Wouldn't it be SOOOO cool if . . .

[deedolce]

I really like the tangible 'thing' too! I bunch of mini-tours, then hopping (via mail) to another portion, like the TDF team buses do And the best part would be take a pic with said thing on your bike with you and the next rider! I know there are programs that will put them all together like a giant poster. Surely, flickr or something like that has it! We could all upload our pics to a site like that.

I LOVE this idea. I'm in, in any case!

[zia]

Aye!

[MillieNZ]

I'm in Auckland new zealand now, but moving to hawaii about February next year............ so if the Southern Hemisphere girls started it I could techincally take 'it' from NZ to Hawaii across the ditch ?!?!?!

Maybe when each new TE get 'it' they post a piccie of themselves & 'it'

[Bike Chick]

Aye. Southern tip of Illinois here (way down by Kentucky, Missouri and Indiana between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers). I haven't heard from anyone even close to me....guess I've got a long ride

[Nightowl]

Kansas City here. Would love to be involved if it works out.

[kmehrzad]

I'm in from Northern VA (outside of Washington, DC).

[Trek420]

This sounds almost like what I did with a jersey each year on the AIDS rides. As soon as I'd register (which is right after the short term memory loss kicks in and I'd forget how hard it is) I'd pick a jersey, a plain one and send it to my first sponsor with a note and postage paid envelope for them to send it to sponsor #2.

The jersey kept passing from hand to hand, each sponsor adding their creativity. I never got to see it till right before the ride when I'd ask the last person to mail it back.

The results each year were unique with moving and funny art. Remind me to frame them some day.

The official TE sock puppet, muffin tin or bottle brush aka "it" doesn't even have to relate to cycling at all. "It" can be just an object we take on a ride.

Probably for privacy it'd be best if whoever starts this picks a public event, group ride or event they are doing, does the ride and hands it off to another TE'er.

We could have Northern and Southern hemisphere muffin tin's too.

This is like geocaching I think with real people and without the hiding the bottle brush aspect and without the GPS and .... ok it's nothing like geocaching.

Any opposed?

Maybe when each new TE get 'it' they post a piccie of themselves & 'it'

great idea!

[MomOnBike]

Lincoln, Nebraska here. Right in the middle of the U.S. It seems to me that those of us with long interesting rides could meet in an agreed-upon place somewhere between locations.

Of course, if two or more TE'ers are really close, they could ride together for a while to pass IT off to the next one(s).

The passing of the object/thing/baton/torch should, of course, be photographed for posterity - or something.

I'm really getting excited about this. I DO hope we can work out the nitty-gritty details.

[LilBolt]

I'm in Auckland new zealand now, but moving to hawaii about February next year............ so if the Southern Hemisphere girls started it I could techincally take 'it' from NZ to Hawaii across the ditch ?!?!?!

Maybe when each new TE get 'it' they post a piccie of themselves & 'it'

I'll be on Maui in early March, and could transport 'the thing' to Seattle. We plan to ride while on Maui, so I could show it a fun time.

[skinimini]

I'll be on Maui in early March, and could transport 'the thing' to Seattle. We plan to ride while on Maui, so I could show it a fun time.

Seems like when "it" comes to the US, it should start in the PNW and then south through Oregon and CA before making it's way east and north. However, I know you guys in Seattle and Vancouver will have iffy weather until May.

If my ankle injury is healed enough and I'm back on the bike, I"ll certainly do my part when it makes its way southeast--whatever the schedule.

Crazycanuck, thank you for getting this started. What fun!

[crazycanuck]

ha ha..*snork* Umm..The " It" will be driven to the beach & up to Trekhawk's abode since she lives near where i do dirt time. I could take it on the dirt with me for a few min & expose it to pea gravel...