We packed up and headed for the Military Museum in Boalsburg for a two hour ride today. I didn’t think the sun would be nearly strong enough yet to cause burns, but oh, how wrong I was. Gareth came back with one side of his face reddened while I somehow was burned even on parts of my head that were fully covered by my helmet. Time to stock up on sunscreen.
Once we got back home, there was so much stuff to do that we didn’t even crack open the ride journal. Perhaps tomorrow.
One of the modifications we made to the Pino when fitting Gareth was to forego the use of the standard boom extension and adult crank. Because we took it out, we were left with a large hole at the front of the bike where the extension would normally fit. I originally filled that with some foam as a stop-gap measure but am now in the process of making something a little more elegant. Should you ever be in a similar situation, 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe (about 5 inches) with a cap fits in there perfectly. I’m going to rubber coat the plug that I made, but it’s working great as is.
And in other modification news, I finally figured out a headlight setup for this bike. I’m going to be using headmounted LED flashlights. They’re very common for camping and boating, but it turns out that the slight curve to most of the headmount systems works well with the curve of the boom at the front of the Pino. I’ll just cinch it down tight, and we’ll be good to go.
Solutions abound today.
