Last weekend Sally & I were down at Tempe Town Lake (see following pictures) when we met a couple of people riding Trikkes (http://www.trikke.com)

We’d seen Trikkes once before back in Portland but it was right before we moved and we didn't really have time to investigate them, so we eagerly approached the couple and started chatting to them. They kindly wasted 20 minutes of their day telling us all about Trikkes, how to ride them and where you could order them from on the web. We left excited, and vowing to check them out.

By Wednesday we’d found a dealer here in Phoenix called S.S.Scooters and headed over there in the rush hour traffic to check out the Trikkes. The guys that worked there were great, letting us try out a T8 - so called ‘cause it has 8” skateboard wheels. It can also support enough weight for my lardy arse ;-) Unfortunately for Sally they only had one in stock so I bought it, and she had to order one, which should be here in a few weeks.

Fortunately / unfortunately we’re both so out of shape that even when we take it in turns riding it, were exhausted after about 20 minutes, so it’s not like were fighting over the one Trikke just yet.

It really is an amazing full body workout. It’s basically a similar movement to skiing or inline skating, so you’re always carving from side to side to keep your momentum going. On slight downgrades its more of a leg push movement, while on upgrades it’s more of an upper body workout as you move the front wheel from side to side quickly to keep your forward momentum. The trikke website has lots more info on this!

Our plan is to get good enough that we can ride all over Phoenix. Luckily the place is pretty flat for the most part (except for the occasional mountain of course) and we should be able to follow the canals that run all over the city as well as going to places like Tempe Town Lake, or hell, just wasting 20 minutes in a local parking lot - damn skater-punk kids!!!