It's Coming!
According to Paul Sims - Production, Tech, R&D and Web Guy at Greenspeed - my trike left Australia* today, bound for America!
This is good news. I'm at the point where most of the equipment that I'm going to be taking with me on my voyage has either arrived or is on its way, and I need to have the trike so I can start the final build of the solar and communications systems.
This week saw the arrival of the tinted Windwrap fairing that will shield me from headwinds and the sun's baking rays, as well as the Wilson 3-watt dual-band amplifer that will significantly improve my cellular voice and data signal strength.
Soon, I will be pedaling around the countryside on a sweet, three-wheeled ride, and when I'm not doing that, I'll be stripping wire and nursing solder burns on my fingers. Joy!
*From Ascot Vale, in Victoria...which conjures up images of a dale filled with rough and ready outback-style men frolicking in a stream wearing nothing but brightly-colored scarves.
But I'm almost completely certain that I am alone in such imaginings.
You bought a bike from Phil Sim(m)s??? That is beyond being the coolest thing I have ever heard. If Mark Bavaro delivers it to your door, I'm officially throwing a party in your honor.
You can come if you like.
Posted by: TF6S | February 3, 2006 01:58 AM
Dude, that is the awesomest, most awesome thing I have ever heard. Well, one of them, anyway. When do you get it?!
Hey, I have almost settled on my stunt because I think I've officially cracked. We should talk!
Posted by: Kate | February 4, 2006 10:09 PM
Not sure. At the moment, it's in Kentucky, awaiting clearance into the U.S. I think they have to check to make sure I'm not smuggling Osama bin Laden or Olivia Newton-John or something.
Yeah yeah! Stunts are good. Might it be Beef Jerky Time?
Posted by: Ian Wood | February 6, 2006 10:43 AM