[trikes] Tandem trike to donate

[Richard Guy Briggs]

On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 04:05:30PM +0100, Rob Hague wrote:
> On 4 Apr 2009, at 08:28, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 02:03:07PM -0700, Moz wrote:
>>> SerxnerLa said:
>>>> With a sighted captain, a blind stoker could have a lot of  fun.
>>>
>>> With a sighted stoker, a blind captain can have a lot of fun. Much more fun
>>> than the other way round. Of course, it's also more scary but hey, we can
>>> cope.
>>
>> That reminds me of when I let Eric S. Raymond (Open Source folks will know
>> who ESR is) captain my trike while I was stoking.  I'm glad we were on the
>> local Multi-Use Recreational Pathway and not on a street...
>
> Can't be as bad as riding 'blind' on the back of one of those back-to- back
> tandem bike things!  Never again!

http://www.bentrideronline.com/features/backtoback/backtoback.html

Farah said her being able to make eye contact with motorists overtaking made a
difference in safety because it made their vehicle more human.

I did try theirs and was intrigued...

> Rob
> Westcountry Recumbents

	slainte mhath, RGB

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