http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/ Human powered footbikes/scooters Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:40:10 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28354 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28354 just ordered a relatively lightweight chain and combo lock ; chain is sleeved in plastic so it won't clang when wrapped around the bars ; lock is the one with Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:51 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28353 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28353 good innovation good report ... From: keatinglaurie To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:27 PM Subject: [kickbiking] Update on Zootr Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:51:13 GMT Peter Hummers http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28352 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28352 ... Around here, people don't usually lock their cars or bicycles (beach cruisers and some MTBs - the few serious riders here don't leave their bikes alone, Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:45:38 GMT Holland http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28351 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28351 Congratulations on your decision, sounds like a good one! Look forward to hearing how you're enjoying it. Did you order from California or overseas? Yes, I Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:08:09 GMT Holland http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28350 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28350 I've been using a flimsy cable lock that I need to replace (the lock is falling out of its casing and the mount broke ages ago). How prone are our kickers to Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:02 GMT keatinglaurie http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28349 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28349 I haven't posted to the group for a while so thought I'd give an update. I've started riding my Zootr or 20" Toucan to work and back every day. I wasn't sure Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:59:41 GMT Star Light http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28348 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28348 Awesome advise! Thanks Holland, you really did hit it out of the park with this one. I went with the Courage model due to size and my needs (fitness & Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:18:16 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28347 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28347 slow and easy for the back ; backs are the tough one stay well and fit ... From: SueW To: kickbiking@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:55 AM Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:56:04 GMT SueW http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28346 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28346 Probably right about trikkes and scooters but I cannot ride a scooter any distance, due to arthritis. My trikke is not getting used too much either because I Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:30:43 GMT Craig Carlyle Clarke http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28345 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28345 well, I ride mine all over streets and sidewalks, but it's definitely more fun to have a nice wide spacious place for them. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:26:47 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28344 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28344 the trikke is a great workout and fun ; it has its venues i have seen one or two on the hudson river greenway very bike friendly ; but i don't see them in the Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:10:06 GMT Craig Carlyle Clarke http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28343 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28343 Yeah, the swaying of the trikke does intimidate people, even drivers - spooks them, though you can "carve" narrowly and take up as little width as a bike or Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:02:38 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28342 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28342 met claudio and his love in tampa at the tampa trikke shop went on an 18 mile run ; me on my 20 incher and the rest on trikkes ; somehow , i think the trikke Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:44:35 GMT duggy http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28341 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28341 did my usual manhattan run today ; took the mibo 12incher since it is a folder and it is a holiday ; fixed frame bikes and scooties are banned on peak hours ; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:46:16 GMT Craig Carlyle Clarke http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28340 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kickbiking/message/28340 If you're ever in the SF Bay area, hop on BART and then the MUNI N Judah train to Golden Gate Park on the weekend when they close the main road to let bikes,