Among my stable’s steeds, I took the 700, so that both Cindy and I would be on trikes together, (ready everyone…”Awww!”).  
I haven’t really ridden since getting here, except the fun rides with Cindy, because the idler Plano Cycling & Fitness installed didn’t seem to be cutting the mustard anymore.  I saw how the fixed position of the pulley was causing shifting problems.  Jay, from the Mosquito Works of Gorman Industries, suggested a fix, replacing the idler with a length of chain tube.  So elegantly simple and cheap and I happened to have tubes on hand.  I went from this: to this: , fixing the tube in place forward and back, but allowing ample side to side movement as the chain moved among the cogs.  Yesterday, was the shakedown ride…at the C-470 Bikeway!!
Wow, what a trail.  Tough climbs with hellified descents.  It parallels Interstate 470, starting in Golden.  From Golden Heights Park, it immediately goes up what seems a quarter mile between 3.8% and 7.5.  I slowly went up the whole thing without waking Granny.  After that, it’s a 10 minute descent where you’re reaching speeds in the mid-30s mph without pedaling…faster if you foolhardy.  The replacement tube worked perfectly.  Thanks, Jay!  
I only went out and back about 5 miles of the 29.6 because light would be fading soon, and I had to get back to helps Cindy prepare for her surgery.  The most thrilling part happened on the return trip.  I was descending about 27mph on this one stretch which briefly turned up.  I couldn’t see over the rise, but figured it was continuing straight.  Wrong.  It veered right, while my speed carried me straight, bouncing out of control into the weeds.  A real dead man’s curve if you’re too hot approaching it.  The trike stayed upright, though while braking, I skinned my right Kojak down to its blue belt, and I received a good scratch from the woody weeds.  Lesson learned.  I’ll be back right after I replace that tire.  What a trail…not for the novice.

Quote from kenbent6 on Aug 12^th, 2021, 2:53pm:

 
Anybody that's been in my backyard, while I'm working on recumbents, knows "Mosquito Works" is a very appropriate name for my shop. East Dallas has some of the most viscous mosquitos around. They are immediately all over anybody that enters my back yard. Anyone with Type "O" blood is welcome in my yard anytime, because that is the only time they ignore me. Just ask Craig B and Steve S.   

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