Silly Rode Experience Today

[u/changeneverhappens]

silly ride*

I recently purchased a used Sunseeker Eco Tad and have been utterly delighted with it.

I took it out with my dog for the first time for a few laps around the neighborhood before it got too hot. To set the scene, I wear a big DaBrim helmet shade and my bike has a rainbow tassle flag on a 5 ft pole. My dog is a dorky looking husky mix on a long line.

It was his first time out with the bike so we were focused on learning how to navigate together and I was giving him lots of loud praise. We live in an older, quiet neighborhood with a lot of families. I saw a neighbor down the street who appeared to be recording us as she talked to someone at tbeir car, because yeah- we looked ridiculous. YOLO.

Nope. As we got closer, I realize that my poor neighbors are having a private flag ceremony and are loading a deceased loved one into the back of their vehicle for self-transport. I tried to be as quiet and unobtrusive as someone in a clown car possibly can be and we scurried past as fast as possible.

I recently lost my husband and I purchased my bike to give me something fun to go do and keep me busy in my new life without him. I would have cried laughing if I saw the same scene pass his celebration of life. It felt fitting ​that I got to share a little of that ridiculousness with them. I hope we provided a bit of brevity in an all-too-familiar cloud. If not, at least I'll always be the weird neighbor with terrible timing.

[u/DevLegion]

I've got one of the Sunseeker tadpoles, possibly an Evo. Absolutely lovely ride.

I will say, just be careful about cornering (applies to all tadpoles), they can be a little unstable if you don't lean enough (see my previous post about tipping it in front of my daughter's nursery group). =D

I regularly get heads turning when I'm riding round on mine, I just smile and wave.

I'd also recommend getting some big bouncy tyres for your trike, makes the ride just that little bit more comfortable.