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Rolling Roads to on the blocks, a response to being 'grounded'.

Maurice Hopper

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This appears to have little to do with model railways .... until we see the crossover.  

 

Sometime ago to save me working with a 16mmNG loco up on blocks, Phil Copleston kind lent me his 32mm gauge rolling road, and very useful it was too.

 

Now just about this time of year my mind moves to thinking about getting out on my trike, especially on a lovely sunny day like it has been in Exeter today.

 

..... But rumour has it that the over 70s are about to be grounded.  (Tough, as I only joined that club five weeks ago.)   So I thought what I need is a rolling road for the trike.

 

Don't be silly, put it up on blocks....  

 

The triangles are some spare shelf-brackets.... I suppose we could say they were 'off the shelf' .... and two holes drilled and eight screws later the wheels are off the floor ready to pedal to nowhere.

 

A useful exchange of ideas.....

 

 

 

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Used it three times now .... 20mins adds a couple of thousand steps to my iPhone Health record.   If I look sideways I might be lucky enough to see a train going by....  at least for a day or two!!

 

I remember at the Berlin exhibition, which must be a good ten years ago, the LGB for the kids to play with was powered by exercise bikes.  Each bike had a picture one of the trains on it and the more kids pedalled, the faster the train went..... very good learning.

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