tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-11-20:460303 Dreamwidth Velo Club Dreamwidth Velo Club 2013-10-13T21:50:49Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-11-20:460303:37991 Sara 2013-10-13T21:25:51Z 2013-10-13T21:50:49Z public 3 Posted by: <span lj:user='sara' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://sara.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sara.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sara</b></a></span><br /><br />Had great fun yesterday at the Eugene Disaster Relief Trials, a cargo bike event which is half bike race, half obstacle course: competitors have to haul a five-gallon bucket of water, a five-gallon bucket of dirt, and an orange cone around an urban course, cross obstacles (often with bystanders pitching in!), deflate and inflate tires, and generally do silly things. <br /><br />I was not competing (I'm only just getting back in the saddle after a lengthy recovery from concussion -- from driving a car, not a bike accident, and yes, I DO wish I'd been wearing my helmet while driving -- and will not be fit enough for something like this for at least a few more months) but we did go down on the tandem, hang out with friends, and watch all the different ways people configured their equipment to meet the challenge! It's also neat that about half the bikes competing were locally-built (everything marked "Bike Friday" is local, as are many of the cargo bikes that look like nothing you've seen before, which mostly come from the Center for Alternative Transportation). <br /><br />Big photoset on Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanjewett/sets/72157636484496484/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanjewett/sets/72157636484496484/</a><br /><br />p.s., because I know it may be of interest to some of you: organizers very actively tried to recruit more women competitors; sadly several were, like me, on the injured list, while others had other commitments on a Saturday afternoon. The associated "Fiets of Parenthood" competition was a shorter distance and more evenly gender-balanced (you had to cover an obstacle course with children on your wheeled-and-geared device, and obstacles included "picking up dropped toys" and "hauling groceries.")<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bicycles&ditemid=37991" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-11-20:460303:30163 damerell 2011-08-25T02:12:05Z 2011-08-25T02:12:05Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='damerell' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://damerell.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://damerell.dreamwidth.org/'><b>damerell</b></a></span><br /><br />Did I mention cargo trailers? I have a Carry Freedom Y-Frame Large (rated to 90kg) and a Y-Frame Small (rated to 45kg and "better if you like going through doors") and the frob to connect one to the other.<br /><br /><a href="http://p.twimg.com/AXNp7imCMAEqNxS.jpg">http://p.twimg.com/AXNp7imCMAEqNxS.jpg</a> shows me leaving the local Milton Brewery with three full 72-pint (British pints, so just over 40 litres) firkins of beer.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bicycles&ditemid=30163" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments