Visited TerraCycle

Jul
27
Submitted by XL-Network on Wed, 2011-07-27 02:45

Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 AM (probably because of the jetlag), but today I got to sleep in till 8:30 AM. After another American breakfast we headed to TerraCycle around noon. During the Cycle Vision weekend at Biddinhuizen I met Pat Franz (the owner) and we talked about visiting his little factory. TerraCycle makes all kinds of different recumbent parts. The one you might know is the idler. Pat gave us a tour of the building and they even sold us three idlers.

ROAM 2011 - TerraCycle (front)

ROAM 2011 - TerraCycle (lathe)

ROAM 2011 - TerraCycle (Pat showing a cog)

ROAM 2011 - TerraCycle (CNC)

ROAM 2011 - TerraCycle (streamliner)

Tonight we are having our first (pre) meeting to discuss what we're going to do the couple of days. Today some other riders arrived. Rob (together with Marjolein in a big RV), Maarten, Machiel and some other Germans and Americans. The rest will arrive tomorrow and then we will have our first real meeting. I have no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow. Probably put on the new Schwalbe Tryker tires and do some cycling. Yesterday I cycled 38.77 kilometers and today I did 26.14 kilometers.

2 comments

rex615's picture
rex615 (not verified)
Thu, 28 July, 2011 - 16:47
Will you be using the Tryker

Will you be using the Tryker tire on the tour? Surely you will give us a report on how they perform. Best of luck on the tour.

rex

XL-Network's picture
XL-Network
Thu, 28 July, 2011 - 16:49
Yes

Yes, we will...