ALC5---It's real now!

[Trek420]

check this site for Bike Friday dealers There was a guy on the ride last week who had one, he said it was not their "high end model" and he is very happy with it. He's ridden it around Europe and tours in the US, it fits in a bag/pack at the airport....

http://www.bikefriday.com/main.cfm?f...n=dealers.home

also here:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=bike+friday

sorry for the thread drift

Back to subject, the ride route will not be finalized sometimes till the day of the ride.

While last years route is posted on the website and it's usually pretty close to that.

The campsites will be established but not posted till maybe April for anyone planning on seeing us in camp.

For one thing that's because road conditions, permits can change up to the last minute. On ALC 3 I think it was there were fires and it was thought they'd have to bus us around 1/2 of the day 6 route. In the end that did not happen but we were close to the action.

This makes things difficult for anyone planning on seeing the riders.

That's the point, to purposefully keep traffic low, drivers away, no distraction. And if you happened to be riding that day, even the opposite direction if you crash or are otherwise in need of help that could be a drain on the crew.

Heck, the first year I rode they even helped a cow in distress delivering twin calves. (Mother did fine, calves unfortunately both stillborn. Vet said Mom would not have survived without our medical crew).

I've read a rule of thumb that if you can do back to back centuries or even back to back metric centuries, consider yourself ready.

I dunno, I've never done that myself but here i go again.