I walk most evenings I walk from 3 to 5 km. I usually go by the beaver pond and check on what is going on. Usually there are other people on the bridge as well. It's a good place to visit.
Well, yesterday I happened to be on the bridge and a cyclist came along. We talked about beavers and muskrats for a few minutes. By this time I noticed a suitcase on the back of his bike. Jokingly I asked him if he was going on a trip. Oh he said, " I keep my batteries in there. " I was beginning to notice few things. This bike looked different and he was going to tell me. He got the motor on Ebay or one of those sites. He attached a seat not a bicycle seat. It was a bench seat.
He had foam rubber strips attached to his helmet straps so the wind didn't interfere with listening to his music. He had attached lights. He had a special holder for his phone.
I'm probably missing a few things. All of this was set on a recumbent bike frame. Now I was impressed at what this young fellow did.
I'm sure he will find himself in some kind of fabrication later on.
However , this was a different visit at the beaver pond than usual.
Red,
ReplyDeleteBy beaver pond you stopped to see
A bike built with ingenuity.
With suitcase, music, lights in line …
I’d say that fellow’s doing fine!
John 😊
Conversations with other people are always interesting :))
ReplyDeleteBet his contraption scares the creatures away. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeletequite a few cyclists convert the bike they are already used to. They also tend to end up lighter than purpose built electric bikes as well..an advantage when your bike battery runs low
ReplyDeleteAs you were both at the beaver pond, I guess that the inventive young man likes seeing beavers as much as you have always done Red.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful little account of a chance and unusual meeting.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cool bike! Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great day and happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteI don't like to see bikers riding while listening to music. I think they won't hear vehicles coming up behind them if they are in danger.
ReplyDeleteHe sounds like a real techno-wizard!
ReplyDeleteYou had an encounter!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a creative man you met.
ReplyDeleteThat's an inventive fellow.
ReplyDeleteWe learn so much from encounters like this!
ReplyDeletedear Red , i really liked this story because it reminded me hubby's nephew who is more like the man you met on the bridge :)
ReplyDeletehe plays with old machines and tries to reinvent something out of them :)
It sounds like it was a very interesting conversation. Clever young man too making his bicycle a lot more comfortable for traveling.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun talking to people we meet out and about.
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