Maidei goes on a world tour-Part 1 of the Bicycle Mystery Tour

**tulip** · 06-17-2010, 02:37 AM

If you need a central Virginia handoff, let me know. There are lots of TE people in Northern Virginia (DC area), so I could act as a link to them

**OakLeaf** · 06-17-2010, 02:58 AM

We're just floundering here. Everyone's posting "me! me!" and no one has a plan. Pardon me for getting frustrated.

We can't really plan for weather/climate because we don't know exactly how long it's going to take.

So: how about this suggestion.

As soon as Maidei gets to someone, that person posts their general location and solicits a handoff.

Anyone within roughly 100 miles of the person who has her, respond.

Do not respond to the first solicitation if you are not within 100 miles of the person who has her.

If no one responds within a week of Maidei's arrival, the person who has her posts a second solicitation. Anyone who considers themselves "kind of nearby" respond to that one. Do not respond to the second solicitation if you don't consider yourself nearby.

If no one responds to the second post within a week (making two weeks that Maidei has been with the person), then it's open and she should be shipped to one of the areas that has a large concentration of TE'rs (PNW, DC, New England) if she hasn't been there already, or a random site if those have already been done. Those handoffs can be planned with weather and climate in mind.

For safety reasons, obviously, no one posts their exact location or contact details; handoffs are arranged via PM.

Does that work for everyone? Modifications or alternate suggestions?

**Bike Chick** · 06-17-2010, 03:43 AM

Works for me...................

**Catrin** · 06-17-2010, 07:38 AM

It sounds like a good approach, we have to come up with some organized way to further her travels! I also like the map idea if we can get it to work properly. Then again, I make maps for a living, among other things, so I think maps are always called for

**Slowspoke** · 06-17-2010, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Trek-chick

I vote for Midwest....I would love to have her ride with me in my first century this Fall

Depending on which century you do, I may be there as well! Keep your eye out for her coming this way!!!

**Trek-chick** · 06-17-2010, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Slowspoke

Depending on which century you do, I may be there as well! Keep your eye out for her coming this way!!!

I'll be doing the Apple Cider Century in Three Oaks.

**skinimini** · 06-19-2010, 07:08 AM

After some delivery snafus with the post office, Maidei, our tiny world traveler, has arrived safe and sound in Atlanta!

She is beautiful and I know she has so many stories to tell!!!

I like Oak's idea. So here's the plan while she's in Atlanta. Tomorrow, friends and I are going to do a "Tour de Town", visiting all the hotspots of Atlanta a velo. Anyone in Atlanta (or anyone close by for that matter) is welcome to join us. PM me for specifics.

Anytime in the next few weeks, I can do a handoff. So anyone within 100 miles of Atlanta, give me a holler by PM.

Alternatively, I could post her to the next person on Monday, perhaps down to FL and then she can start a zig-zag up the east coast and so on.

I'll be sure to post pics of her Atlanta adventures!

**skinimini** · 06-19-2010, 07:11 AM

Anyone within one hundred miles of Atlanta, contact me by PM so we can arrange a handoff. My schedule is flexible over the next couple of weeks--but I'd rather do sooner than later!

**skinimini** · 06-22-2010, 06:57 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XPy14ay_g

Click on the link to watch a short video of Maidei's tour around Atlanta. My biking buddy, Mike, was so kind to record our trip. It was a grand ride, a little hot at the end. Nothing too exciting happened. At the beginning, a rather large deer bolted in front of us,

she was almost "kidnapped" in Centennial Olympic Park,

and she took a little spill on Peachtree St.

On Saturday, she enjoyed lunch at the 5 Seasons BrewPub and Monday, she did a short tour around Sandy Springs (my community), posing for pictures on many of the Sandy Springs Turtles.

I'll post stills a little later! What a fabulous time we had!

**OakLeaf** · 06-22-2010, 07:16 AM

Great video, thanks for sharing!

**Catrin** · 06-22-2010, 12:38 PM

This was fun, thanks for putting this together!

I love your jersey

**Trekhawk** · 06-22-2010, 06:01 PM

It is very cool to see Maidei making her way around the world. I have never been to Atlanta so it was great to see a snippet of your city. You have some wonderful buildings.

**skinimini** · 06-23-2010, 09:30 AM

I'll be handing off to Skibum this evening. I believe she has plans to visit Virginia in the next few days and participate in the Ride Across Virginia with Maidei. We had planned a bike-to-bike handoff on the Silver Lake Route in the Brookhaven-Buckhead area of town, but I have developed a significant upper respiratory infection and fever, so no biking for me today.

I can't wait to hear about Maidei's continued travels!

**tulip** · 06-23-2010, 10:05 AM

I'll be meeting up with skibum at Bike Virginia, and hopefully doing a handoff to some DC-area folks who will also be on the ride.

**skinimini** · 06-25-2010, 06:50 AM

Here are just a few pictures of my time in Atlanta. What fun I had! After, the tour of the city of Atlanta, I took the opportunity to pose with some of the Town Turtles of the city of Sandy Springs (Betsy's community).