Sure! You buying? 
Perhaps we can finally manage a Two Spoke get together. Any suggestions for a spot?
Perhaps we can finally manage a Two Spoke get together. Any suggestions for a spot?
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Hopefully a central location to everyone across the country... like Oklahoma City.Sure! You buying?
Should we bring a bike?
I will buy the pizza!
Oklahoma has any type of bicycling you would like. Very nice MUPs and MUTs, many roads that don't have much traffic and scenic trails all across the state.
The Indians haven't attacked the forts or ranches in months Oklahoma Forts of the Old West – Legends of America and most of the Interstate Highway system (I-35, I-40) is paved now which makes for nice travel and fewer flat tires.
I used to ride a fat tire bike on the South Canadian River every week but quit after a friend got trail camera video of a mountain lion viciously killing (and eating) a deer in my riding area. That probably explains the spooky feeling and hairs standing up on the back of my neck on my river rides. Well, that and the large spider I saw while working on a river trail about 30-years ago. It had a leg(s) span of about 14-inches and was apparently very fast because it quickly disappeared when I tried to smash it with the backhoe bucket.
Summer is the best time to ride in Central Oklahoma. I like to ride between the hours of 3am and 6am because it is cooler than the 100-degree-plus daytime blast-furnace air. Proper lighting and some type of noise maker to scare off the herds of deer that will stampede if you accidently sneak up on them is a requirement for night rides.
The deer are a serious threat because of their weight, antlers and hooves. The herd will basically explode 360-degrees when frightened.
You should also watch out for badgers, coyote, skunk, fox, cattle, wild dog packs, snakes, racoons, opossum, armadillo and small critters such as tarantula, field mice, rats, bunnies, toads and domestic animals that like to hang out near the road.
Also, what time of year is not wind season out that way? I've heard...things about OK and the wind. Not sure I approve
^^^ That is actually a true statement. Usually at dusk and sometimes at dawn...seriously.
Winter is the only time the wind is deadly because of the wind chill factor that can freeze exposed skin in seconds. No problem if you dress appropriately.
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Mr. Frisky, that was an excellent post, if you work for the Tourism Bureau of any state other than Oklahoma.
Mountain lions, giant spiders, Indian attacks ... furnace heat and lethal wind .... what's not to like .... for about an hour a day I can actually ride there and not die. Yahoo!
I know a person can enjoy riding anywhere .... and it can be miserable about anywhere .... I live in the Magical Land of Oz and it sucks to ride here most of the day through most of the year, so I am not just blindly criticizing ... but that litany of deadly threats ..... I was laughing more with each addition ..... Killer deer, death toads .... lions and tigers and blazing heat and freezing wind .... no bears, though.
Not sure Any pizza is worth all that.
Mountain lions, giant spiders, Indian attacks ... furnace heat and lethal wind .... what's not to like .... for about an hour a day I can actually ride there and not die. Yahoo!
I know a person can enjoy riding anywhere .... and it can be miserable about anywhere .... I live in the Magical Land of Oz and it sucks to ride here most of the day through most of the year, so I am not just blindly criticizing ... but that litany of deadly threats ..... I was laughing more with each addition ..... Killer deer, death toads .... lions and tigers and blazing heat and freezing wind .... no bears, though.
Not sure Any pizza is worth all that.
Depends on the beer you are having with the pizza.Mr. Frisky, that was an excellent post, if you work for the Tourism Bureau of any state other than Oklahoma.
Mountain lions, giant spiders, Indian attacks ... furnace heat and lethal wind .... what's not to like .... for about an hour a day I can actually ride there and not die. Yahoo!
I know a person can enjoy riding anywhere .... and it can be miserable about anywhere .... I live in the Magical Land of Oz and it sucks to ride here most of the day through most of the year, so I am not just blindly criticizing ... but that litany of deadly threats ..... I was laughing more with each addition ..... Killer deer, death toads .... lions and tigers and blazing heat and freezing wind .... no bears, though.
Not sure Any pizza is worth all that.
for later that evening around the fire, swapping stories. 
Sounds like a fishing trip.for later that evening around the fire, swapping stories.
I have been fishing by bike many times, and highly recommend the practice! Adding a trailer to the bike allows one to bring plenty of fishing gear without crowding a respectably sized cooler. What size depends on the trailer. I can potentially outfit the right 3 bikes ('right' requirement due hardware limitations) with single wheel trailers. One of those might be needed by canine companion Chip, leaving 2 up for grabs. If needed, I could also bring a 4th double wheel converted kid hauler. I think I could even get all of them into the car, at the same time, without resorting to the use of either a sledge hammer or a cutting torch
.If we're still talking OK, I can't speak to likely fishing spots right off hand, but I bet we know someone around here who can
. I'm glad to do some reading on the subject, but there's a lot to be said for the local's perspective.If we are talking about the kind of fishing where unbaited hooks are intentionally employed so as to let the anglers focus on more important matters, double coolers in the trailers are a definite possibility. Of course, such indulgence might make even unloaded cycling more difficult on subsequent days. Just sayin'
.For my part, I like to fish with artificial bait. That's almost another way of saying I don't like catching fish, but I'm sure lack of skill plays its part, too.
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