Another real embarrassing question

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI "Or ways of adjusting the bike? Or type of bike that would be better than a hybrid/comfort bike (road bike, hunched over, I'm assuming would be worse!)"

compared to most road bikes I'm almost upright, so you can be more forward on a hybrd or upright on a road....When you pick up your bike here I'll ask Chris to look at how it fits and if it needs any minor adjustments.

At the top of the pedaling I'd say my leg is at about 90 degrees, parallel to the road .... walks off to the indoor trainer to see if that presses my gutt, well it does a little but that's because my abs are not tight ;-)

If it ends up that you like this kind of longer ride/touring ultmately you may want a recumbent which puts you sorta leaning back. Then you and Jan can do the China tour together 8-)

There will be rest stops every 14-20 miles n the Cindy, and lunch in the middle somewhere. I know you need to take in a lot of salt and that's good on the ride but any other diet does/don'ts? We'll want to make sure you stay fed/hydrated.