Crazy On Three
...My Bent Up Cycling Journal...Since 2009
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Suburbia and Parks
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
ICE Ergo Luxe - Cover Tear
As always ICE costumer service is the best.
The ICE Adventure Ergo Luxe seat cover I use on my Sprint developed a tear at 1,400 miles. Andy at ICE offered to send me a new seat cover but I may opt out and use this situation to change over to the Sprint Ergo Luxe seat and frame instead of the Adventure frame seat I currently use on my Sprint. The frame of the Adventure seat base is a bit longer and I find it more comfortable when using the mesh. However using Adventure Ergo Lux cover now seems a little long when I'm fully reclined.
For now I'm using the mesh cover and find it a nice change from using the cushy Ergo Luxe cover.
Moving on, here are the details via emails with Andy at Ice.
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Hey Andy,
Are others having this problem with the Ergo seat? It's starting to tear as pictured below. Any advice?
Hi Mark,
We have not had reports of this issue, however in the picture you sent over it clearly shows the material between the pads fraying & separating. If you could please let me know your trikes frame number which is located underneath the main frame spar stamped into the frame this number begins with a Y & is followed by 5 numbers.
I can then arrange a replacement seat be sent out to you, could you please also supply me with you Full Address & Telephone Number.
Just to be certain is the seat & cover the standard size Sprint Ergo Luxe not the Shor Back version it is not clear in the picture you sent through I would hate to send you the incorrect cover. If you would not mind doing so when the replacement cover arrives with you would it be possible to send the damaged cover back to us for testing & examination. Do not worry if you are unable. It would just be nice for us to inspect the damaged cover.
Thanks,
Andy
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Hey Andy.
Hi Mark,
I think I understand your thoughts on the change of seat, if you are near to an ICE Dealer then we would suggest you purchase the required seat & cover through them. If you are not & are very far away then you would be able to purchase these items through us if you would like.
If you are sure you do not mind it would be great for us to be able to examine the cover.
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Hi Mark,
Thank you for the pictures & the information regarding your seat cover, we have not seen this kind of failure before & as such am a little unsure of what could of caused this issue. I understand your thoughts on not sending the cover back to us I greatly appreciate your time in taking the pictures & sending them over to me I will pass this email across to the design team who had/have the most experience with the seats & covers to see what they think.
Thanks,
Andy
Monday, January 18, 2021
Screwing Around with Tires
The Pandemic has left me with time to spend to do useless projects. With the tires I have laying around I decided to spend some that time to figure out which tire combination is the fasted. Over the course of a few rides I came up with the results.
No science involved here, just going downhill and keeping track of the downhill speeds when weather and road conditions seemed to be about same for each ride I measured.
The max speed was measured on a 3/4 mile downhill run with a max grade of 8% and no signals with minimal traffic on my ICE Sprint FS E8000 with 90% max pressure in tires.
Front tires and Back Tire
Schwalbe Marathon Racer and Schwalbe Supreme
40/406 - 340g 0.75 lbs
40/406 - 340g 0.75 lbs
42/599 - 440g 0.93 lbs
Total 1,120g 2.43lbs
Speed Average: 38.6 mph
Speeds: 40.8, 38.1, 38.5, 38.5, 38.1, 39.4
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Continental Contact (E25) and Schwalbe Supreme
37/406 - 420g 0.93 lbs
37/406 - 420g 0.93 lbs
42/559 - 440g 0.97 lbs
Total 1,280g 2.83 lbs
Speed Average: 38.2 mph
Speeds: 36.5, 38.2, 39.4, 38.7, 37.8, 38.0
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Schwalbe Plus and Schwalbe Plus
35/406 - 560g 1.23 lbs
35/406 - 560g 1.23 lbs
40/599 - 870g 1.90 lbs
Total 1,990g 4.36 lbs
Speed Average: 36.6 mph
Speeds: 37.1, 35.8, 36.8, 36.5, 37.8
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Now it's time to figure out something else to do with my time besides riding my trike, working on my trike, making stuff, drawing, reading and watching birds in my garden with my beautiful wife Carrie. Hopefully in the near future I'll be able to pack my trike in the car and start traveling again with Carrie, go out to dinner, visit family and friends and whatever.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Muscle Tearing Cramp
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Picture from Get Body Smart |
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Three days after my cramp. It's said that wisdom comes with age. I'll trade a little wisdom for a new body. |
Monday, November 23, 2020
Helmets - Virginia Tech Helmet Lab
REPOSTING MY HELMET POST FROM JULY OF THIS YEAR. Adventure Cycling profiled Virginia Tech Helmet Lab in the Dec 2020/Jan 2021 issue of Adventure Cyclist Magazine. So I thought this would be a good time to repost.
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Why replace a Laser Blade helmet with a Laser Blade helmet? I've had my old one for five years and my research tells me a helmet should be replaced every five years (some say every three years). You know...degradation of the materials over time.
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The old helmet (red accent) and the new one. |
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Inside the old helmet and inside the new helmet with the yellow MIPS insert. |
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Trikertude
The following is my highly biased take on recumbent triking in a world dominated by motorized transportation and socially acceptable two wheeled human transportation also know as the diamond framed bicycle.
Trik-er-tude-wherein the intrepid triker finds enlightenment. To discover enlightenment the triker must first successfully pass through Phase 1 - Fear and Uncertainty followed by Phase 2 - Acceptance and then onto Phase 3 - Trikertude.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Instagram Post 11/2
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No picnic this year for us National Park Service Volunteers. Drive by meetup instead. I triked on over to Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa to say hey to NPS regulars and pick up a bag of cool stuff. I started volunteering for the NPS 21 years ago and would never have imagined I would be called off from my duties at Cheeseboro Canyon because of a pandemic. Oh well, keep riding.