Eddie Golden  63 years young.  Just got back into cycling in January 2010 after about 25 years lay off.  I bought a comfort bike and liked it, but when I started reading about recumbents I bought a Sun EZ-3 USX HD.  At 6'5" and 270 I need a heavy frame and wheels to carry all this lard that I want to loose.  I am now down to 260 and called City Cyclist where I got the Sun and they are ordering a Rans Stratus XXL for me to try.   If I can stay on it for a few minutes it is headed back home with me.   I have over 30 years in law enforcement and work in the Dallas area.   I live just outside of Wills Point and drive back and forth each day about 60 miles.  My rides around here are not the best with large pot holes and areas that have gone back to dirt and rock.  You have to be real careful when riding.  I am thinking changing to a larger tire on the Stratus might be the perfect ticket for my riding.

I would like to attend some of the events.  I drive by WRL and see everyone riding and I am stuffed in a Charger.  I have meetings that cover most of the day and I also live about 60 miles east of Dallas.  I might make it one weekend to WRL and just ride around and enjoy myself.  

I am going out of town starting tomorrow and will not be getting back in until Sunday the 11th.  I will try and make another one later on.

Heeeeeeere's GoldenTouch!  (And Jay Gorman)
 

 
 
And here's Tony Ward
 

 
 
And Andy Floyd
 

Good afternoon gents and ladies.  I just joined but am not too new to laid back riding.  I am in Charlotte, NC and am always looking for a riding partner for anything from 15 to 100 miles.  Drop me a line and we will ride or check out my web site www.recumbentbikestrikes.com   It is dedicated to recumbents and of course me.

Quote from goldentouch on Mar 21^st, 2010, 2:40pm:

Hey Eddie, and all you other new folks,  
I also am 63 and have a bit of that "emergency lard" onboard, hey you never know when an emergency may pop up and no food available   so surplus is a good thing. Hope to get to ride with you sometime only you don't need to worry about speed with me along, I am a slow poke.I am used to everyone waiting for me at the top of each hill  
Happy Trails,
Joe/Ft.Worth

Quote from goldentouch on Jul 8^th, 2010, 7:15pm:

I am not that good on my tadpole yet, it takes a different set of muscles than I have on the EZ3 where I can avg around 10-11mph. The tad is new to me and I only have 5 rides on it so far but my speed is going to comes as I am at just over 8mph already, so maybe by the end of July or into Aug my speed will get up to a nice 10-12mph which is what you can expect out of a Sun EZ Tad, they are not speed machines for sure :L))
Right now my old truck is misbehaving and wants a tune up that my son Josh is going to look into for me, it is not ideling right for an old diesel 2.2L :L)) so hopefully he can fix it for me and I can feel safe going to Dallas. For now I am going to have to settle for my nice little River Legacy Park in Arlington to ride in, which is a nice 15 mile closed paved path. If the rains go away maybe you can pop on over this way for a ride. The park is very nice and has lots of shaded areas to relieve the summer heat while riding and no cars to mess with.It is located just off Industrial on the north side of Arlington near hwy 360.