There are lots and lots of trikes around, so finding one for an adult isn’t really all that much of a challenge. It isn’t even that hard to find folding trikes.
But it’s a very different matter to find a compact folding trike. One you can haul without a pick-up truck, a trailer, or a van. That’s what this one is. Read more…
. . . very different, as it happens.
Here’s Raffi in front of an ordinary front door. Folded, he’s about as wide as the door. Unfolded, he goes through it easily. Read more…
Meet Raffaello (Raffi, for short), an adorable and cleverly engineered folding tricycle. Raffi arrived in February 2020, just before lockdown, at which point everything changed . . .
Raffi joined the family because I needed a sturdy foldable trike that could, if necessary, be stuffed into a passenger car. (How’s that for a requirement!?!) I live in the suburban wilderness, and in the event of crisis, rescue isn’t available through public transit.
This will have to be the official mileage; I’ve lost track, a bit, and been a bit careless about posting as I should. Here’s what I did record, for August, 2012:
Pegasus: 53.64 miles
Arianna (includes two rides not recorded in July): 48.21miles
Other: 18 miles
Total for August: 119.85 miles
Total recorded mileage for the season: 656.78