Shooks Run Trail, heading for the Good Neighbors Meeting House for another iced tea and eat our Think Bars. Enjoyed our late afternoon on the patio area and then headed back to the Storage Unit to tuck in the trikes!
Sadly, not much riding for the rest of the week as we have high chances for Rain, Wed-Fri. That and we each have "PACE medical appointments" on Thru. and Fri. Saturday, the 26th, we have our 1st. monthly PPRRN "MEET & EAT" ride and then Sunday is the 1st. "Motorless Morning" ride at the Garden of the God's Park from 5am to 12noon, so at least the weekend looks like "riding time"! Till we see you again, Happy Trail's.
April 11, we headed up to Angletech to get Jo's trike fitted with a new "BaFang inline e-assist system". 750W, motor 48V 14 amp hr. battery set up, replacing the old 350 W 36V 12. amp hr. battery "rear wheel hub motor" set up. I had a errand to walk to from Angletech so Jo hung out at Angletech through the install. We then headed out to do a test run on the Foothills Trail. The BaFang can be set for either 3, 5 or 9 levels. I had mine set at 9 levels as I like the way it feels better than level 3 or 5. Jo didn't like the 9 level set up feel and had a bit of problem with the new shifter lever. Her gearing was a big change, before she had a 50/40/30 triple front chainwheel and a 11x28 freewheel, now she has a 46 single chainwheel and a 11x28 cassette set up and no front derailleur!
I think we will return to Angletech to have Kirk, change her system back to "5 Levels" instead of 9 levels, it might work better for her! We headed to the downtown Starbuck's for a iced tea and our afternoon snack, then Monument Valley Park and the westside Pikes Peak Greenway, heading back to the storage area.
4/12- A really nice day to ride but, bummer Jo was fighting Sinus Problems so she told me to go ride, I took a Solo Ride and decided to just do the "Vincent St. Bridge Loop"! Took the Cascade St bike lane to the T-Gap Trail south to the Pikes Peak Greenway. Took the ramp up to the University Village Colorado Center and stopped at Panera Bread for a lunch! If the wife tells you to go ride and buy lunch, it's a great idea!! Tomato Basil BLT and iced tea, in the colder months add a cup of creamy tomato soup and the combo would be perfect!!
I headed up the Nevada Ave access path and the Cracked Trail past the BMW auto and Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealerships to get to the Vincent Frontage Road path and rode the loop over the Vincent Street Bridge over to the Cottonwood Creek Trail south and the Pikes Peak Greenway south past Criterium Bike Shop to pick up the Cascade St access off the Rock Island Connector. Heading to the storage area, a Short but HOT Solo Ride!
Monument Creek heading south along the Pikes Peak Greenway
Pikeview Water storage and a good view of Pikes Peak
4//15- Errand, Angletech and "wireless microphone TEST Ride, We headed over to the Centennial Blvd south extension, heading north to the retail center and UPS Store off Fillmore and Centennial, plus stop at King Soopers Market. From there we headed north to get to Angletech. We had Kirk switch Jo's e-assist system from a setting 9 Levels back to a 5 Levels and SUCCESS, Jo liked how the system worked so she's now happy! All the time I was testing the wireless microphone adapter for my Go Pro 6 video camera and after making the video, it works so again, SUCCESS!! We finished up the ride on a few different trails and back to the storage area, Good day!
4/16- Weekly Food and household supplies RIDE, with snow coming in on Friday we needed to get in a Food and supplies ride, headed to the Walmart Marketplace via the Rock Island Trail. Got all the needed items, loaded the trailer and headed back on the Rock Island to the apartment to unload FOOD!
Then we decided to spoil ourselves and instead of the normal Mc Donalds burger, we headed to downtown on the Cascade Street bike lane to downtown and get a Italian style lunch and iced tea!! After pigging out, we headed to Monument Valley Park and then again on the westside of the Pikes Peak Greenway/Rock Island Connector and up to Cascade St. and headed north to the back street to our storage unit. Mission Accomplished and Enjoyed!
Ok, that' all for now folk's! We still have a LOT of medical appointments due to switching to PACE senior medical program and we have a evil, COLD front coming in for Friday and Saturday, starts rain/snow mix turning to SNOW so anywhere from 2 to 5 INCHES of the ugly white stuff! On Easter, it's better but it will just be watching the snow melt and SLOPPY out, maybe a ride by Tues. or Weds. Get out and RIDE if you can as Spring and Summer are always way to short! BJ :)
Happy Easter from BJ and Jo Ondo to YOU and Yours, Happy Trail's
4/8- Well, the PACE Medical appointments, keep coming in but we needed to go get some Food and Household Supplies! Headed out from the storage unit over to the Rock Island Trail to head to the Walmart Market Place on Union and Constitution. Got the shopping done and headed to the apartment to put the goods away. Headed out to lunch and then rode a few more places to get in 20 miles, not bad for errand ride!
Weekly Food and Supplies Ride, emptying out the trailer up to the apartment!
4/9- We needed to get the "rental car" set up for our road trip to see our daughter Jenn's College Graduation in TN. So, we left the storage unit heading to pick up the Shooks Run Trail over to High Street and the Bijou Street bike lane to Chelton Drive and the Knobb Hill-Enterprise Rent-A-Car building. From there we had to use the Sidewalk up to where the bike lane starts on Chelton Drive and heads north up to the Rock Island Trail and the Academy Blvd bike path over to the Mavrick Station for our brown bag lunch and iced tea.
We got back on the Rock Island Trail, south and then the Weber St. bike lane downtown and stopped for a photo at the new, "Meanwhile Block food truck corner", the food trucks are there on Wed's and Saturdays only.
The new Meanwhile Food Truck Block was empty, the trucks are there on Wed's and Sat!
Then we stopped at the entry to the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum for a 2nd photo opp.
Headed over to America the Beautiful Park to pick up the Midland and Cuchares Trail and then the Walnut St bike lane over to the Mesa Springs Greenway up to the Pedestrian Overpass over I-25 to Monument Valley Park. Stopped and ate our Think Bars. Picked up the "westside" of the Pikes Peak Greenway heading north to the Rock Island Connector and Cascade St. and bike lane back to the storage unit. 24 miles of errand and rambling! :)
All caught up, on 4/11, it's a ride up to Angletech to have Jo's new INLINE E-ASSIST System installed on her TRICE T trike! Till next time, Happy Trails!
Hello viewers, we haven't got in a ride for a spell due to Bi-Polar WEATHER, rain, snow, high winds! That and, we been enrolled in a new Medical Program called PACE, it's a program that only works with low-income Seniors here in Colorado. We have had to do a lot of "appointments" lately and between the two, it's left little TIME to ride, RATS!
On Sunday, even with a chilly wind and a high only at 50F, we bundled up and took a ride on the Templeton Gap or T-Gap trail along the drainage canal up to it's current end at Ranch Drive. Headed back down and picked up the Flintridge Rd Bike Lane up to Starbucks on Academy Blvd and Union Ave for a HOT tea and our brown bag lunch. Back to the T-Gap trail and the T-Gap bike lane over to the Shooks Run Trail to America the Beautiful Park got on the Pikes Peak Greenway to Monument Valley Park. Stopped and ate our snacks, then headed back to the Storage Area. Jo has appointments on Monday and BUMMER I am stuck at home awaiting a UPS package! Our Apartment is in a LOCKED building that the UPS drivers don't have a key to get in so I'm stuck waiting, arrugh! Of course, it's sunny and 60F outside! Here is a Relive Mapping Video and a YouTube Video of the ride, enjoy!
