Ep17 / France / to Neuf-Brisach

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[@Ordacious]

Loved the drone shot of the canal and seeing the swan family. Great youare able to do your own mechanics. Stay safe.Tim.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Someone's got to do the mechanics. Most bike shops take one look at a recumbent and seem to think.its rocket science. It really isn't.

[@ChisWest]

From a “Close Encounter” to being “Smack in the Middle” of a dirty mess …. With pleasant views of the canal placed nicely in between. You sure know how to have a good time 😅

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Aye, it's all good fun... when you look back on it.

[@ed-ventures]

nice video Tim, hope trike is fine by now, enjoy the ride some more!!

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Cheers Ed No more problems with the drive to date 👍

[@iain.wlaird2275]

I hope your Efneo issue has been resolved.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Seems that way. It's behaved ever since 👍

[@deanjohnston3466]

Beautiful ride but ya break downs are going to happen but it still sucks!😂

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Yes, when you put in the miles you have to expect these things. I'm just glad I was able to keep going this time. I really was a very long way from anywhere at first.

[@doncooper6801]

Castor Oil. It was used by the RFC to lubricate Sopwith Camel Rotary Engines.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Noted. Thanks Don. 👍

[@TravelingTice]

How long is that canal 🤯 great ride Tim! Hope the drive is doing good now.. do you think you could take it to a bike shop to fix? I've never seen that kind of drive before..

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Oh, I only rode a small part of it ... its over 350km long 😁 No. I'm serious. The gearbox is specialist. I think only the manufacturer would want to open it up. I certainly wouldn't.

[@sunmoon9875]

4:08 reminded me of the marshes

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Ewwww, no. 🙄😁

[@Tranquility-Base_on_the_move]

welcome to an other episode of Tim gets lost in Europe ........ Haven't seen the Rine in a couple a couple of days........ So maybe you are truely lost 😉. Anyway, as long as you enjoy the ride it doesn't matter. But because of brexit you have to go back to the UK sooner or later I suppose. Until then .... see you in the next video.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Not all of Europe is in the EU. 😉 But yes, the tour will have to end one day.

[@marksadventures3889]

I love church bells and would've slept through it. (Better sound than what we got every night in Nelson and 5 times a day). Back by the water. Back to work today - two days left of the week - but back to full week next Monday. 3 in 1 has done me for yonks.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Sad to say I'm a very light sleeper. Hence the rain, bells etc spoil my nights regularly.

[@marksadventures3889]

@@TimsTrikeTrips sorry to hear that pal- hopefully you can catch up with some hard-core pillow action later. 😉👋

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Eventually I get so exhausted that I can sleep anywhere 😴

[@abingtonmg]

I guess coffee and/or energy drinks are keepng you going after a night of little sleep. Nice to know, the chain of supermarket that sponsored a pro cycling team in the late eighties is still in operation. Pleasant scenery, it a shame about the mosquito. I am guessing there not mosquitoes, but non-biting midges. Good luck with future mechanical issue(s).

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Coffee where I can find it in the mornings otherwise its the dreaded red bull 🤢 I'm quite sure these are mosquitoes. I've been bitten by enough in my time 🤪👍

[@abingtonmg]

@@TimsTrikeTrips okay. There are other flavors of Red Bull, so maybe you would one like one of those. Mosquitos are not usually flying around in a cloud , so your description reminded me of chironomids, but maybe you just attract enough of them to form a cloud. Good luck with the mosquitos and with finding those other flavors of Red Bull.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Ah I see what you're saying about the mozzies now! Yes you may well be right. Perhaps they were the dreaded midges (like Scotland are plagued with). With the red bull, it's not so much the flavours. It's just the "drinking soda for breakfast" thing... but it's an easy way of getting that caffeine boost in the morning 😵‍💫

[@abingtonmg]

​@@TimsTrikeTrips There caffeine pills, over here there called No Doz. Truck (lorry) drivers use them. Yes, they could be biting midges (ceratopognids). If they are you don't have to worry about them transmitting a disease.

[@davidwolfs9505]

if it has a clutch with plates they should not be greasy right ? but that's as far my knowledge goes

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

No clutch. Its very much like a mini Rohloff in that regard.

[@aussietriker8628]

😂🤣👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

😜🤣🤪👍 cheers Aus.

[@TrikesterHal]

I, too, enjoyed the swan family. Perhaps a couple of pairs of latex gloves? Greasy hands, yuck! 🫤 Ah, life goes one.

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

I was sure I had gloves in my kit. Really frustrating that I'd forgotten/lost them. That Swan nearly broke my arm. Vicious animal. 🤣

[@TrikesterHal]

Touché, did 22 miles in the heat this AM. Thought about my comment of the gloves, think I'll go through my trunk bag to make sure I've got gloves! (Before I comment 😉) They're useful for maintenance or giving first aid to others. I carry first aid gear, tools and spares. One irritating thing is the thump of its contents every time I hit a seam in the pavement. The sun here cooks the pavement which creates open fissures. They fill them with tar so it's thump, thump, thump! Maybe a layer of dense foam and repacking will help.​@TimsTrikeTrips

[@themilehightriker8500]

One additional item... Here's the reason the area around Strasbourg is both German and French at the same time. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace%E2%80%93Lorraine

[@TimsTrikeTrips]

Cheers Greg. Yes, I had read a bit about it myself. Can't blame the people for refusing to accept political boundaries eh!?

[@themilehightriker8500]

@@TimsTrikeTrips I guess they sort of made their own reality out of a boundary that keeps shifting with conflict over the centuries. I find it fascinating. You gave us a brief, first hand view of how they're doing it.