They go from less than $200 for a kiddie sized Trikke to $500 for the T12. The T8 air is a bit easier to learn on, but once you get your chops, almost everyone like the T12 better. And the T12 has disk brakes to die for.
Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, now you've done it. :-) > > I want one. I looked at trikke.com, and there seems > to be a website for Spain, so Sitges watch out. :-) > > How much do they cost? That's the only information > I don't seem to be able to find easily. > > Unc > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Rick: "So what is that thing? Who invented it? Can it go forward at a > > decent speed, or is it just good for fooling around in circles?" > > > > Ed: I've posted hundreds of times about trikking on trikking Web > sites. > > > > A Trikke is a very deep metaphor with very wide applications. Easy to > > see the Trikke as a spiritual program, or even as a Master, for > instance. > > > > I can get up to about 15MPH comfortably for at least a few miles, > > cruise for hours at about 10MPH, and climb up to a 17% grade hill. > > One can carve a three foot wide sidewalk, or do huge 20 foot wide > > "swaths of Doom." It's all fun. > > > > Here's me doing about 10 - 15 MPH going up a 12% hill and back down: > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=KbXRXYxo-Zk > > > > Also, I do dozens and dozens of tricks on the Trikke -- but most of > > the tricks are too subtle for a non-trikker to really appreciate. > > Going down a curb, for instance, takes more than just a dollop of > > courage when one is first learning it, and it's not learned with a few > > attempts -- takes 50 - 100 times before one can "just go down a curb" > > without intense mindfulness of the action. And there's many ways to > > go down a curb -- some very artistic, some very athletic. Like that > > the Trikke, for four years, has had me out there "every day" nuancing > > my skill set. In the above video, you'll see me jump over a speedbump > > -- nothing but net. That took a lot of practice, let me tell ya, yet, > > it's almost nothing to the casual observer who has probably seen > > skateboarders etc. do such amazing things, but, if you want your heart > > in your throat, try jumping a speedbump with a Trikke for the first > > time. The emotional thrill of trikking is an all time reality, and > > one can jack it up or tamp it down at will by changing one's carving > > style. Risk management is a constant palpable dynamic. One chooses > > amount of risk as much as one chooses amount of effort being expended. > > This makes the Trikke into an artist's tool. How one dances around a > > neighborhood with a Trikke is different every time. > > > > "Every day" means any day above 20 degrees with dry surfaces > > available. And additionally on many days below zero, or with slush > > everywhere but enough "islands of dry" to trikke from one "traction > > area" to another. Like that -- gotta trikke! I can't think about > > the Trikke without wanting to get on one NOW. > > > > It's buttah! Discuss amongst yourselves. > > > > I use my Trikke mostly around the neighborhood, but I'd say, most > > trikkers like to get out there and carve for serious distances -- 5 > > -15 miles in a session. I like to do about five to ten miles a day > > futzing around locally, but one guy trikked across the United States, > > then did Europe, and now he's doing the United States again. Other > > folks have done over 100 miles in a day, and one guy did 350 miles > > NON-STOP over, say, 36 hours of trikking. So the Trikke will be to > > you what you want it to be when it comes to "having fun getting fit." > > > > I can just carve my driveway and be in a desperate, out of breath, 170 > > heart beats per minute, drenched in sweat state in FIVE MINUTES FLAT > > if I really put the oomph into my carves. Aerobically and > > weight-training-wise -- I just cannot think of any machine that can > > get one as fit across so many muscle groups with so little stress on > > the body. Anyone who can think a thought can meditate, and anyone who > > can walk can learn to trikke. Walking is "always falling," right? > > Twenty minutes a day three times a week will be more than anyone needs > > to stay fit, and 20 minutes EVERY DAY will be the minimal addiction to > > trikking if one "gets into the poetry" of it. Gotta have it. It's > > dancing -- see Fred Astaire's dance with the coat rack. > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=xbBdgSnPkGI > > > > A full body workout with almost zero impact on joints. I've lost over > > 50 pounds of fat and put back on, say, 10 - 15 pounds of muscle. My > > love handles are almost gone now despite still being about 30 pounds > > overweight. Trikking impact "core" bigtime. I lose weight > > immediately if I diet and do my normal trikking. Just gotta stop > > shoving goop into my pie hole, but sigh....the Trikke doesn't teach > > one that skill. I burn about 400 calories in a 30 minute session, > > and, sheesh, that's merely a soft drink and a bag of chips worth. > > Easy to shovel it in, but at least trikking has upped my metabolism > > and I can actually eat quite a lot without gaining weight. Not that I > > would ever do such a thing of course. Ahem. > > > > Observers are hard pressed to tell how it works when first > > encountering trikking. It looks like almost no effort is being > > expended for the speeds obtained, yet it is a much more demanding > > workout to muscle the machine around than a bike presents -- if one > > wants that -- or easier than a bike -- if one wants that. One decides > > how taxing it is, second by moment by second. And one decides if the > > whole body, upper body, lower body is emphasized. One can trikke > > using almost no muscles but the arms, or just the legs, if one wants. > > And the Trikke can be made very hard to use if the tires have only > > half the pressure they ordinarily should have. Over a few weeks, I > > let my tires gradually leak out air until they're down to 40PSI; and > > it gets harder and harder to carve; then back up to 90PSI and the > > Trikke turns into a drag racer once again after all that low pressure > > slogging as if in molasses. Slogging builds muscles, let me tell ya! > > Or, hell, keep your tires fully inflated and just do a lot of hills. > > > > I'm always asked, "Where's the motor on that thing?" > > > > One is always getting a free ride downhill on the Trikke. It looks > > like magic provides the propulsion. > > > > Unlike a bike where one tries to maintain one's balance, on the Trikke > > one is always falling to one side or the other, and one's trikking > > balance is defined as an intensely "lived" relationship between > > gravitational and centrifugal forces. Trikkers love to fall out of > > balance in a balanced way. One gets the same free ride down the > > gravity-well that surfers, skiers, snowboarders, skateboarders get on > > their respective slopes, and even rollerbladers who are essentially > > getting a free ride falling from side to side as they stroke along. I > > see those folks doing those things, and I feel it in my own body with > > remembered trikking feelings. I see someone flying a kite, and I know > > what the kite would feel like to ride it. I see birds landing and > > know their arcs intimately. I see a tree bend in the wind, and I know > > that kind of stretching groaning reaching the end of a tensile > > strength -- as when I'm doing my hardest carve and my tires are just > > beginning to slip and I'm at the bottom of the gravity well and have > > to shift my weight over to the other footpad to get ready for the next > > ride down. > > > > So, gravity does most of the work, but the trikker must put body mass > > on the correct scooter -- the one that's going downhill. That's where > > the work of the trikker is done. So a trikker is shifting weight > > constantly from 100% on one footpad down to zero while the other > > footpad gets the body's full weight on it. It's a constant flowing of > > mass shifting to another center of gravity and back. Never static. > > The Trikke is two scooters joined, and only one of the scooters is > > going downhill at any given time. So, getting the body to the correct > > scooter ON TIME, is absolutely important to trikking. You gotta dance > > with this gizmo. And when I watch Fred and the rack, again, like > > watching so many other "gravity relationships in real life," I just > > get all these "memories of feelings of trikking" stirred up. I can > > feel Fred's balance shifting in time with the rack. Verah nyce! > > > > And if one misses one's "cue," and if one doesn't arrive "on time" on > > the correct footpad, the Trikke speaks back to one FORCEFULLY. The > > Trikke is an uncompromising master in telling you about the LEAST > > mistake in timing while being quite forgiving in terms of forward > > momentum. You can be a pretty poor trikker and still go, say, 7MPH > > forwards, but if you really want to get some speed going, gotta have > > timing. Without decent timing, a very very very slight slope will > > stop you cold. The Trikke is a supremely sensitive slope detector. > > Once one has "hill chops," one has arrived. Once one's muscles have > > grown to match the needs of carving, hills change from humiliating > > challenges to dance floors. > > > > If you mess up, the footpads "come alive" and seeming push back at you > > -- in fact, overwhelmingly push back at you, and one cannot beat the > > Trikke into submission -- it cannot be "muscled out of" its > > functionality. It will tell you about your least error. After a few > > months of practice, a trikker can tell instantly if the Trikke is > > needing a bolt tightened or if a brake is dragging ever so slightly or > > if the handlebars have become a bit torqued, or if one's feet are a > > bit more forward on the footpads. Any change is felt immediately. > > > > It's art! It's engineering. Trikking is like getting the two halves > > of the brain to talk to each other. The design is a set of concepts > > -- ala Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- that must be > > surrendered to as axioms that are both understood intellectually and > > proprioceptionally. The mind must learn not to argue with physics and > > what the Trikke's spectrum of possibilities are, and the body must > > learn to feel the Trikke and be in harmony with its sense of time. > > GAWD I want to trikke so badly right now, cuz of attentioning it, but > > there's a rainstorm out there right now! Arrrgh! I burn like Spock > > in the Time of Pon Farr!!!! > > > > Here's a few Web pages I put up about trikking -- during my first year > > of trikking. Haven't added more there since, but have posted > > extensively elsewhere. On these pages, you'll get a feel for my > > experiences of trikking even though, nowadays, I have a more matured > > appreciation for trikking, my beginner's vision of it was still close > > to my take on the Trikke today. Don't miss my Trikke graffiti and > > Trikke cartoon sections. > > > > http://duveyoung.com/trikking/ > > > > Anyone in Fairfield, Iowa who wants to learn to trikke, get one, let > > me know, and I'll drive to town for a visit and schedule a session > > with ya and maybe I'll be able to light your afterburners with a few > > instructions and observations. > > > > Trikking is orbiting.......12 inches above the earth. It turns out to > > be a very long distance to fall. > > > > Edg > > > > PS. The Trikke was invented in Brazil by Gildo Beleski circa 1990, > > but it only really got marketed from 2001 onwards. Go to trikke.com > > for the Trikke Tech company Web site. Tons of info there. I know the > > company very well. First class operation. Very very honest folks. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of Duveyoung > > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:24 PM > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Rambling reply to: "Hey, Edg...what music > > did you > > > pack to?" > > > > > > > > > > > > I posted a couple new trikking vids: > > > > > > HYPERLINK > > > > > > "http://youtube.com/profile?user=TrikkeGuy"http://youtube.com/profile?user=T > > > rikkeGuy > > > > > > so what is that thing? Who invented it? Can it go forward at a > > decent speed, > > > or is it just good for fooling around in circles? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/959 - Release Date: > > 8/17/2007 > > > 5:43 PM > > > > > >
