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25 April 2017 - 9:40pm
TARTAR Spring 2017 - Recumbent trike ride on Sacramento's American River Trail
An informal ride called Tour of the American River for Trikes and Recumbents TARTAR will be happening in Sacramento and riders from all points will be converging on the Sacramento area to enjoy the American River trail and to meet other recumbent trike riders.
This ride has been happening semi-yearly for quite a while and has gained a strong following.
Rides are scheduled for
- Friday 28 April 2017 at 5pm
- Saturday 29 April 2017 at 9:30am
- Sunay 30 April 2017 at 9:30am
All rides start and end at the Double Tree Suites by Hilton - Rancho Cordova - 11260 Point East Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
The main information page for the rides is at http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=132689
There are announcements on two separate Meetup pages at:
Information
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Face-time with ICE. Ask all of your questions. Find out what happens behind the scenes. And, try trikes, trikes, trikes... including the fully automatic ICE Adventure electric trikes.
An inexpensive hitch-mount rack for folded recumbent trikes. For example, the ICE Full Fat big-tired adventure tricycle.
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PBW
Come out and learn about adjusting your own shifting.
Enjoy beautiful, crisp shifting. Eliminate pesky trips to a bike shop to get rid of that clunking. Take charge of your handlebars. We'll show you how to do all this and more. Covering twist shifters, bar-ends, internally geared hubs, as needed.
Caffeine and morning snacks provided. Bring a shifting conundrum for our version of Stump the Chumps. Go for a ride on the beautiful American River Trail afterwards.
Where: 1114 C Street, Sac'to.
Cost: FREE
PBW
Explore the elements of a tricycle drivetrain from the pedals through the cranks, chain, rear cog or cassette, and into the wheel.
