At last, a dry sunny day, time to ride! (Warning: This video is not edited!)
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2024
- It's winter. It has been raining for several days. I prefer not to intentionally ride my recumbent tricycle in the rain. Today is sunny. Tomorrow is predicted to once again be rainy. Think I'll ride today while I can! Today is the day!
(WARNING: This video is not edited, nothing slick about it, beware!)
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"TAKE IT EASY ... TAKE A TRIKE!" - trike hobo
Steve's current recumbent trike is a 2021 HP Velotechnik Scorpion fs26 Enduro, outfitted with Schwalbe Marathon PLUS road tires instead of the stock knobby off-road tires. He has also owned a 2015 ICE Full Fat off-road trike, a 2014 Catrike 700 speed trike, and a 2007 ICE Qnt trike ... not to mention three bikes (Specialized Roll Elite - Motobecane Night Train fat tire - Easy Racers Gold Rush recumbent)
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Trike Hobo Steve, you really have a very nice setup.
Your panniers looking really good and visible.
I love these panniers, super visible! If I put the rain covers on, the whole thing seems to stand out even better, but the big eye-catcher for car drivers is the dual Purple Sky flagging I have waving around up there, almost like signaling with waving arms.
steve
Thanks for posting this. Winters are horribly long here in Indiana. Can't wait to get out and ride again!
Yep, regardless of where we all live, there are times of year where riding is not ideal or pleasant, whether it be rain, snow, or extreme summer heat. It's just part of living on Planet Earth! Of course, the saying goes: "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." which is very true when it comes to riding a recumbent bike or trike. The more we are kept from it due to weather, the more fun it is once we get back to it!
steve
Hey Steve good to see you in motion and I enjoyed the unedited video its a cool perspective to see what actually happens trying to get the "shot" or angle
In all my other videos over the years, I edit them so that the "ride by" shots appear seamlessly, but in this one, I just wanted the footage to be as I shot it. Yes, when putting together videos, there is a LOT of time spent setting up these shots that viewers may not even consider, and there is a LOT of footage that is never used, just deleted.
steve
Thanks for posting the different camera POVs. I have been using a necklace for my action cameras. I like them better than using the chest strap. I have a question on the pass by shots? How far to ride past your camera set up?
I have an older simple camera, which I just have on a short camera mount handle that swivels to the angle I want, so I am holding the camera with one hand on the unusual shots. This is the first video I have ever done where I just left in the setup aspect of these shots. Usually, I edit them so that the viewer just sees a seamless transition of a ride-by.
Doing these ride-by shots takes a LOT of setup and time. Unlike a ride for just personal pleasure, when a rider is filming for a presentation, even a simple ride means spending loads of time figuring out the best shots, angles, and setting up the camera on a tripod, riding away, turning around, and riding back past the camera.
When doing normal seamless videos, I usually have to ride quite a ways before turning around because it then seems like a real ride-by. I like having a curve in the road because I simply have to disappear past the curve, or come out of a curve. Straight roads like the one I used in this video require riding a greater distance because I am visible to the camera the entire way. Figuring out how far to ride, and where to set the camera for the shot, just takes some experience doing it to see what looks the most natural.
And once back at the computer for editing. a whole LOT of footage ends up not even being used, just to get the special ride-by portions, so for ride-by shots usually about half of the footage is ultimately discarded. These shots are super time intensive, but a lot of fun once edited so it all looks natural.
On this particular video here, I set up the camera and rode quite a ways before turning around on one of the shots, and in my rear view mirror I saw a guy on a bicycle coming from the tree where I had set up my camera. I was worried that he had seen me set it up, stopped and reached down to get the small camera on my little tripod (on the curb), and made off with it. I hastily turned about, making note of what the guy looked like and the type of bike he was on, just in case I had to pursue him to get my stolen camera back. HAPPILY, my camera was still there recording!!! Just my suspicious nature at work, haha.
In the video, you can see the part I am describing when the biker rides past my camera on the wrong side of the street, facing traffic, and then I come into view heading towards the camera.
steve
Wow, I figured that ride set up takes lots of time and creativity. I tried a pass by shot on the Pevine Trail in Prescott. It was very hard to babysit my camera. One back time back in Minnesota. I did Timelapse at a park near my home. My Camera was gone where I placed it. I left a note in the place where set my GoPro. I got a call from the dog walker , he turned my camera to the local police. Lucky me. Getting back camera placement. I think I am going to settle on the wearing the GoPro with sometimes mounting to the boom. But , thank you Steve for the explanation of video editing in this insta photo world.
Hey Steve, watching this video again.
I noticed something regarding your fluorescent leg protectors.
Depending on what one would call a left and a right pair.
I see that both of yours are the same side that the velcro is on.
When I ordered mine, the same thing occurred.
I thought that it was a mistake by the company who shipped me two Lefts.
Meaning... I thought the velcro straps should be on the outside of each leg.
I see that yours as well as mine are the same, in that one leg (the right) has the velcro strap on the inside of the leg, and the other leg (the left) has the velcro strap on the outside of the leg.
Both adhering from right to left, instead of opposite of each other.
I see now that mine wasn't a mistake of shipping two lefts, but that the company probably saves time/money by just making one for both legs (one velcro strap going towards the inside of the leg and the other velcro strap going towards the outside of the leg);
Because these are tapered from the top to bottom, one can't flip one so that both are strapping to the outside of the leg.
Kinda a cheap fabrication design if you ask me.
I also thought that when I ordered mine, that the neoprene material would be quite a bit thicker.
Lastly, in one of my videos where I filmed myself riding as I was wearing these shin legwarmers.
From a fair distance away, they really didn't stand out like you'd think they would.
My fluorescent yellow shirt and flag stood out much more.
If...these fluorescent yellow legwarmers REALLY make a difference in keeping your lower legs warmer in cold weather, than I suppose they are beneficial.
However...If, they only moderately keep your legs warmer on a cold day. Then overall I am somewhat disappointed in the overall product.
Given the lazy cheap one side attachment used for both legs as a pair.
As well as the minimum neoprene thickness material, and to be determined adding adequate warmth during cold weather riding.
I rate them a C to C+.
As I said, the fluorescent yellow color didn't really show up from a fair distance away. Perhaps the reflective strip would help considerably IF lights were to reflect off them.
The whole one side attachment for both sides making a pair, is big disappointment for me, and the minimal material thickness as well.
Really can't rate higher than a C to C+ grade.
I can't see how the companies Q.C. quality control missed/drop the ball on these issues.
I never have really thought about whether these are left or right sided, having always just envisioned them as an "either leg" situation. They work perfectly for either leg. I started putting the Velcro attachment areas at the front, along my shins, to provide extra protection in case I make another stupid mistake of smacking a shin into my unforgiving Catalyst pedals again (although one time was enough damage that my mind has never forgotten the incident).
I don't think I'd want these any thicker than they are because they are plenty warm in the colder months, and if they were thicker, they'd just be even bulkier. When the weather warms up, a thicker neoprene would really heat up the lower legs (this is why I got that company's reflective straps for when the riding is warmer, so that my lower legs don't overheat).
The only reason I bought a pair of these is because as a recumbent rider, air billows up the pants, and these keep that from occurring. Now, if I were a cool and in-vogue road racing biker, I would wear spandex, and no straps would be necessary at all, but being a normal guy who LIKES to wear normal clothing, and not caring one iota what cool and hip roadies think, I opt for street wear that I can wear into a market without being the center of attention (and clacking up and down the aisles like the roadies do with their Look brand road cleats that cause them to walk like a lame duck.
Regarding the traditional school grading paradigm that hounded us during all our years of growing up into adulthood, I would assign the letter A to these Leg Shields, probably followed by a "+" symbol, because not only have they totally filled a need I had for triking, these have also proven helpful when hiking severely overgrown forest trails (where sticks are known to wack the lower legs while walking), as well as when I do yard work of cutting branches off pine trees, offering some great protection so that my legs don't look like they just came out of a war zone after the job is done.
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Okay.
They still are two of the same side. Strapping from right to left for both legs. Like wearing two left shoes sorta.
As I said, I haven't worn them out in really cold weather to determine their warmth factor.
Yes, they do help keep the cold air from billowing up the pant legs though.
Totally Agree regarding the Clackidy Clack lame duck walking of the Tour De France cyclists wannabes. 😄.
First in!
Even being sick in bed.
What's the temperature Steve?
What the heck is wrong with you? Sick in bed? Out there in the nice desert air? Anyway, thanks for being the first to watch (there are perks to being in bed, haha). I think the temps were in the mid forties or so, but in the sun, it felt much warmer. I am wearing these polyester clothes (shirt, pullover bright T-shirt, and the fleece jacket), so had it been in the fifties, I would have been getting pretty darn hot. I do better riding in cooler weather personally.
steve
PS: Get well Mr. Firefly! Your trike is calling!
Hi, Steve. Thanks for anther interesting video. Why do you wear a full face helmet? I have never seen anyone but a down hill racer at a bike park wear one.
Hi Martin,
Yep, I am sure, or pretty sure at least, that I am the only recumbent triker wearing one, and beyond that, probably the only cyclist of any kind wearing one outside of downhill MTB racing. I will share a couple of links to talks I have done about the helmet to give you some background on my atypical thinking:
ua-cam.com/video/SYFUkgTlBDc/v-deo.html
(Why I wear a full coverage helmet)
ua-cam.com/video/Vu9gk1XX6rE/v-deo.html
(Info on the helmet I wear)
I have ordered a recumbent long wheelbase bicycle that I hope to have this spring, so the helmet will be perfect for that (bikers can fall over, haha).
steve
Steve, the yellow stuff sack behind your headrest, what is the brand name and Liter size?
That is a "Sea to Summit" 13 liter dry bag, with a roll down top like on Ortlieb panniers. Currently, I have a synthetic down-type vest in it in case I get cold (but I was just right on this ride). A two person tent will fit inside if stuffed well, but it can only then be rolled down once, instead of the three roles they recommend for maximum waterproofing (just like on the Ortlieb bags).
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