I'm coming to your town!
02-22-06, 07:34 AM
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I'm coming to your town!
Sooner if you live in the North or West, later in the South and East. In two months my gf and I are quitting our jobs(just gave notice this week!) selling or storing our stuff, leaving the appartment, and going on a year-long US bike tour. The first part of the route goes up through Michigan, West through the UP, across N. Wisconsin to the Twin Cities, across SD, Wyoming, ect. to the coast. The specifics will be determined as we go, but this is an open invitation to ride a day or two with us, buy us a beer when we stop through, or extend any hospitality along the way. We're compiling a list of people that we know, would like to visit, or who have offered their couch or floor space, so PM me if you fit into any of those catagories. I started a blog to which we will be posting photos and travel journals, but I intend to continue posting on BF as well.
This is still a little ways off and I was planning on saving the news for later, but I figure that knowing where people are will add in the planning process.
This is still a little ways off and I was planning on saving the news for later, but I figure that knowing where people are will add in the planning process.
02-22-06, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by max-a-mill
NICE!
live the dream for us cube rats pinned down by the man everywhere...
live the dream for us cube rats pinned down by the man everywhere...
02-22-06, 07:53 AM
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Fantastic! I've been planning my own little tour after I found out I can take un-paid leave if I want. 3 weeks of vacay doesn't give you enough time to really get "out there"...
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If you're passing though to visit the fam, you know there will be beer waiting for ya'll.
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If you're passing though to visit the fam, you know there will be beer waiting for ya'll.
02-22-06, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jaypee
Fantastic! I've been planning my own little tour after I found out I can take un-paid leave if I want. 3 weeks of vacay doesn't give you enough time to really get "out there"...
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If you're passing though to visit the fam, you know there will be beer waiting for ya'll.
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If you're passing though to visit the fam, you know there will be beer waiting for ya'll.
02-22-06, 08:20 AM
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You've probably done your homework but if you can beg, borrrow or steal some of the adventure cycling maps. They're really decent for bike touring with; much easier to deal with than a map.
https://www.adv-cycling.org/routes/maps.cfm
Really good if you don't know anything about the area or are going a long way between two cities. But maybe all the BF folks will make it all immaterial by having someone join you all the way.
I'm dead jealous, sounds like a great trip.
https://www.adv-cycling.org/routes/maps.cfm
Really good if you don't know anything about the area or are going a long way between two cities. But maybe all the BF folks will make it all immaterial by having someone join you all the way.
I'm dead jealous, sounds like a great trip.
02-22-06, 08:22 AM
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go to couchsurfing.com for places to crash along the way. It's a great idea and it seems to be catching on.
(btw - [totallly jealous])
(btw - [totallly jealous])
02-22-06, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by fixedpip
You've probably done your homework but if you can beg, borrrow or steal some of the adventure cycling maps. They're really decent for bike touring with; much easier to deal with than a map.
https://www.adv-cycling.org/routes/maps.cfm
Really good if you don't know anything about the area or are going a long way between two cities. But maybe all the BF folks will make it all immaterial by having someone join you all the way.
I'm dead jealous, sounds like a great trip.
https://www.adv-cycling.org/routes/maps.cfm
Really good if you don't know anything about the area or are going a long way between two cities. But maybe all the BF folks will make it all immaterial by having someone join you all the way.
I'm dead jealous, sounds like a great trip.
02-22-06, 08:34 AM
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When you get close to DC. Great accommodations, close to all the sites you want to see or protest 
Plus, SPARKS.
Plus, SPARKS.
02-22-06, 08:35 AM
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awesome plan. are you doing this tour on FG/SS bikes or proper touring bikes?
02-22-06, 08:39 AM
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You will be missed in the interval!
02-22-06, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by turd
awesome plan. are you doing this tour on FG/SS bikes or proper touring bikes?
), as we will be unsupported and riding over mountains.
Originally Posted by chicagoamdream
You will be missed in the interval!
02-22-06, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jmgorman
go to couchsurfing.com for places to crash along the way. It's a great idea and it seems to be catching on.
(btw - [totallly jealous])
(btw - [totallly jealous])
02-22-06, 11:04 AM
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yarrr! DC welcomes Ira whenever you guys make it here.
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02-22-06, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by spud
yarrr! DC welcomes Ira whenever you guys make it here.
02-22-06, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by monkey
Good luck Ira + Andrea! Please tell us when the good bye ride will be.
02-22-06, 01:19 PM
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Welp I'll be moving into an apartment this summer so if you end up in the lovely Richmond, VA - there's a nice place for you to stay - and a bunch of people around here always looking for an excuse to ride
02-22-06, 02:31 PM
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Very very jealous. Hope the wind stays on your backs the whole way!
02-22-06, 05:05 PM
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That'll be so much fun. It'll be hard seeing you guys ride off
while we all go back to sitting in front of our computers.
hmmm...maybe you'll pick up a few stragglers along the way?
jeff
while we all go back to sitting in front of our computers.
hmmm...maybe you'll pick up a few stragglers along the way?
jeff
Originally Posted by Ira in Chi
When we leave Chicago, you are all welcome to ride to the dunes and camp with us the first night. It'll be a Saturday, and I'll give advance notice when we pick a date.
02-22-06, 05:56 PM
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I'll be down to ride whenever you go through the Twin Cities, hit me up..............
02-22-06, 06:00 PM
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Sounds like fun.
I have a room and futon that may be available when/if you come through SF....
I have a room and futon that may be available when/if you come through SF....
02-22-06, 06:01 PM
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Cool! NC welcomes you!
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Let me know what months you might be by either oklahoma city or houston. I could set you up for a few nights and feed you.
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I could probably at least buy you a beer when you're passing through the cities...