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Old 03-31-05 | 05:32 AM
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CommuterRun
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From: Wakulla Co. FL
Originally Posted by Rixtory
How does everyone else carry all their gear? Backpack? Or do you pull the panniers right off teh bike and carry them with you?
Thanks
Rick
I have a locker at work to keep stuff in. Usually, I try to keep up to two weeks worth of clothes there, but I usually wind up having to pull the trailer in at least once a week, so that's when I do the laundry shuffle.

http://www.burley.com/products/trail...?p=Flatbed&i=7
Before I got the trailer I had to on drive in on those days.

Incidentally, today was a trailer day. When I left this morning it was 59 F, variable 2 mph winds, heavy overcast and light rain. 66 F, winds out of the ENE at 7 mph and heavy overcast on the way home this afternoon. Normally when I have the trailer chasing the bike I get a lot more attention than without it. Well, the trailer gets a lot of attention. A lot of, "WTF is that?" looks, with some, "What a great idea!" looks. Well, today a horn blew two lanes over. A BIG truck air horn, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAANH, so of course I instinctively look over. A white 4-door sedan of gawkers came real close to getting creamed by a dump truck. Of course the dump truck driver could have been a gawker too, which may have accounted for the close call.

I'm sure it's the trailer they look at. It sure ain't my physique.

Edit-Oh yeah, tonight my computer is showing 94.3 miles, tomorrow I will easily break triple digits for the week. May not mean much, it's just a goal of mine to get over 100 miles a week. Blew it week before last by not checking the computer when I got home Friday afternoon. Didn't notice until that night while filling out my log that I had 97.4. Wish I'd noticed, a short detour would have broken 100.

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