So this weekend was away at "The Friars" Aylesford. Jane had dropped me at Chatham on Friday for a tutorial so I had a very nice gentle 10 mile ride on Friday afternoon to Aylesford.
As you may have noticed Sunday was pretty hot, so I had a very warm ride home from Aylesford, Just under 40 miles and around 3.5 hours was comfortable apart from the flies.
It is a well known fact that on a recumbent trike you have to watch for flies in your teeth, that's because of the tendency to wear a big grin, particularly on the downhills. When I got home there were around a dozen dead files stuck to my face so I was glad that I had been careful to keep my mouth shut ;-)
As normal my Trice XXL was comfy and fast, at least while my legs held out. I did have one problem with it on Friday, a split in the P clip that holds the chain tube. As a temporary repair I took off the clip and used insulation tape to hold the tube in place. When I got there I found that I could simply tape up the split clip and put it on back to front for a better repair. Other than that it continues to add up trouble free miles. Still no punctures with the new folding stelvio tyres on the front (or the original stelvio on the back). I think it is partly the slightly heavier inner tubes or the higher pressure I am more consistant at keeping.
I am going to consider the recumbent style panniers that ICE now sell, I find that when my current panniers are full and heavy (over 16kg each) that the back of the XXL feels slightly nervous on twisty high speed downhills (say over 30mph). Hopefully getting the weight more central, more forward and lower would help. Possibly there is some movement in the rack as well. Still we are talking about a minor issue, I would not dare take these bumpy roads at that speed on anything else (other than a Trice X2 tandem).
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