Sidecar season

Russell · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:30 am Post subject: Sidecar season

I've posted before about the privilege I have of the joy of giving kids a sidecar experience.Beautiful late spring day today and at one school here in town 28 6 yr olds and their teacher all got to have their first ever ride in a chair.The little kids can sit together on the one adult bucket seat and the giggles are so good for the soul. I tell them to communicate with me by hand signals. THumbs up means they are comfortable and want to go faster. Thumbs down means "slow down please" and I tell them that both hands making a capital T means "get me to a toilet fast!" We've needed that signal more than once...for adult women.
Late in the day I had the absolute pleasure of a 70 km ride over undulating ,tightly winding , sealed road out a tiny 7 pupil country school. The oldest and the youngest pupils got cold feet at the last minute. The other 5 couldn't get enough, all having two rides and one managing to con us into a third! The chair at road speed is very tricky to get around corners when there is no load in the sidecar but after a 70 km ride out there you get in the groove and the 70 km back was pure bliss.I love this time of year!

Rat · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

Need a bigger wheel on that sidecar ...... that one doesn't seem to reach the ground. Shocked

05c50 · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject:

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