Hello from not so sunny Scotland

[stuee147]

hi all
im stuart, stu , stuee or call me what you like as long as its not late for dinner (the old ones are the best)
anyway i live in Midlothian just outside Edinburgh and iv been a keen bike rider since i was a kid. as with most folk i got into cars and sort of left the bikes, but due to an injury a few years ago i dont drive much now and so i tried using a bike but found a conventional bike gave me problems (as its my left arm that's damaged) i found braking with my left very hard and just having my arm at the angel of the handle bars causes pain. so i started looking into recumbent trikes so i could ride with ease just using my right hand to steer.
after a lot of looking round and several heart stopping moment when i seen the prices of recumbent s iv decided to build my own and i have made the test trike and had great fun on it so now im building the proper trike

stuee

 

[Ernie_RBR]

 

[welsh dragon]

Hi. Welcome from powys

 

[Louch]

Welcome aboard. @Scoosh is our resident recumbent owner in edinburgh so may be able to share his knowledge. We are meeting in edinburgh for pedal n parliament in April, be good to meet you there with the rest of the cc eccose group. We cycle together quite regularly

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Welcome Stu! @Louch beat me to it ... a recumbent twin for our @Scoosh on our CC Ecosse rides, brilliant!

 

[i hate hills]

Welcome Stuee

 

[ScotiaLass]

 

[Bobby Mhor]

from across the country

 

[John the Canuck]

Hi from South Lanarkshire

excellent avatar - a 'proper 4x4' -- have had 2 SWB and a LWB

 

[ScotiaLass]

Hi from South Lanarkshire

excellent avatar - a 'proper 4x4' -- have had 2 SWB and a LWB

I had an off road kitted Defender 90 LWB

 

[Scoosh]

@stuee147 and to CC !

I have a Nazca Fuego 2-wheeled 'bent, which I have taken to a CC Ecosse Forum ride - the one with the 17% incline ..... I walked and pushed and encouraged some (female) upwrong riders on their way ...

Any SLROC members here, by any chance ?

 

[ACS]

from the Kingdom

 

[Encephrich]

Hi stuee, nowhere near you (shires) unless dragged up to inlaws (prestonpans). same sort of story. now awaiting the bent to arrive doon sooth.

 

[stuee147]

yea i was reading the pedal on parliament bit on the laid back bike website sound like it will be a good day ill have to see if
1: i have the time free
2: that i have built my bike

and John the Canuck i couldn't agree more a proper 4x4 i don't think you can beat an old series 3 my last one (the one in my avatar) was unbeaten at my old off-road course it left defenders, discos, the little Suzuki and most anything else, having said that i had spent a lot of time and money hand tuning the original 2 1/4 ltr diesel engine and new uprated suspension and wheels i miss the old girl but i do know who has her and she is still in daily use

@stuee147 and

Any SLROC members here, by any chance ?

now would you be meaning the Suffolk landrover owners club or the Scottish landrover owners club ??
im a member of both as i used to live in Suffolk and now in Scotland lol

 

[John the Canuck]

stuee147
''.....i miss the old girl but i do know who has her and she is still in daily use....''

nice.. mine was a bog-standard Series 3 - until a mate from Canada flew over

- bought it - added LR fuel tanks, roof tent, etc etc, and drove to Algiers, got a permit and went XC-Sahara to Tamanrasset, then continued south
sold it for a boat ticket and sailed back to Canada

envy.................