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RC Vikings · 08-27-2007, 09:56 PM

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I'm trying to help one of my riding partners get ready for Lotoja so we set out on a long one Saturday. The ride was beautiful as we went through Teton Valley and Swan Valley but with the rolling hills, the climbs and the wind it was my hardest ride of the year. After a 100 miles and with 20 more to go I just wanted to find a lawn so I could lay down and go to sleep. The only thing that kept me going was the thought of Arch on that stationary bike for three hours a day getting ready for next year.

creekster · 08-27-2007, 10:06 PM

My ride was on our triple. It has been unavailable for a while due to a brake problem. Finally got it rolling again and wife and I and youngest rode to his soccer practice. While he was practicng my wife and I thought we might as well go for a ride so we were two on a bike built for three. Weird looking, but here is the real weird thing: The bike handled really well and was actually pretty easy to ride and even climbing felt like a regular tandem. I had always thought that the bike was a slug but, as it turns out, it was my 9 year old that was the slug. He was not pulling any of his weight, it seems. So we talked to him and he worked harder on the way home which helped quite a bit. I feel like I just bought a new bike.

As I have said before. Riding a triple is like driving a circus train. Rising a triple with only two poeple is even worse. EVERYBODY stopped to look and make a comment.

My stategy for dealing with Arch is now clear: Make him ride a tandem with my 9 year old as his stoker.

MikeWaters · 08-27-2007, 10:13 PM

There was a triple at HHH. A 40 year old captain, with two attractive women in their 30s on the back.

Lucky guy.

RC Vikings · 08-27-2007, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

My ride was on our triple. It has been unavailable for a while due to a brake problem. Finally got it rolling again and wife and I and youngest rode to his soccer practice. While he was practicng my wife and I thought we might as well go for a ride so we were two on a bike built for three. Weird looking, but here is the real weird thing: The bike handled really well and was actually pretty easy to ride and even climbing felt like a regular tandem. I had always thought that the bike was a slug but, as it turns out, it was my 9 year old that was the slug. He was not pulling any of his weight, it seems. So we talked to him and he worked harder on the way home which helped quite a bit. I feel like I just bought a new bike.

As I have said before. Riding a triple is like driving a circus train. Rising a triple with only two poeple is even worse. EVERYBODY stopped to look and make a comment.

My stategy for dealing with Arch is now clear: Make him ride a tandem with my 9 year old as his stoker.

So you're ready to tell the 9 year old his free ride is over. It's tough to grow up sometimes.

creekster · 08-27-2007, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

So you're ready to tell the 9 year old his free ride is over. It's tough to grow up sometimes.

Well, he is sort of tall for his age and weighs about 100 lbs and so is not that much smaller than my wife. He can loaf sometimes, but just not all the time. WHen a bike built for three is a lot faster with only two people on it, the third person needs to pick up a little.

08-27-2007, 09:56 PM	#1
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	My ride Saturday... http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...burg/800173319 I'm trying to help one of my riding partners get ready for Lotoja so we set out on a long one Saturday. The ride was beautiful as we went through Teton Valley and Swan Valley but with the rolling hills, the climbs and the wind it was my hardest ride of the year. After a 100 miles and with 20 more to go I just wanted to find a lawn so I could lay down and go to sleep. The only thing that kept me going was the thought of Arch on that stationary bike for three hours a day getting ready for next year.

08-27-2007, 10:06 PM	#2
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	My ride was on our triple. It has been unavailable for a while due to a brake problem. Finally got it rolling again and wife and I and youngest rode to his soccer practice. While he was practicng my wife and I thought we might as well go for a ride so we were two on a bike built for three. Weird looking, but here is the real weird thing: The bike handled really well and was actually pretty easy to ride and even climbing felt like a regular tandem. I had always thought that the bike was a slug but, as it turns out, it was my 9 year old that was the slug. He was not pulling any of his weight, it seems. So we talked to him and he worked harder on the way home which helped quite a bit. I feel like I just bought a new bike. As I have said before. Riding a triple is like driving a circus train. Rising a triple with only two poeple is even worse. EVERYBODY stopped to look and make a comment. My stategy for dealing with Arch is now clear: Make him ride a tandem with my 9 year old as his stoker. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos. Last edited by creekster; 08-27-2007 at 10:27 PM. Reason: Typos more out of control than usual

08-27-2007, 10:13 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	There was a triple at HHH. A 40 year old captain, with two attractive women in their 30s on the back. Lucky guy.