Catriking in Traffic

Can you safely ride a recumbent trike in weekday big-city traffic? Ruth shows that it is no problem on her Catrike Trail, riding in Tuesday noontime traffic in south Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Of course the over-sized orange flag helps with visibility a lot. More on our Catrikes at http://web.ncf.ca/adamandruth/catrike.html

Music is Creative Commons 3.0 free music, "Rock and Roll", by the German band Shearer, from their album Makin-A-Munson. Download the whole album for free at http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3929

This video was made with Avidemux 2.5.2 movie editor. The music was edited with Audacity 1.3.12 beta all running on the Ubuntu 10.04 operating system.

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Sports

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• Catrike

[WebDogZcom]

Good video, I have to ask.....

Where can I get a flag like the one on that lead trike? Thanks

[Adam99001]

@WebDogZcom - Good question! I actually made that flag for Ruth's Catrike from a hunting vest. Description on how it was done on our Catrike Diary at the link above (stupid You Tube won't let me post the link down here.

[jcc2150]

looks like the suburbs of austin,tx. how fast can you actually get though? seems fun.

[Adam99001]

@jcc2150 I am sure it looks like the suburbs of just about any North American city. How fast can I get on my Catrike Speed? On a flat stretch of road 35 km/h, going down that hill easily 50 km/hr, you just want the lights at the bottom to be green and not red!

[Adam99001]

Yes, as the video caption says "Ruth shows that it is no problem on her Catrike Trail, riding in Tuesday noontime traffic in south Ottawa, Ontario, Canada."

[jcc2150]

@Adam99001 i hear ya, but i dont go out where too many lights are, the long hilly ones are so sweet! safe riding my friend!

[hoffbrand]

big city traffic?? yea try living in a real city

[YassSoccer06]

Ottawa, right???

[va3ks]

Enjoyed your video. I commute daily from the Experimental Farm area to Chemin Pink in the Gatineau on my Catrike Road. I got the Catrike this summer after a road bike accident on the way to work. Nasty broken clavicle was the result and Dr said "no biking this summer". So picked up a Catrike and can ride it with no stress to the healing bones. Traffic seems to give me lots of clearance compared to my road bike :-)

[mtmassociate]

I ride my Vision R-50 in morning and afternoon commute traffic in Southern Maryland and it's a very interesting part of my day.