Joined
·
9,933 Posts
Sigh! I used to be skinny once.... I’m the tall skinny guy.
Sigh! I used to be skinny once.... I’m the tall skinny guy.
I think I replaced 3 spokes between the start and Utah when the wheel was rebuilt. Everything else was flat tires. I think I had 5 or 6. We did manage to stay ahead of the weather. Just one partial day of rain, not till Illinois.^ Lots of mechanical pictures![]()
I only see two water bottles on those bikes. Did you carry any other water? Was it sometimes hard to find water?I think I replaced 3 spokes between the start and Utah when the wheel was rebuilt. Everything else was flat tires. I think I had 5 or 6. We did manage to stay ahead of the weather. Just one partial day of rain, not till Illinois.
Yeah, in the desert in Nevada and Utah. We would bungee cord gallon containers of water from a store to the rear racks. At times we were 60 miles from towns out there in the west.I only see two water bottles on those bikes. Did you carry any other water? Was it sometimes hard to find water?
Here’s the last of them. Golden Gate, some Nevada desert, waterfall and hot air balloon in the Rockies, dome shaped bike shop in Steamboat Springs. The bike shop photo is a more recent pic. I regretted not taking a pic of it on the trip.This is so cool. Keep’em coming.
I've enjoyed all the photos of your journey. I am very curious though, would you do it again today if you were 26 again today? I ask because I used to think I would like to do that when I retired but I'm not sure I would....trust being out on the open roads and camping like that anymore. Honestly, I couldn't even tell you the last century I've ridden.View attachment 50804 View attachment 50806 View attachment 50808 View attachment 50810 View attachment 50812 View attachment 50814 View attachment 50816 View attachment 50818 View attachment 50820
Here’s the last of them. Golden Gate, some Nevada desert, waterfall and hot air balloon in the Rockies, dome shaped bike shop in Steamboat Springs. The bike shop photo is a more recent pic. I regretted not taking a pic of it on the trip.
I would definitely do it again at age 26. I had no real issues physically on the trip except for some pudendal nerve numbness for a few days which subsided with a slight saddle adjustment. Much later, I went across Pennsylvania in three days, about 120 miles per day average, and developed some carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar tunnel syndrome that kept me off of the bike for about six months. I was I think 50 years old at the time. I think this ultra distance cycling stuff is definitely a young man’s game, at least for this man.I've enjoyed all the photos of your journey. I am very curious though, would you do it again today if you were 26 again today? I ask because I used to think I would like to do that when I retired but I'm not sure I would....trust being out on the open roads and camping like that anymore. Honestly, I couldn't even tell you the last century I've ridden.
I do have a friend that completed this journey but he and his brother did it over a couple of summers, just a time off of work thing but we meet him and road the last portion of it a couple of years ago. Pretty cool.
I can only imagine the peace and quiet, not to mention the serenity of being there.Went to the hills with my boys for a hike today. It was 18°F!!
View attachment 50892
View attachment 50896
View attachment 50898
View attachment 50900