Trikke Season in NC -- Coming Soon!

I've lived in NC 8 years and I think this must be the coldest and snowiest winter I've seen! Years prior we've had a bad ice or snow storm, but this winter the "bad" weather has been consistently colder with more snow flurries than I can remember. As you know, many areas across the US have been fighting deep, deep snow storms this winter so I still consider myself very fortunate. At any rate, I haven't been out trikking due to our weather shifts and my lack of energy that comes from these types of days. Good news is that it is March and spring is just around the corner. Will be doing some traveling this month, but I'm looking forward to getting back into trikke training!

Trikke Rides and The Power of the Loop!

Cardio conditioning is also fat burning exercise. Consider the amount of time spent walking on a treadmill, elliptical, or aerobic class. It’s about the movement but it’s also about the non- stop factor. The Trikke provides a low impact highly aerobic workout that burns calories like few other exercises. A 150 pound person can burn 240 calories in 30 minutes of trikking. Imagine 60 minutes. Imagine 90! This is easy for trikkers because the ride is so addicting, 90 minutes go by in a breeze!

Trikking through your neighborhood provides this, but there is something to be said about the power of the loop! Finding a spot where you can have an extended Trikke workout with no distractions or terrain alterations can provide a golden workout, preparing your body for trails and accelerating your arrival to fitness! Put on some Trikke music and have an extended conditioning run. Find a good circular location such as a bank parking lot and let er’ rip! Focus on technique, speed, strength, and endurance. Set a goal of no stopping. Just trikke lap after lap for at least 30 minutes but preferably an hour or more. Your heart, body and soul will love you for it!

The Super Portable Trikke Makes a Ride to the Gym a Vital Add to Fitness Goals

If you’re one of the more fortunate Trikke riders who are able to Trikke in ideal weather year round, many people envy you! Trikking is an outdoor sport and by default, many must roll with the punches of the weather. We at Capital Trikke know that when months of bad weather loom on the horizon it’s important for Trikkers to remember that they must find ways to stay in shape all year round. It’s better for your overall health, and it’s important to stay in top shape so that when the warmer days return, you haven’t lost your Trikke strength.

Try to find indoor activities that keep your body fine tuned. Try basketball, volleyball, or Yoga. There are also many home workout programs. I’ve worked with P90x and Body for Life. Sometimes though, you just might need to get into the gym. I admit I’ve hated the gym in the past. I could never stay on a workout program and the structure is exactly the opposite of the freedom that the Trikke offers me. Yet, I’ve found myself repeatedly feeling weaker when long bouts of rain or cooler air push though and I can’t ride. I’ve also come to see that for my body and the style of trikking I desire, I must work on strengthening off the Trikke to be able to handle longer and more incline rich rides. So …,I know …I know…off to the gym I go!

Prepare for the fall and enjoy this video we put together. Often we’ll take the Trikke T12 or the Trikke T78 Deluxe out for a ride in the neighborhood and then Trikke to the gym for an extended workout. On cooler days that little time on the Trikke will be so important, but it also leads to fitness in the form of gym based activities. Don’t give up!

Trikke Riding Downhill "Crazy Train" Style

Well alrighty now! I promised Dave that I would post this incredible ride to the blog. Let me just say right off--I would never do this, got chills watching it, and consider him well...'trikkin crazy!

That said with all Trikke love, you gotta give it to him for sheer chutzpah. WOW! To make it all the way without "chickening" out is amazing. Especially at the speed he was going. 40 mph? My video would have had a big yell of "CUT" after that first curve where he almost eats the grass on the side of the road.

Big shout out to my beautiful home state of NC where this was filmed (Beech Mtn), and oh Dave--- how did you ever get that whole song posted to YouTube without getting it yanked? ;)

Find Dave on TrikkeTalk as....Dave

Cardio Care and Trikking

Although the TRIKKE is addictive fun, it is still a phenomenal fitness workout machine. Riding the trikke can work all your major muscle groups. As you develop as a rider and become more in tune with your body and the trikke ride, you can customize your workout focus. Some days you might want to work your legs more. Some days you might want to work your chest and arms for a great upper body work out. Some days you might want to put a little more “carve” intensity into your workout to accentuate your abdominals as with an oblique machine.

Make sure that you take care of the most important part of your body in your workout—your heart. Remember to warm up into your ride. Take at least 10 minutes and ideally 20 to ride slowly, giving your heart rate the chance to rise just as slowly. Never kick start with inclines and pushes without warming up first! Your heart will appreciate this warm up as will the rest of your body. Consider getting a heart rate monitor for your workouts. Using this and understanding your target heart rate will help you stay within the range you need to be, as well as giving you a tool to monitor your fitness progress.

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Trikke Parts and Accessories at Capital Trikke

Here at Capital Trikke, we often get calls for parts such as Trikke inner tubes or wheels. Occasionally people are looking to overhaul and update their older model trikkes with new handlebars and foot grips. With just a few inexpensive items, an older trikke can look like a new model and gain new life! In the past, our website has only offered a few items and that web location was a bit obscured as we typically took phone orders for these type items. Starting today, Capital Trikke has set up our trikke parts and accessories on one visible web page with easy online shopping cart order capability and speedy delivery. Check it out!

If you have the need to order major repair parts such as cambering arms or other replacement items, feel free to call us at 866-240-1179. We'll do our best to get you set and back on the trails in no time at all!

Lawrence Mayes- L'amazing!

(photo credit: Ryan Henricksen- The Virginia Pilot)

It was almost a year ago that I met Lawrence Mayes. Capital Trikke was having a group ride and he contacted us about driving down from Va to join us. At the time, that amazed me—that a rider would drive that far to ride with other trikkers. Since then, I've done it....seen it done....and it seems quite normal now!

Lawrence is a fantastic trikker. I have never seen anyone ride as fast as him, and yes at that ride we recorded the now infamous "Trikke Crash Road Rash" video that has nearly 8,000 views...wow. Man. He had such speed! Even falling he had style and grace. Though I didn’t see the aftermath of the fall because he ran right into me, people who were there still talk about his “chest surfing” fall that protected his non helmet wearing head. Since then we’ve become friends and I’ve had the pleasure of riding with him several more times. He is still the fastest and unfortunately, he still doesn’t wear a helmet most of the time!

It’s great that Lawrence has started getting print recognition of his passion for trikking. Several weeks ago when Rock and Roll Fitness was spotlighted in the Washington Post, he was prominently mentioned (along with the video). Last week, Lawrence was spotlighted in his local newspaper. It is a great article with several cool pictures and yes, the online edition has the crash video posted! He’s much more than the Trikke Crash Test Model that I joked about during that video. He's a strong, talented, and skillful rider that is getting well deserved attention. Trikke on Lawrence!