Originally Posted by
john bono
I think you've just outlined the perfect argument for having your girlfriend carry everything on her bike, while you ride empty. "You see honey, I would carry everything, but my wheels aren't as strong as yours."
If you manage to get her to say yes, you'll need to write a book on how you did it.
Hehe,
My girl is a warrior. We went from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by bike. It was her first trip. Until this trip she did 20km trip on flat. This was 80km trip that took us 16hrs, but and its a great BUT, we had climbs like walls (about 700m twice), that we walked, and she didn't say a thing, she just wanted to complete the route. There was part of the climbs that I carried the two bikes, because I'm more fit, and didn't want here to burn out. It really was a very hard trip, but we made it and there is no words to to describe our last haul in the streets of Jerusalem heading her mothers home.
There are people that tells me that they have done 600km etc, but I know I did it with my girlfriend which made my chest 1 inch bigger
And to the point, I will carry more in a trip, because I'm stronger. Its a fact.
One of the hardest thing is to slow down, cycle near her, and not go racing with each bike you see in the road. This is HARD