First Recumbent century of 03

I have to admit that this was a long time coming. I had done other centuries this year but until
today, I hadn't ridden my recumbent more than 50 miles a time.

I started today with mike s and his wife Joan. He has a Barcroft and she a Gold Rush Replica with a
body sock. We were riding from the riverfront in Havana Illinois. After a slow start I spotted a
group of road bike riders about a half mile ahead resplendent with their Colnogos, Lightspeeds and
such. After dropping the paceline. I did spot a couple of other recumbents, one was a bikeE CT and
the other I was not sure about. I finished the organized ride with a couple of other friends. After
driving home I completed out the last 33.3 miles on my own. The total time including the driving,
stopping was 10 hours. The on the bike time was 6 hours.

My riding goals for 03 are to ride 10,000 miles and do 50 centuries. To-date I have 3075 miles and
22 centuries. My riding logs are at www.big-dogs.org Dave Wishbone #102

 

[email protected] (dave is here) wrote in message
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> I have to admit that this was a long time coming. I had done other centuries this year but until
> today, I hadn't ridden my recumbent more than 50 miles a time.
>
> I started today with mike s and his wife Joan. He has a Barcroft and she a Gold Rush Replica with
> a body sock. We were riding from the riverfront in Havana Illinois. After a slow start

What is one man's trash is another man's fortune. The slow start that Dave is mentioning consisted
of both the wife and I trying to keep up with this guy on his 20/20 Wishbone with homemade fairing.
When he gets going he resembles a dart as he tears down the road. This man can motor.

I spotted a group of
> road bike riders about a half mile ahead resplendent with their Colnogos, Lightspeeds and such.
> After dropping the paceline. I did spot a couple of other recumbents, one was a bikeE CT and the
> other I was not sure about. I finished the organized ride with a couple of other friends. After
> driving home I completed out the last 33.3 miles on my own. The total time including the driving,
> stopping was 10 hours. The on the bike time was 6 hours.

What Dave also didn't mention was the day before at his organized ride in Macomb, Illinois, he did a
century on his single gear bike. Up and down the hills in one gear. Did I mention before that this
guy can motor?
>
> My riding goals for 03 are to ride 10,000 miles and do 50 centuries. To-date I have 3075 miles and
> 22 centuries. My riding logs are at www.big-dogs.org Dave Wishbone #102

Mike S St. Louis, Mo The one left behind as he zooms down the road.

 

mike s wrote:
> ... What is one man's trash is another man's fortune. The slow start that Dave is mentioning
> consisted of both the wife and I trying to keep up with this guy on his 20/20 Wishbone with
> homemade fairing. When he gets going he resembles a dart as he tears down the road. This man can
> motor....

Mike,

Time to put the Zzipper and a bodysock on the Virginia, I think.

By the way, the "trash" Mike is referring to is the recycled coroplast advertising signs that Dave's
Wishbone tailbox is made from.

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)