scumglob
02-25-08, 10:42 AM
Hi - what a community you all have here. I'm getting geared up for another tour in April, already this place has been immensely helpful!! Thanks!
Scumglob
Scumglob
Introductions - Touring cyclist from NE
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East Hill
02-25-08, 10:47 AM
Hi scumglob, where's the tour taking you? And what bike are you using? Do you keep a blog of your travels?
Welcome to BF!
East Hill
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/pinkstar.jpg
Welcome to BF!
East Hill
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/pinkstar.jpg
Floyd
02-25-08, 01:25 PM
Welcome Scubglob... You have found that this is a good place for information, glad you found us and hope that we can continue to help each other.
peace
peace
scumglob
02-26-08, 10:00 AM
I ride a Surly LHT and love it!! I have a minimalist blog at http://brentscrazybiketrip.blogspot.com/ ... in April if I get into a graduate program I'll ride from Lincoln to the east coast and back to check out schools.. If I don't I'm gunna do a loop through the NE sandhills (it will be my 3rd time, they're great!!)/Laramie WY/CO/UT/Grand Canyon/Austin/then back up to lincoln via the Ozarks
I'm psyched!!
I'm psyched!!
East Hill
02-26-08, 10:19 AM
Nice blog! I liked the photos of the Crescent Lake trail--I've never seen photos of it before.
It sounds as if you didn't really enjoy Washington, though...
East Hill
It sounds as if you didn't really enjoy Washington, though...
East Hill
scumglob
02-26-08, 11:38 AM
Hey thanks for reading it East Hill!!
Washington was gorgeous, of course. Culturally it was more like the midwest than the other coastal states. Fewer tourists = more freedom for traveling cyclists :). I really regret not having ridden the Ice Fields Parkway though... I was bone tired. It was only my second tour and I foolishly passed up taking extended breaks in Glacier & Kananaskis that I needed - could have stayed a lot longer in each to recover. With the new bike & friend pushing me (pushing each other ;)) at the beginning of the tour doing 80+mi days back to back in early August with 90F, 100F days I spent all my energy early in the tour. Definitely going to pace myself better and stay with road angels longer on my next tour :).
Have you ridden any tours?? What do you ride?
Washington was gorgeous, of course. Culturally it was more like the midwest than the other coastal states. Fewer tourists = more freedom for traveling cyclists :). I really regret not having ridden the Ice Fields Parkway though... I was bone tired. It was only my second tour and I foolishly passed up taking extended breaks in Glacier & Kananaskis that I needed - could have stayed a lot longer in each to recover. With the new bike & friend pushing me (pushing each other ;)) at the beginning of the tour doing 80+mi days back to back in early August with 90F, 100F days I spent all my energy early in the tour. Definitely going to pace myself better and stay with road angels longer on my next tour :).
Have you ridden any tours?? What do you ride?
East Hill
02-26-08, 11:42 AM
I have not ridden any tours, but really want to do a tour of Vancouver Island sometime this summer. I enjoy reading the touring forum, although I'm a lurker there most of the time.
As for what I ride, uhhh, I have 12 bicycles, so it's almost more a question of what DON'T I ride :) .
Mostly vintage steel, though :) .
East Hill
As for what I ride, uhhh, I have 12 bicycles, so it's almost more a question of what DON'T I ride :) .
Mostly vintage steel, though :) .
East Hill
scumglob
02-26-08, 11:51 AM
12 bikes?! Quite a collection :)
X-LinkedRider
02-26-08, 11:52 AM
How long does that loopback tour take you? I didn't really realize that CO and those states were considered the NE but, it still sounds like a beautiful ride. I plan on going trans-am this year, probably by myself. Though I plan on taking my time, being that it will be my first time, and spending a few months on the tour. Nice blog, some of the pictures are great.
scumglob
02-26-08, 12:07 PM
oh -when I said NE I meant Nebraska :) The sandhills region out west is the prettiest place I've ever seen
Thanks for looking at my blog!! I haven't really worked out how long the trip will take, being that I am not 100% certain I'll do it yet --- gotta hear back from schools first (a few more weeks, cross the fingers). But tentatively I'd say 3-4mo, with big breaks. Are you going to take the Adventure Cycling route for your trans-am? That'd be a great trip. I think solo is the way to go :). Total freedom!!
Thanks for looking at my blog!! I haven't really worked out how long the trip will take, being that I am not 100% certain I'll do it yet --- gotta hear back from schools first (a few more weeks, cross the fingers). But tentatively I'd say 3-4mo, with big breaks. Are you going to take the Adventure Cycling route for your trans-am? That'd be a great trip. I think solo is the way to go :). Total freedom!!