Guy Looking for Riders....

[pooks]

Has everybody seen this already?

I was on the carradice website and they had a pic of his tandem setup and a link to this:

http://www.blue-ant.tv/takeaseat/plan.php

Oh wow, check this out. Oooh-la-la!

http://www.blue-ant.tv/takeaseat/photo.php

Veronica, you've got experience? Want to hitch a ride?

Pooks

[Veronica]

It's too bad I'm back to work. That could be fun to do a for a few days.

V.

[HipGnosis6]

For lack of anything better to do these days, I'd ride with him for a while!

[colby]

Wow. What a ride! Looks like he's entering the US right about now -- Seattleites, he's coming your way ;)

[pooks]

And he's a hottie. Ahem.

[HipGnosis6]

And he's a hottie. Ahem.

Yeah. I noticed that too. :D

[BikeMomma]

Wow, I would SO love to do something like that. With or without a partner....preferably with. :rolleyes:

Check out the gallery of pics....gorgeous views! Wowie!

~BikeMomma

[cindysue]

just sent him an email to let us know when he is in the bay area.........

[Veronica]

I got an e mail response. he's still in Vancouver, will probably be there for another week. I wonder if he's up for a double century... :D

V.

[pooks]

He's got a film crew with him making a documentary of his ride. Of course they may not be there all the time. Anyway -- how cool to end up part of that, as well!

[velogirl]

Wow! It took me forever to find this thread. Dom spent the night at my house last night and I was trying to find it for him but I couldn't.

I rode with him today on his tandem. We rode his tandem from San Mateo to Moss Beach, picked up my road bike (which I'd conveniently left with a friend on Sunday) and then continued on to San Gregorio. We hung at the SG Store for a bit and I returned home (worried about losing my daylight) and he continued south. I had originally hoped to ride with him for a few days but my schedule is just too busy lately. As an aside, I was freezing my butt off descending 84 and got home just at 5:30 (dark) after logging almost 80 miles today.

Dom's a charmer and an interesting young man. Surprisingly, he hasn't been able to find folks to ride with him very often, so if you know folks in Southern California or Mexico or Central or South America, have them contact him. I'm seriously considering joining him for a week or two later in his journey.

The tandem ride with great! We actually rode really well together. I've only tandemed one other time and it was a nightmare. I set up the bike to my geometry with my pedals and saddle and felt pretty good, but the bar was a bit odd and my hands were achy. Oh well. But 200 pounds of bike -- oh my! And he's been riding that by himself for about half his journey so far. He's got biceps and triceps to die for (and washboard abs, I would imagine).

He doesn't have a film crew with him. Rather, he's been photographing and video-taping interviews himself -- many of them on the bike. At one point, he had me video-taping him and then myself while we rode (good thing I could ride no handed). I felt a little dorky but what the heck.

And, yes, Pooks, he's a hottie.

My wanderlust has crept it's ugly head back up......

[Grog]

Ooh...

Lucky you.

I have emailed a friend who's from Ecuador and still has family and friends there. That's pretty far out on his route but who knows...

[Cali Sunshine]

this guy looks like a creep. like a stalker. why would you want to ride with someone off the internet you've never met. no thanks.

[Bluetree]

Surprisingly, he hasn't been able to find folks to ride with him very often, so if you know folks in Southern California or Mexico or Central or South America, have them contact him. I'm seriously considering joining him for a week or two later in his journey.


Sounds like a great journey, I hope you make it.

The BikeForum SoCal forum is well populated with cyclists from Orange County to San Diego, there might be a bigger pool or riders willing to help out.

Brandy, Caligurl... you gals are pretty active there... can help be found?

[caligurl]

this guy looks like a creep. like a stalker. why would you want to ride with someone off the internet you've never met. no thanks.


WOW! that's a pretty nasty generalization... now granted i haven't looked at the pics yet.... just found this thread from bluetree's PM...

but i'm glad to know that it's so creepy to meet and ride with people off the internet..... uhm.... tracy.... brandy.... tiffannie..... BCIpam.... roadfix.... plus all the wonderful people i've met over at bikeforums.net and ridden with!

hmmmmmmm and don't you norcal girls all get together? didn't most of you meet on here? wow.... i'm glad to know you are all so creepy!

so cali sunshine.... i guess you won't be coming out to joshua tree national park (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10016) to ride with us creepy internet people? your loss... cuz i'm here to tell you they are all nice and friendly and helpful people! probably some of the best ride buddies you could have!

ok.... i'm done.... now onto the task at hand.... i'm gonna go read about this ride!

[caligurl]

well crud.... i can't access the links from work! danged firewall!

[snapdragen]

but i'm glad to know that it's so creepy to meet and ride with people off the internet..... uhm.... tracy.... brandy.... tiffannie..... BCIpam.... roadfix.... plus all the wonderful people i've met over at bikeforums.net and ridden with!


I would never fly down for a long weekend in San Diego to meet up with a bunch of guys from Road Bike Review.....:rolleyes: (wonder if I can find a link to the pictures, it was great fun.....) Not to mention the great friends I've made with the N Cal ladies.

[DeniseGoldberg]

this guy looks like a creep. like a stalker. why would you want to ride with someone off the internet you've never met. no thanks.
Caligurl is absolutely right - it is more than possible to meet others online.

And the world of touring is probably something that you haven't entered yet or you would not make this kind of assumption. I have met people here and on crazyguyonabike.com (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com) who I now consider to be friends. I have hosted touring cyclists who I met on crazyguyonabike at my home, I have offered a place to stay to touring cyclists I met on the road in my home area, and I have received and accepted offers of support from people I've met when I've been touring. While I usually prefer solo touring, I probably would have taken Dominic up on his offer to share a ride on his tandem if he had been passing through my area. Velogirl's ride report made her experience with him sound like a good one, and an opportunity not to be passed up.

--- Denise

[velogirl]

this guy looks like a creep. like a stalker. why would you want to ride with someone off the internet you've never met. no thanks.

I think you just completely changed my opinion of you, Cali Sunshine. Bummer -- I guess I was wrong about you.

Dom's definitely not a creep. He's a typical bike tourist. I've housed many of them over the years from the warm showers list and ridden with some of them as well. When I've toured alone, I welcomed the opportunity to meet folks and share experiences with them. There's nothing creepy about that at all. It's a way for us to expand our experiences beyond our own little existence.

[E2theD]

Sounds like you had a great time. I remember seeing this post before and thinking how cool of a journey he must be in store for. Even better now I'm sure becuase he got to ride with a velogirl!

Can't wait to hear all about it this weekend as we play in the mud.

:p Erin

[texascyclist]

I had also seen Dom's site previously before and WOW, THAT IS SO COOL Velogirl that you were able to meet up with him. Sounds like a great experience and one that I would be proud to be a part of if he were to make his way to Dallas. :D I will keep an eye on his site for pictures of your ride with him.

[chickwhorips]

wow this is really neat. wish i was closer to ride with him for a bit.

now i know why our fuel prices went up, i found this picture http://www.blue-ant.tv/takeaseat/photo_1.php i hope that goes to the picture i'm talking about.

bummer, it doesn't take you to that photo i'm talking about. so i attached it and the comment next to the picture is this:
Dom thinks hes found a week point in the Alaska oil pipeline. Mass increases in oil price followed shortly after this picture was taken

[Crankin]

I am happy to report that Denise, Tygab, Deb W., Plushride, Patti, SurlyGirl, Massbike, Wavedancer, and a couple of other people I have met through this forum are not creepy or weird.
While I might think twice about going off and riding with a strange man, I think you will find that most people who are involved with the world of bike touring are down to earth and very nice.

Robyn

[chickwhorips]

wow just went through all his photos and talk about beautiful!