I would think using a bike for visiting battlefields would be ideal, though I suppose there are some places they won't let you take the bike, only walk.

I just got back home after driving quite a bit around the SE US, and I tell you I saw many bikes on rear racks that looked none too secure. I know I will never trust one. For a while I had a roof rack, but now the bike lives inside the vehicle. But I don't really have a need to travel with bike and tons of stuff in the car, since any place I can't ride to directly requires a plane flight. (We had a ferry for a while which was ideal for getting to the other islands with a bike, but the enviros shut it down.)

scott s.
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