42.5mi / 68.4km

The Pterovélo is back on the road again after two weeks of improvements. We now have much better turn indicators and also added brake lights in the back. The side windows have been replaced and the new wrap looks real good. My fitness unfortunately is down a bit. I started off today with a good 20mph avg but by the end of the ride I was doing 12mph avg. URGH! The turn indicators are working well. The cars notice them now and they are giving me room to move over. What a pleasure to be treated like a vehicle while cycling.

15.29mi / 24.61km

Spent the Saturday at Earth Day Birthday. A small expo that PlanetNicolsHills.org was hosting. I have not cycled for 10 days now and my legs got quite a shock. The new back lights is almost in and then we will be on the road again.

7.25mi / 11.67km

Today was TEDxOKC day! What an amazing day it was. Heard so many speak about their passion, ideas and inventions it was truly mind boggling. Thank you to everybody that made it happen and thank you Ken for getting me a ticket at the last minute.
Some of the great people I met:
David High
Stacie Steward
Jay Martin
Jy Architecture
Ken Surritte
Kyle Dillingham
Sarah Kay

Thank you Grace for the photo.

12.03mi / 19.36km

I got the Pterovélo back from 247 Graphix today and I must say they did a super job. Thanks again guys, I can not stop looking at it. I will post some photos tomorrow.

12.09mi / 19.46km

Went to drop off the Pterovélo at 247 Graphix this afternoon. Shawn is going to put a brand new wrap on the velo and I will also get some advertising on it. Very exited about it. I took the side windows out to be replaced with new ones later on. It also gave me a change to cut the holes for the new and bigger back lights in the shell. Hopefully this weekend I could install some new brake lights and turn signals.

97.06mi / 156.20km

A 32km South wind today.

87.93mi / 141.51km

Set off this morning to do a couple of errands and then headed South to Lexington, OK. I had a 20mph headwind and thought I am struggling way to much, but.one forget how good you have it. I pull up next to a cyclist and saw on his face how the wind was killing him. We said our hello's and I pulled away from him as if he was standing still. At Lexington I met up with Bob Massengale, the owner of Oklahoma Recumbent Road Bikes. His shop is just supper, with all the recumbents you can think off and not to mention all the trikes. Great guy.
The trip back was supper fun with the wind from the back. There were long stretches where I could hold 29mph.

25.63mi / 41.25km

Run the tires at 50psi today. Could not tell a difference in speed from yesterdays 60psi but it got even smoother.

49.35mi / 79.42km

34.00mi / 54.72km

Avg 15.7 mph, max 42.3 mph, 2:10:17
At last got the new 355 front wheels up and running. The ride is much smoother! I do feel they are heavier but for a commuting tire I think it would be just fine

61.15mi / 98.41km

I tried to push it a little harder today but it was cold, damp and it felt like I just could not get going.
Avg 18.1 mph
Max 38.6 mph
3:23:27

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9.06mi / 14.58km

Pro Bike by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
Went to Pro Bike this afternoon to help John put the new 355 wheels together. Still hoping that they will fit, I guess we will find out tomorrow.

78.15mi / 125.77km

03-26-11-am by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
Three lake tour. Nice and relaxing ride. Was long though and i did get a little worn out at the end.

83.76mi / 134.80km

03-24-11 by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
The am and pm ride is combined. I had to stop way to many times this morning. It made for a pretty slow ride to work. This afternoon was very good though. Felt so good by the time I got to the lake I decided to make a quick loop around, adding an extra 10 miles to the trip. Got stopped again by the police, but the girl laughed so hard when she saw that it is acutaly a bicycle... I made her day.

42.24mi / 67.98km

03-22-11-pm by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
Was a super ride back home tonight. There was a strong WSW wind, wich normaly on a regular bike would absolutly kill you. The Pterovelo in a cross wind like that acts like a wing and you could feel the aerodinamic force pulling you allong. Even slight uphils then become flat. How amazing is that. I had a smile on my face the whole way home, loving it.

34.09mi / 54.86km

03-22-11-am by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
Very easy ride to work this morning. Light tail wind.

49.72mi / 80.02km

03-20-11 by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
Did a very easy coffee run this morning with the OBS club ride. This evening I pushed it a little harder and tried to keep the spinning high.

2500mile Service Report

The front Kojak's has had enough. Luckily I at last found 355 rims, so the front wheels is getting replaced with the new rims and BigApple tires. The Ultremo R I had on the back is also done. I think it should have lasted longer than that but so be it. The left front brakes is worn down to the bone and is also getting replaced, right is still good.
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43.84mi 70 55km

03-19-11 by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
I used the 39 chainring today. Spin out at about 34mph. I swaped the chain tubes with Teflon tubes and it made the world of difference in drive train noise. Very nice and quite inside now. Went to say hi to Alex at Bike One and he joined me for a lap around the lake. Fun fun fun!

39.78mi / 64.02km

03-17-11-pm by pterovelo at Garmin Connect - Details
The ride felt faster than what it was. I had a bunch of stops though. Went to the chiropractor, then stopped at the bicycle shop. Saw James in the hospital. Met another trike rider at lake Hefner, recumbentnut@aol.com. Had to stop and pie to many times. Don't know if I drank to much water or not enough. 3.5L