gfreeman
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So, yesterday was Labor Day and Becky and I decided on a Bent adventure. We trucked our Rovers down to the White Rock Spillway, and rode the Santa Fe Trail to Munger Ave., then to Junius and a few blocks to the Corinthian B and B, where we made a reservation for a (riding) weekend stay later in the month. Then we rode to the Baylor Dart station to try something we had talked about, i.e., putting our Rovers on the Dart. Obviously, doing so opens a world of destinations in places too far to ride (at least for now.) But is is challenging. First, if you decide to try it, make sure you enter at the wheelchair door. Attempting to enter any other door will be a disaster. Then, in order to be out of the way, you have to upend your trike, so it is essentially standing on the chain ring, and the rear wheel is up high. Doing this a couple of times when changing trains, got us into the swing of it, but it is still a challenge. During some spare time, I started wondering if I could fabricate something to fit on the end of the boom, with a caster on the end - the type that will roll any direction, like on a suit case. Then, when you stand the trike up on the front end of the boom, it will easily roll any direction. A further thought was a shoulder strap that would go around the boom, so, you could bear the weight of the trike on your shoulder. That would leave your hands free to grab the two front wheels and steer the rig around on the front caster. When you are on the train, you can use the strap to go through one of the bike hanger straps that have over the wheelchair space. I know it sounds like a lot of trouble, but, as I said, the world of destinations opens up when you hop on the DART with your trike. We are looking forward to checking out the loading scheme on the Trinity Railway Express so we can go to Fort Worth and ride. Let me know what you think.
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