I would have missed all this.....
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
If I Hadn't Gone Running Today
Monday, September 10, 2012
How Planning a Year-Long Bicycle Tour Changes My View of Things
My husband and I are seriously planning a year-long self-supported bicycle tour beginning next summer. That means that we will carry all our camping gear, clothing, bicycle tools and pretty much everything we will need for a year (except food and water) on our tandem. We want to keep our total "gear" weight for the both of us to something under 80 pounds and hopefully closer to 50 pounds. Not only do we want our gear to be under a certain weight, we have to be able to fit it all into a relatively small space.
Knowing we will be living the "simple life" on a bike for such a long time, makes me look at all the "stuff" I have in my home today. It also makes me realize how little of the "stuff" I have that I actually need or use on a daily basis. Each week, we haul "stuff" to Goodwill or other charitable organizations to lighten our load.
It's amazing how a bicycle tour can change one's perspective on what is needed and what is not!
Knowing we will be living the "simple life" on a bike for such a long time, makes me look at all the "stuff" I have in my home today. It also makes me realize how little of the "stuff" I have that I actually need or use on a daily basis. Each week, we haul "stuff" to Goodwill or other charitable organizations to lighten our load.
It's amazing how a bicycle tour can change one's perspective on what is needed and what is not!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Midwest Tandem Rally
This past weekend my husband and I went to our first tandem rally. We had owed our tandem for five whole days before we went and had probably put only 20 miles on the bike, so we were really "newbies" to the tandem world.
It was amazing to see so many tandems in one place. I think there were about 1,000 bikes there. Of all the tandems, there was only one other bike that was configured like ours with a recumbent seat in the front for the stoker and an upright seat in the back for the captain. So many people asked questions about our bike. I wouldn't be surprised if the bike shop we bought it from gets lots of calls this week.
We finally have a picture of the two of us riding the bike. Here it is!
It's really fun to see so many tandems in one place. It was quite an event!
It was amazing to see so many tandems in one place. I think there were about 1,000 bikes there. Of all the tandems, there was only one other bike that was configured like ours with a recumbent seat in the front for the stoker and an upright seat in the back for the captain. So many people asked questions about our bike. I wouldn't be surprised if the bike shop we bought it from gets lots of calls this week.
We finally have a picture of the two of us riding the bike. Here it is!
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| Our first picture together on the Hase Pino |
There were lots of fascinating bikes. Some of my favorites are the quads and quints.
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| An example of a quad. |
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| A quint! |
It's really fun to see so many tandems in one place. It was quite an event!
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