Update on the home-built tadpole I bought for my wife. We took the trike out for her maiden ride lastweek to a local park that has a relatively flat pathed bike path surrounding a lagoon. My wife made one lap around and heading down a slight incline, approaching the water, instead of turning to the right away from the water, paniced and did her impersonation of Fred Flintstone. Needless to say, she stopped the trike but at the cost of a scrapped and possibly sprained ankle. All in all, she told me that she had fun riding the trike. She was sidelined due to the injury and several consecutive days of rain. I took this opportunity to replace the brake lever for one with more leverage and a locking feature and also installed new Kool Stop pads.

Today she went out again and rode the trike, still somewhat sore, but managed a 1 mile lap around a different bike path. She loves the new improved braking on the trike, she can stop on a dime. Hoping the weather stays sunny for a while to allow her to get in more riding.