Trebuchet Loses the Car!

[trebuchet03]

I'm in San Francisco for the summer, doing some awesome summer engineering work Last year I was doing something similar for a different company and drove out to the bay area... That was a)a lot of fuel and b)tons of CO2 (literally).

This year, I flew out - with my awesome recumbent bike I've been here for about a week (still working out living arrangements) but, so far, things have been working out well without a car.... Traffic has been friendly, for the most part - the Bart (subway) is a little complicated as some entry turnstile things close on me while getting though with my bike :/

So I'll drop by this section of the forums with some updates of living without a car... I know there's some stuff in the blog already, but I figure some recumbent perspective would be good

For now, here's a picture next to this awesome truck thing we saw while riding in east bay to get some organic free dumpster bread


The "High Mobility All Terrain Vehicle" is a Pinzgauer according to the for sale ($15,000 obo or trade for aircraft) sign.

So ya - from human powered vehicle competition... now to human powered transportation... and I'm working for a company developing human powered energy solutions I like human power

[SVOboy]

You should sell your story to carectomy.com,

[Lazarus]

Man this is cool. You and the HMATV are Color coordinated Well you can't sleep in the car since tou don't have one. Pitching a tent over the recumbent Can't wait for the updates.

[GenKreton]

Good luck! I really wish I could do this too.

Do you just like recumbents more or are there technical reasons you chose it for your daily commuter?

[thebrad]

Best of luck to you.
I was living in Foster City/San Mateo and biking was super simple around there.
The CalTrain was about 4 miles from my house if I need to go to another city, great area to be in without a car.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by trebuchet03

So I'll drop by this section of the forums with some updates of living without a car...

Also please some info about the human powered stuff you're working on over the summer. Sounds very interesting.

Congrats on finding a job & means of getting around that aligns so well with your passions!

[Who]

Any desire to climb up Diablo on the bent?

[trebuchet03]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Also please some info about the human powered stuff you're working on over the summer. Sounds very interesting.

http://www.potenco.com/

I really can't say too much on confidentiality/IP sort of thing... But it's really cool

Any desire to climb up Diablo on the bent?

Not sure what/ where Diablo is... But I've been getting off my bike and pushing uphill when the diamond frame guys are doing the same I tuned by dérailleurs to handle some lower gain ratios for hill climbs

And thanks for all the encouraging posts Tomorrow happens to be bike to work day and a Spare the Air Day... Ironic how bike to work day corresponds to terrible ground pollution days

[Who]

Mt Diablo SP is just outside of Walnut Creek. Minimal car traffic... especially on week days. Some huge bobcats up there. The one I saw up there, I mistook for a reddish golden retriever until I realized it had cat ears.

[Christopher Jordan]

Originally Posted by trebuchet03

: Tomorrow happens to be bike to work day and a Spare the Air Day... Ironic how bike to work day corresponds to terrible ground pollution days

Bike Week here (75 miles south of San Francisco). Today was the free breakfast for cyclists- now if you are reeeaaalllyyy fast....... Jump shows, parades, repair, race: big car, electric car, bicycle., etc.

Nice warm day here, so S.F. is probably great! Although I have motors on both my recumbent trikes, all the tracks and hills there are daunting!

I rented a 3-wheel GoCar in S.F. - only a 50 cc motor is not good for the environment; but went from pier 39 to the fort (under the Golden Gate), through G.G. park, the Haight, down Lombard, then back. Nice for an UNspare the air day!

Enjoy!

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