The Complete American River Bike Trail by Recumbent Trike 

Thanks very much for watching and thanks for the kind words!

I feel your pain, Haha! Hopefully it’ll get there soon!

We are pretty lucky to have such a nice trail to ride on!

Good to hear you're enjoying your trike, Richard! I love mine! Keep on rolling!

Just got through your Mount Diablo ride. Used to live in Pleasant Hill and drove it many times and camped at the top. Would have loved to been on that ride. Noe live in Utah so know what a cold ride is. Thanks again for more memories.

Lots of E-bikes out there these days so you’ll have lots of company! Have a great ride and thanks for watching!

Thanks very much for watching, Mihkhail!

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

Hey, SP! We're both very lucky to live near such a fantastic trail!

Thanks very much for watching, Mary Anne, and I hope your finger heals up quickly! Don't know if it's worth investing in a recumbent for just a six week break, but if you can find a good deal on a used one, they are a heck of a lot of fun. :)

Thanks very much for watching, Michael! Yep, lots of trails in the area! We're pretty lucky. :)

Yep, this is the worst place for allergies! Thanks for watching!

Thanks Gary! That was a lot of work but fun to shoot!

Thanks very much, Keith, and thanks for watching!

Thanks very much for watching, Tello!

Thanks for watching, Stoutdog!

Thanks very much for watching, Glenn! So far just “virtual” tours, but who knows. :)

Thanks for watching, Benoit! I've got some friends that live in Leuven!

@@bikestrikesrazors Great! I live near Ghent.

Thanks for the information, Andrew, and thanks for appearing in the video! :) I’ve never taken that detour, so I’ll have to give it a try soon!

Hey, Daytriker! I’m hopeful that Covid will eventually play itself out, because I’d like to do some traveling also! Thanks for watching!

Good idea! They used to have small boxes that allowed you to make contributions to the trail but they took them down. I suppose they were likely being broken into. I had no idea the parking lot money went toward the trail!

Thanks Charles and thanks for watching!

Hi Kilroy and thanks for watching! Here's a Strava segment that shows most of the trail except the last western end which goes down to Old Town Sacramento. There's lots of construction and detours in that area now. www.strava.com/activities/8887038288

Appreciate it.

I’d love to try those trails, Donald! Maybe someday!

Hey, Jason! I just left the inserts in all my shorts, mainly because I haven’t had any problems with them while riding trikes/recumbents, but they’re all pretty minimal inserts. I can see how a large gel type chamois might cause problems. There are some companies around, like Boure, that sell shorts and bibs and give you the option of different chamois so I’m sure they’d sell a pair with no chamois. My brother just reminded me that he picked up some “workout” shorts which were basically like bike shorts with no insert and I’d bet you could find those for much less than standard bike shorts. If you find something like that that works well, let me know!

Good ideas all, BatM! Thanks for watching!

That's a very good question, Ariel, because those two trikes are very similar in a lot of respects! They both feature full suspension and the ability to fold, and very comfortable seats. The ICE is around a thousand buck more expensive from what I can see, so if you're in the mood to save some money, I don't think you'd be missing anything by going with the Catrike. The ICE trikes tend to be a bit more "blingy" and the new seats on the ICE trikes are likely a bit more comfortable than the Catrikes, but is that worth the extra money? And who can say what would actually be more comfortable for your body? The absolute best thing to do would to be to find dealers in your area where you could try out both of the trikes and see if either "speaks" to you. Do you have any dealers in your area?

@@bikestrikesrazors thanks

I tried them both and chose the Ice trike Adventure. The extra comfort and the seat height made it the right one for me.

Hey, D! I think there are two tricks here- stabilization and hand holding the camera. You can achieve stabilization through the use of a mechanical stabilizer (3-axis electronic gimbal) or through in camera, digital stabilization. We use both methods. We either use a large Canon DSLR camera mounted to a large and heavy Moza Air Cross 2 gimbal, which is admittedly a bit overboard, or a small, light, Ozmo Action camera (first generation) on a small handle using the camera's internal stabilization. Both look a little different (all video cameras look a little different) but both work just as well. You can even get a 3-axis mechanical gimbal for your phone camera. Whatever type of camera you're currently using, just do a google search for 3-axis electronic gimbal for "_______". If you want to go the internal stabilization route, Ozmo cameras have it, and most GoPro's starting at the GoPro 8 have it (7 is a bit questionable). Before buying any GoPro model for stabilization, check to see if that exact model has it (GoPro 8 Black, etc.). It's hard to get good video mounting a camera to the trike/bike or helmet. Luckily, a recumbent trike is a virtual "pedal powered dolly", so you can easily steer and brake with one hand and hold the camera with the other. You'll get much more interesting video hand-pointing the camera at different things as you ride by, changing the camera height and angle, than you will with a static mounted shot. Hope that helps, and good luck! Oh, also, when you post your videos to RU-vid, makes sure you always have the words "Recumbent Trike" in the title. You'll get lots more views! Joe

@@bikestrikesrazors Thanks a bunch, really appreciated. Motorized gimbal is beyond my reach or need. Actually helmet is pretty stable for me, but don't know exactly where it faces. I use a small Canon G9X. It gives me 60 fps and some internal stabilization when I need it. What I look for also is a way to work my drone videos with riding. Thanks for the tip on adding "recumbent trike" to my video tags. Dave

Thanks for watching, Alison! I hope one day I can take some of those UK rides! :)

Thanks for watching, Larry! I've been on most of the trails in California and I've yet to find one that didn't have a homeless community camping near or on it. I wonder if the same problem exists in other states and how bad it may be there?

Hey, Jeep! I knew that comment would eventually upset someone! I didn't mean to imply that they overreacted, but just wanted to emphasize the extremes to which they went in blocking off damn access. Thanks for watching!

We already have our fair share of homeless on the trail. So far, there hasn't been a graffiti problem.