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  1. Charles Kirkland

    Show Us Your Bikes

    Sealy is a nice little town to ride bikes. One of my favorite diversion is stopping for a drink at a old saloon that my s-daughter runs. A bloody-mary with a shot of chilled absolute on the side alway makes for a nice ride home.
  2. Charles Kirkland

    Show Us Your Bikes

    I think it's real cool looking, nice bike.
  3. Charles Kirkland

    Show Us Your Bikes

    My 16 year old baby boomer trike. I put a direct drive cargo trike motor with a 48v 14ah battery and have 250 miles on it so far. I have done a fair amount of miles at state and county parks. I am retired and like to ride it around Sealy Texas. It's quite fun to go to town on, and I can cruze...
  4. Charles Kirkland

    My Babyboomer

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  5. Charles Kirkland

    My Babyboomer

    Hi, I am enjoying the old Babyboomer trike that I had for years, but been unable to ride for mobility issues. I put a direct drive e- trike kit w/48v battery in it. I have no complaints about the set up and it has definitely improved the quality of life for me. I don't know the range it will go...
  6. Charles Kirkland

    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    We are settled into our new retirement place. We bought a trailer in a nice park. Our grandkids and downtown Sealy Tx are all within riding distance of the e- boomer trike. Nice concrete frontage road on a less crowded stretch of I10 and paved county roads make it easy to get around. The State...
  7. Charles Kirkland

    So you guys (and gals) might be right.

    The direct drive front hub motor on my trike is working out great for my intended use. I bought a 48v 14ah blue battery that I was going to use as a second battery till I could get a 48v 120 or bigger, but so far it's doing fine for me. I run it between 8 and 14mph. It's 20" and rears ar 24. Hub...
  8. Charles Kirkland

    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    I like Texas history and being close enough to take the trike around some of it is pretty nice. I had battery enough to check out the monument and state park, but ran out of nice shoulder wide enough to get out of traffics way. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.
  9. Charles Kirkland

    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    Yeah, It would scare me away fast if one looked at me any other way than as a old man. It would have to be a trap of some kind.
  10. Charles Kirkland

    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    I've been checking out my new area, waiting for the trails at the State Park to dry out and reopen after hurricane damage. Beautiful weather today, but hot. Told the wife some of the local babes were checking me out today.
  11. Charles Kirkland

    Addmotor's new mid drive 1000W split rear differential trike

    I would have turned my trike over a couple of times if the seat was higher & rear wheels wasn't angled like a wheelchair. I can run 15-16mph on it, but perfer 7 or 8. It corners ok, but still a trike
  12. Charles Kirkland

    2024 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    My wife and I are now settled into being fully retired and in our new home in Sealy Texas. The trails at the State park near me have been closed to dry up from heavy rain, but should be open now. I got the trike ready and took it for a test ride today. I will wait for the crowd to thin out after...
  13. Charles Kirkland

    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    Took a last ride around Booth TX today. I'll be riding around Sealy where I'm moving. This school for blacks was built in 1929. Difference between my kid time in Texas and now. The deserted rodeo area would have been busy then with local teens.
  14. Charles Kirkland

    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    Yeah it is. About the longest bicycle chain I've seen. So far it's worked ok. I put a one speed derailleur when I installed moto and I use the 3 middle wheel sprocket and move chain to larger or smaller by hand. It was a 7 speed to start with.
  15. Charles Kirkland

    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    Little 4' gater along the trails at BBSP. No big one out that day, but there are over 300 6'+ and many over 10' gaters in 1000 acers of water and you see them all the time. I wouldn't let a dog of any size explore the waters edge. I'll get some pictures this summer.
  16. Charles Kirkland

    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    I look forward to your pictures Sir. What a interesting neighborhood.
  17. Charles Kirkland

    Escaping th ebike restrictions

    I have only been riding during weekends once at both the parks that I ride. I'm not into crowded activities and there are a lot of hikers and bike riders in my area. Park Police seem to target people doing stuff to get noticed. A 70yo fat guy doing 7mph on a tricycle doesn't seem to draw much...
  18. Charles Kirkland

    Escaping th ebike restrictions

    Riding my trike is making improvements to my well being, both mentally and physically. Mostly the younger people on bikes and hiking have been real nice, and even helpful. I am never over 8 mph or so and they peddle passed me all the time. I pull over and stop if needed. I see ebikes running...
  19. Charles Kirkland

    Escaping th ebike restrictions

    Wow, I've never had any problem on my etrike with Rangers at the state park near me. I quess if that happened with me I would peddle as far up trail as I could...and call 911 and see what happens. It cost a lot extra to make sure my motor was legal and I intend to ride it.
  20. Charles Kirkland

    Babyboomer

    Now that winter trout stocking is done and while summer catfish stocking hasn't started, I can ride the bike paths and trails without dealing with the big basket. I love this thing.
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