0:02 [Music]
0:08 This is Tadpole Smitty back at Tadpole Smitty's
0:11 garage. Today's the day. My Catrike
0:18 is coming down the road and a freight
0:21 truck to be delivered to me. Been
0:24 waiting two weeks. Finally here. So,
0:27 let's go down and meet this truck
0:28 driver. Get my rig and see what my Cat
0:31 Pocket looks like. Let's go.
0:36 [Music]
1:24 [Music]
1:34 [Music]
1:36 The box looks good.
1:37 Yeah,
1:39 it goes.
1:59 That good? Yeah. I guess I'll bring down
2:01 my trailer. And how heavy is that? Kind
2:05 of light. Doesn't feel too bad.
2:11 There we go.
2:13 Oh yeah, we can load it to my trailer.
2:16 Okay, good.
2:17 I don't see any damage from the box.
2:19 Yeah, it looks good.
2:26 Don't use the cable to lower it. Just
2:33 Okay.
2:38 Okay, let's see if we can slide this
2:40 thing up in there. Think
2:47 we're going to have any problem. Go
2:49 ahead and push on that.
2:56 Can't jam it through the wall. Back up
3:01 so far.
3:03 Real dramatic.
3:05 and grab the thing.
3:11 Going to push it
3:15 on.
3:26 Pick it up.
3:45 Okay, muscles.
3:48 Slide that bad boy out.
3:51 That's what having kids is good for.
4:00 Come on.
4:02 It's stuck.
4:03 Pick up the front there. There you go.
4:05 Now push.
4:08 Don't Don't pick it up yet. Just slide
4:10 it straight out. Push.
4:12 It's stuck on something. That's why.
4:24 Pick up the
4:30 Pick it up.
4:38 All right, let's slide it in the garage.
4:41 You know how I said let's slide it in
4:44 the garage?
4:45 Us.
4:50 You want a dolly?
4:51 We could probably pick it up. It's not
4:53 that heavy.
4:54 It's 135 lbs. So that's
4:57 Oh, we got that.
5:06 Don't drop it.
5:12 You son of a
5:14 I'm going to have to delete everything
5:15 I'm filming cuz you're cussing like a
5:17 sailor. Who taught you how to cuss like
5:19 that?
5:20 Oh, that's a good one down.
5:22 Don't run into my trike.
5:25 Who taught me?
5:27 Lure it. Lure it.
5:32 Okay, boys. Go have a good evening.
5:34 All right.
5:35 Get home safe.
5:36 All right. No drinking and driving. No
5:39 uh
5:40 none of that other dumb stuff.
5:43 Thank you.
5:44 Lers.
5:44 Lers of YouTube.
5:45 Be good.
5:46 All right. You too.
5:47 Follow me on.
5:49 Shut up.
5:50 Love you.
5:50 Love you.
5:52 I've been pretty excited. It's uh I've
5:54 been waiting. I ordered it on Labor Day
5:58 and it finally shipped. Got all my
6:01 measurements. Got my cat unloaded for me
6:05 out of the trailer,
6:08 my bat cave,
6:13 and they put it in the garage for me.
6:16 So, let's let's go in here. Look inside
6:18 Tadpole Smitty's garage. Take a look.
6:22 Here's
6:24 all my other trikes. I'm demoing this
6:26 for a company.
6:30 Here's my TerraTrike that I've had for
6:33 over a year, year and a half. I love
6:36 this trike. It's a Charge.
6:41 Back here is my Sun Seeker
6:45 that my father bought for me before he
6:48 passed away last six months ago.
6:54 I really like this for off-road in the
6:55 desert. This was a gift for Christmas.
6:58 And then back here is the rat rod.
7:02 When my father was dying of cancer, me
7:04 and my brother spent a lot of time
7:06 together
7:07 and kind of bonded building this old
7:10 30-year-old trike and updating it with
7:12 electrics.
7:14 It's called the Rat Rod. It's an America
7:16 Cruiser.
7:20 We put a 26 inch
7:24 mountain bike rear swing arm on where
7:27 there used to be a 20 in.
7:31 And it has an electric hub. Everything
7:33 came off the donor, the mountain bike.
7:40 Still working on it. I'm going to bend
7:42 the boom up
7:45 this winter be a winter project. I'm
7:47 going to lift the boom quite high
7:50 and I'm going to put a different seat. I
7:52 built I put that seat on. I'm going to
7:53 get a a really nice seat and put it on
7:56 it. So, it's been a fun project.
7:59 But that's not why we're here.
8:02 This, friends, is why we're here. And
8:05 look at the nice things they wrote on
8:07 here. Thank you. We appreciate you.
8:14 Box is in really good shape.
8:18 What you believe you will achieve.
8:23 How inspiring.
8:26 So, let's unbox this.
8:29 See what it looks like.
8:34 So, let's unbox this.
8:36 [Music]
8:47 [Music]
8:56 It's like Christmas. Christmas time.
9:01 Christmas from Catrike
9:04 Hostel Shoppe.
9:29 God, what a gorgeous color.
9:34 pack it in here pretty good. Actually,
9:40 this is the third trike I've received in
9:43 a year in a crate like this.
9:49 And um everybody does it different.
9:54 This one. I like how they did this.
10:04 Flag.
10:17 I like how Cat sends you a flag.
10:20 Um, they should all come with safety
10:24 devices.
10:26 And this one also came with not This one
10:30 came with heel restraints, but I thought
10:32 it came with clips,
10:35 but that's okay. I like TerraTrike heel
10:38 restraints.
10:40 That'll work for now.
10:59 This thing is light, babe.
11:01 Is that?
11:03 Wow.
11:06 Wow.
11:08 Wow.
11:09 Pick it up.
11:12 That's awesome. It's It's 20 lb lighter
11:16 than my Charge, my TerraTrike. Cool.
11:19 Very.
11:31 Wow. Look at that. Beautiful. Beautiful,
11:38 folks. This thing is so light.
11:50 So light. It's incredible.
11:56 Wow.
12:11 And I had him install a headrest for me.
12:21 That's pretty cool.
12:27 Okay, let's try sitting down in this
12:29 thing.
12:34 My first ride.
12:37 Wished it would have got here a little
12:39 earlier in the day. It's getting dark.
13:07 All right, here we go. First maiden
13:09 voyage.
13:14 Oh man, this is nice.
13:22 [Music]
13:23 [Applause]
13:26 [Music]
13:31 Boy, this thing's light.
13:36 It's very light.
13:42 [Music]
13:53 [Applause]
13:57 Boy, the shifting is whisper quiet.
14:20 [Applause]
14:30 Boy, this is a beautiful little rig,
14:32 man. This is such a nice trike,
14:36 man.
14:38 The seat is so comfortable.
14:41 [Applause]
14:42 I'm not a big guy. I'm
14:46 almost 5'9. I'm shrunk.
14:49 Uh, the seats perfect. The headrest is
14:52 perfect.
15:02 Ordered. It comes with one mirror. I
15:04 ordered the extra one.
15:08 Left and right.
15:15 [Applause]
15:17 Man, it turns on a dime.
15:21 Cuz I don't have lights.
15:24 I don't really have my wheel restraint
15:25 set up yet.
15:30 [Applause]
15:37 I need to check out the tire pressure. I
15:39 got to do I just want to take it on a
15:41 little test drive, make sure it was
15:42 okay.
15:45 It's a gorgeous little machine.
15:54 Wild sunflowers.
15:57 So, let's turn around.
15:59 Put this thing in the garage tonight.
16:12 [Music]
16:18 [Music]
16:28 [Music]
16:32 And then Tomorrow
16:35 I get it all set up. I'm going to take
16:38 it down to the Santa Fe River Trail.
16:40 Really put it through these numbers.
16:55 [Music]
17:06 [Music]
17:16 Well, folks, that's the unboxing and the
17:19 initial ride of the Cat Trike. More to
17:22 come.
17:23 It's going to be great. I guarantee you.
17:27 Till next time, folks. Like and
17:28 subscribe. It's Tadpole Smitty on a
17:32 brand new Catrike Pocket from Hostel
17:35 Shoppe.
17:37 [Music]
17:48 Yeah.
17:57 Heat.