Where’s your other wheel? 
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On this setup I wonder what would be worst: Using the front or the back set of pedals 
I can’t really decide, both options are utterly terrible! I would have opted for using the front pedals I guess
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Wait .. which way is ‘front’ now…?
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Ha! Unless you want to ride off the pedals you have to make some stratigic choices of front and back here.
You absolutely need a further wheel to make your trike complete!
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It looks like recent rains & flooding created a new tree trunk feature. The roots were already a challenge. 
All the green looks really pretty, right?
Beware. Evil lurks. (Poison Ivy. Causes me three weeks of terrible itching blisters.).
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I had a lot of fun navigating crowds today. Especially across a crowded walkway where you can only go 3 in the width. It turns out 29"/125mm is really growing on me. I can go absolutely anywhere and do anything I want. And today it passed the dense-crowds test. It seems that 29/125mm is how I climb fastest. 29/110mm is slower for me as well as 36/125mm. They feel a bit to heavy. And I have given up on 150s I guess. Feels to awkward.
A new park has opened in Oslo!
I also did some Muni this morning. The 29/125mm setup is just so versatile. I don’t really miss the speed from shorter cranks when I can do so many fun things along the way instead 
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Jaudå, finvêr på austlandet 
The default ~150mm cranks on my udc 29" were too long with the standard seat post and as I wasn’t about to cut it down I have not actually used them at all.
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For once we agree on crank length 
Good for muni (for me). Though I was fine with 165s, too, for muni 
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How do you ride in a crowd with such short cranks and peeps walk in front of you? Aren’t longer cranks more suited for slow-riding?
Downsides of today’s ride: Strong headwinds, strong crosswinds 
Upsides of today’s ride: Strong tailwinds, no UPDs, got to pet some cute goats on a “fairy trail”
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We had a full week of rain (flash flooding, downed trees) that kept me off the uni, so when Saturday was “definitely no rain absolutely dry” I was out like a shot. And of course what happens as soon as I start riding? Somehow “0% probability of rain” turned in to “100% chance of rain following you wherever you ride”.
I’ve been riding my g24 a lot this year, getting back on the g29 felt really tall. For about 10 minutes. Almost made me wish I hadn’t sold my 36er that I wasn’t riding.
The storm lasted about 45 minutes before it blew over, not too bad. A nice 20 miles (32km) for the day. I rode the first 8 mile stretch without any stops before I needed to take a break. By which I mean “riding breakneck speed for 50 minutes caught up with me and I UPD’d”. Wish I had this one on camera, it was truly glorious - a 10.5 mph (low gear) “graceful” swan dive with a shoulder roll, no real damage.
I"m still not confident riding high gear on the g29, but it’s become a little better on the g24. Slowly getting there! Which is good because my hip flexors tell me 50 minutes at that cadence might be pushing my age a little bit
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where did you take that picture?
It’s on a small section of the southern end of the Paul Bunyan Trail here in Minnesota. I’d reckon the "fairy trail"section is about a mile and a half long and its decorated with small figurines (one can be seen to the very left of the photo on the tree). The goats are kept in an enclosure right next to the trail. 
The picture looks like it coulda been taken in Europe with the oak on the left. In NL we have many such places with goats.
These are my long cranks! When getting used to short cranks you develop quite the control on longer cranks.
Basically I ride behind people if I have to, I think by slow half revs and stops, but usually I try to navigate the crowd, find gaps, and communicate by hand signals with those coming towards me. If neccessary, I call out to make people aware of me or try to shout things like “Excuse me!” or “I am passing on the left side!” followed by a “Sorry!!” after passing.
Yesterday I actually had to rub people twice, one time I almost supported myself on a guys shoulder while going past, but usually I never have close encounters. I rather dismount (which sometimes is not an option: I would ram my wheel into someone!).
but dismounting backwards is also possible in a very controller manner, so without letting the wheel shoot forwards. A brake might be better in situations with people in front of you, but you can basically come to a full stop and slowly descend on the back. as soon as you stop the peeps in front of you will have already moved ahead.
Riding halfrevs I find difficult. I’d just lose my balance then.
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This evening doing 12km on the 29”. The third pic with the sun rays
Oh this is what I should do, take a pic from an angle that makes you think I finally ride with shorter cranks, when I actually dont
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Nice scenery. You UPDed on the table because you watched the sun set, right?
