Today was very hot. The first triple digit day of many I'm afraid. I mowed my lawns and came home and rehydrated 
I didn't even cook dinner. I ordered a pizza I was being such a slug. After dinner I went riding. I took my best battery and rode it home on fumes. I logged 47 miles. It was 103° when I left and only 89° when I got home. Oddly, there was zero traffic on the sidewalk.
My third loop I pulled into the doggie park to get a drink. They have a very nice non refrigerated water fountain there. It has a little guy fountain, a water bottle fountain, a big person fountain, and a place to fill up a water bowl. I rode past two ladies and a dog on their way from the parking lot to the dog park. After getting a drink I walked back to my bike to find the elderly lady staring at my bike. She asked how I liked it and naturally that spawned a lengthy conversation. She has an interest in acquiring an e-trike and was quizzing me for information. I have not shopped trikes and really know little about them. I know what I would be looking for if I were in the market.
I tried to give her some good advice. The worst part about shopping for an e-bike or trike around here is you are at the mercy of less than a hand full of retailers where you can do a hands on and maybe even a test ride. That hands on luxury costs around a couple of grand more than comparable bikes on the net. It's scary to be a consumer!
I took the incorrect brake purchase to my local ups store this morning before mowing. I said that I have an amazon return, I showed the return qr code that was on my phone to the young lady, she scanned it, gave me a receipt, and whiz bang it was a done deal. Before I got home I had an email stating that I had successfully returned the item and should receive my refund by tomorrow. I have never returned anything to amazon. I was pleased with the ease of the process. I hope I don't make such a blunder in the future. The replacement brakes are to be delivered tomorrow. With some luck, I'll get them installed and bedded in. I'm more than anxious to have a functional front brake again. I reach for it every time I want to brake.
I didn't even cook dinner. I ordered a pizza I was being such a slug. After dinner I went riding. I took my best battery and rode it home on fumes. I logged 47 miles. It was 103° when I left and only 89° when I got home. Oddly, there was zero traffic on the sidewalk. My third loop I pulled into the doggie park to get a drink. They have a very nice non refrigerated water fountain there. It has a little guy fountain, a water bottle fountain, a big person fountain, and a place to fill up a water bowl. I rode past two ladies and a dog on their way from the parking lot to the dog park. After getting a drink I walked back to my bike to find the elderly lady staring at my bike. She asked how I liked it and naturally that spawned a lengthy conversation. She has an interest in acquiring an e-trike and was quizzing me for information. I have not shopped trikes and really know little about them. I know what I would be looking for if I were in the market.
I tried to give her some good advice. The worst part about shopping for an e-bike or trike around here is you are at the mercy of less than a hand full of retailers where you can do a hands on and maybe even a test ride. That hands on luxury costs around a couple of grand more than comparable bikes on the net. It's scary to be a consumer!
I took the incorrect brake purchase to my local ups store this morning before mowing. I said that I have an amazon return, I showed the return qr code that was on my phone to the young lady, she scanned it, gave me a receipt, and whiz bang it was a done deal. Before I got home I had an email stating that I had successfully returned the item and should receive my refund by tomorrow. I have never returned anything to amazon. I was pleased with the ease of the process. I hope I don't make such a blunder in the future. The replacement brakes are to be delivered tomorrow. With some luck, I'll get them installed and bedded in. I'm more than anxious to have a functional front brake again. I reach for it every time I want to brake.