Posted by What’s a rambler to do when he starts running out of trails on land?
This problem has been bothering me for a while now as I find it harder and harder to think of new places to go and explore by bike in Tasmania.
Then a friend of mine suggested I sent me this link … www.shuttlebike.com, and the rest, predictably, was inevitable and Bruny Island was the perfect place to give things a try …
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| It does take a doctorate to figure out how to put it all together Kim had plenty of time to have a snooze and work on her tan. |
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| Inflation of pontoons is achieve by a pedal pump which is quite clever. (but very hard and takes two people) |
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| 30 minutes (OK, an hour) later and we have the finished product … Question is … do I trust it? |
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| Me with my confident face on. |
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| No turning back now … speaking of which … how do you turn? |
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| Child’s play … |
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| Slightly out of skew … |
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| Notice flip up propeller attached to front wheel You just turn the same way you would when riding a bike. Clever. |
If you want to see how it is really done, then feel free to check out the expert in action …
With a bit of imagination, there’s always new trails to ride, though I think it will be a while before I do the first circumnavigation of Tasmania on this baby …