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Oh, my gosh!is right!! Makes ya feel a little like a slacker when you don't want to ride!
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11-10-2005, 03:56 AM #1
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And I don't want to ride to work today...
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Check out this guy's trip!
Round the world cyclist returns after four years!
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11-10-2005, 04:57 AM #2
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11-10-2005, 08:44 AM #3
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Wow what an amazing story.
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11-10-2005, 12:46 PM #4
I love headwinds! Really?
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Originally Posted by jeannierides
Oh, my gosh! is right!! Makes ya feel a little like a slacker when you don't want to ride!
ROFL - nah, makes me think since I can't ride like him - I just won't!
That is quite the journey tho - anyone see what make of bike he's on?? I would also love to know where he got all his spares from...along the route or carried? Would be an interesting read if he chooses to write a book about it.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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11-10-2005, 04:13 PM #5
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Corsair - Originally Posted by CorsairMac
I surfed over to Alastair Humphreys web site about his trip at http://www.roundtheworldbybike.com/ and found a sort of an answer to your question in his FAQs. Apparently he went through 3 bikes on his trip - quote from his answer to the question "What kit did you take?"I also loved his answer to the question "Did your bike break":Bike- Two steel Rockhoppers which were great and finally a wonderful steel mountain bike with downhill rims (I was sick of breaking wheels) made by a company who wouldn't give me even a tiny discount so I childishly taped over their logos [dream bike though- Thorn Raven]A truly amazing journey. I think I need to spend some time reading his journal!Like the old Russian joke- my bike is as good as new, except for 3 new frames, 5 new wheels, countless tyres, tubes, chains and gears….
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11-11-2005, 11:25 AM #6
I love headwinds! Really?
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thanks Denise - and thanks for the link to his journals!
*hurrying thru the TE posts so I can go check out Alastairs' posts*Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
