Put 31 miles on the Musashi at WRL, yesterday. Ran across Steve S. riding his Catrike 700. This was his first outing since he injured his right leg in June. After Steve packed it in and went home, I ran across Bob M. on his Cartrike 700 and rode the rest of the time with him. Later, Bob and I ran across Mark L. in the Dallas Bike Works parking lot, just after he had completed his riding for the day. This was Mark's first WRL ride since returning from Wisconsin (Where he participated in the Hostle Shoppe recumbent rally) and Illinois. Got to see the police stop and ticket a guy driving a car on the Path at Tee Pee Hill. He was apparently not drunk, and was not old and confused, so I don't know what his excuse was.
Put 43 miles on the Baron at WRL, today. Initially, ran across Grady B. riding his new, blinged-out Musashi and rode with him. We had to pretty much stick to the roads, because there was a big running event taking place and the Path was jammed with runners. Later, Grady and I ran across Lynn M, Carolyn T, Larry K, and Tony W at Tee Pee Hill. Larry is a recent recumbent convert (Had been riding a hybrid bike) who is trying to decide which type of recumbent to buy. He has been riding Lynn's P-38 and was giving Carolyn's Bacchetta Corsa a try this morning. Had some fun with Tony. He was riding his low racer, and we did some high-speed riding on the east side Path with me drafting him. Also, we did some high-speed riding on West Lawther. After riding the Musashi, yesterday, and the Baron, today, I'm pretty well convinced that it takes a little less effort to cruise at 23 mph on the Musashi than on the Baron. After I receive the parts this week, I'm going to convert the Baron's 9-speed drive train to close-ratio 10-speed, like the Musashi's, and see if it makes a difference.