Lila’s New Assignment

Long-time readers of Feathers of Hope will recall that this time last year I was hobbling about in a high-tech cast known as a camwalker, following the surgical reattachment of my Achilles tendon to itself, and that this hobbling was speeded up considerably by the appearance of Lila in my life.

Lila is a tricycle put together from recycled bits of other bicycles by the ingenious hands of Peter Wagner, of Whymcycles fame. I was able to bungee my crutches on the front and cycle the two miles to work and back, surrounded by pink and purple, ringing that outrageous bell when I needed to warn unsuspecting pedestrians that I was coming along and was much wider than the average bike.

Lila needs to get her parking break fixed and her front chain reattached (she’s technically a tandem, the person in front perched precariously on the edge of the universe, like Wave here at left), and then she’ll be off to help the next person whose ability to ride a normal bicycle is somewhat compromised. We bundled her over to West Davis today. I’ll miss seeing this cheerful contraption by our front door to welcome us home…