Reverse Gear Blog

After leaving Florida at the beginning of March 2010, we headed back to Canada in a rather winding fashion. We researched where the recumbent shops were. Then we planned a route that would allow us to visit as many as possible and if time and weather permitted also cycle some of the cities and trails along the way.
The first of these destinations was New Orleans LA. We understand that you can special order a recumbent from Michael’s Bicycle Shop in the French Quarter. However we didn`t see any recumbents the whole time we were in New Orleans. It`s a shame that they have not yet caught on as New Orleans has a great bike path along the levee which is a safe and easy route to get into the city. We cycled a portion of it in the west of the city.
Our next stop was Jackson MS, home to Ride South, a large recumbent and kayak shop in nearby Brandon. Jim was a great host suggesting an excellent RV park close by, as well as trails to ride along the lake and reservoir. Ride Southcarries a wide range of recumbents including: Greenspeed, Catrike, Hase, Sun, Bacchetta, Cycle Genius, ICE, Lightning, RANS, Terratrike (Whiz Wheels). He now carries REVERSE Gear recumbent clothing also. On Saturday morning, he invited us to ride with the locals on their weekly Rise and Shine ride. We returned to the shop for Jim`s freshly baked bread, fig preserves and coffee. How much better can you start a weekend?
Jim can be reached at: Ride South Recumbents    105 Avalon Ct    Brandon, MS  39047   P: 1-888-822-3647 or by email at info @ ridesouth.com
In Burlington AL we visited Tandems Ltd but did not do any cycling as it was raining while we were there. Jack and Susan sell from their home location and have a very impressive knowledge and range of recumbent and tandem cycles. 
When we arrived in Atlanta GA we had intended to ride the Silver Comet trail located right next to the Silver Comet Depot which we visited. After discussing tricycles and the benefits of riding in REVERSE Gearrecumbent clothing with owner Arno, we abandoned the idea of riding because of the thunderstorm that had moved in, while we were chatting.
We found only one recumbent shop in TN called Easy Chair Recumbents in Signal Mountain. We did not stop however and drove to Nashville TN where we did cycle around Opryland and Opry Mills and also from two Rivers Park to downtown, for a total distance of 58 km.
We moved on to Kentucky, where we visited two locations of Scheller’s Fitness and Cycling (Middletown KY and Clarkesville IN) with a ride in the city in between. We rode through downtown and the museum district before going along the Ohio River from Riverside Park to Portland Wharf and return.

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