Ok, ok as usual I'm behind my time as Mr. Cratchit said to Mr. Scrooge! So here we go into the Month of December! We have had a lot of WIND some SNOW since the last blog entry so there are some big gaps in the ride dates!
12/8/2025- Food Run and new GoPro hard mount Test Ride- After my hard mounted GoPro 6 broke one of its attachments that made up the PLASTIC hard mount on the trike, I did a redesign with the camera mount in Aluminum! After doing the shopping and getting back to the apartment to put away the food and supplies we headed out for a generic ride just to test out the new mount. Found out it was "too tall", and it shook badly on bad trail surfaces. It did however actually work so after getting back home I decided to go back to the drawing board!
12/11/2025- Errand Run and Test Ride for the Revised GoPro Camera hard mount- We got a strange message that was supposed to be from Xfinity, we headed up to the University Village Colorado Center Xfinity store. Found out it was a scam so that turned out ok and we headed off for a bit of a ride. Rode up to Cottonwood Creek Trail and only road as far as the Creekside Coffee House. Headed back on misc. trails, lanes, etc. It was the test run for the revised GoPro Camera hard mount; this one was shorter but still "over my toes"! It did have less movement but the EIS program in the GoPro 6, couldn't compensate for the vibrations on the rough wood bridge crossings, RATS! Oh well I don't think I can do better so there will be some spots in the video that have a bit of bounce, sorry! Otherwise, it seems to be doing a good job, and I don't have to worry about it snaping off and sending my camera flying again!! :)
12/12/2025- Just out Wandering on a nice but Windy day- Sadly Jo got stuck at home awaiting here insulin meds from UPS. So, she told me to go take a hike, LOL, I mean RIDE. I headed up the Sinton Trail over to Angletech to get a service appointment for a new chain and rear tire installed. After that I headed back on the Sinton to the Foothills Trail and towards the entry into the Garden of the Gods.
They have lot's of dirt hiking trails in the park but only one concrete trail and it usually has thousands of people on it. On this mid-December day, it was empty, so I headed up the trail to the starting point of the Loop Ride thru the park. I turned back to the Foothills Trail to get to the 31 St. bike lane over to the Colorado Ave Starbucks for tea and brown bag lunch. Headed east on the Midland Trail then the Pikes Peak Ave. bike lane to pick up the Shooks Run Trail and headed home.
12/15/2025- In search of Jo ride on a really nice day- Well now it was MY turn to be stuck waiting on a package but from FEDEX this time! A bit of luck, he arrived by 10:30 AM, I'd already sent Jo out for a ride since I had no idea when the package would show up. She had decided to ride up to the Creekside Coffee House so she could do a ride with no street crossings.
I threw my stuff together and was out the door via trike by 11 AM!! Luck was on my side, I gave her a call, and she had just arrived at the Coffee House so, I did a "Flying 5K" and we met up for our brown bag lunch. The Creekside Coffee House is the ONLY coffee house/cafe where Jo can buy a "SUGAR FREE" hot chocolate, so she indulged but I was too hot and thirsty from hauling buns to get there so it was iced tea for me! We decided to ride the Cottonwood Creek Trail heading northeast to the concrete trail ending just after Powers Blvd. We headed up the trail, pass the park and thru the tunnel but found out that a couple of miles up the trail was blocked off due to some kind of construction project??
We did a turn around and headed back toward the Cottonwood Creek Regional Park for a nature break. Heading west to pick up the Pikes Peak Greenway and heading back to the apartment as it was getting late and the sun heads down behind the mountains by 4:15 PM nowadays! Sorry I got lazy and decided not to shoot video but just Enjoy the Ride so here is a few photos.
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