300 Miles Here, 600 Miles There…Tom Hart: Just Ride

Good afternoon from the Hart family. It will be great to get back together again. But for now blogs and newsletters will have to do. I'm still working until our office closes in September. Hopefully by then things will have calmed down a bit more. But for now I must rely on occasional local rides to help keep my mind clear.

I had a nice putt to the Borrego Springs area a couple of weeks ago taking in about 300 miles. Still not comfortable stopping in on folks to say hello. This past Sunday I met up with one of my brothers for a ride up the coast to Hearst Castle by way of a lot of detours and racking up just under 600 miles. The folks in Santa Barbara must not be affected by Covid19 as there could not have been more than 12 people in the entire city wearing face coverings and there were a lot of them out and about. In fact I believe the 12 people I saw were all employees working in restaurants.

I was finally able to get my trike into the shop for transmission repair early this week. I also sprung for some better brake material just for the heck of it. Not that I think brakes are all that special or needed. I say if you actually need brakes you should just stay home. All you really need is a gas pedal, or grip, and gears. Having said that I do want the trike in good condition for our planned September ride between Nawlens and the Great Lakes.

If it doesn't look like it will happen we'll probably just head up the West Coast until be run out of time and head back. This is one of those Tom Lovejoy's rides on the old machines. Just doesn't get any better than that. A pair of 39's followed by a semi old '69 (that's in bike years). Rider years are in the 1940's and 50's. The trike is essential to help carry all the oil needed for Tom's machine and the gas for mine. I never met (or passed) a gas station I didn't like. John Bevens made both of my machines run like hell was chasing them, but at a cost that greatly benefits the oil industry. An again I say, stay home or play hard and twist that grip like you really mean it.

Stay well and prosper!
Sensei Tom