Well ... I see maybe my photos in the "A Tour in the Flood" are interesting for visitors here, so one more photo album named "The Way I Lost 5 Kilos for 6 Days" ...

http://floodtour.tripod.com/2/index.album?i=0

do not do it :)
Bob
http://bgbybike.tripod.com/index.htm

Wonderful.... Great pics, you have a great eye, and your commentary is outstanding. I know that if I tried doing 130km a day I'd die on that diet, but then again, if I lost 5 kilos I'd weigh less than I did when I was 18, and that was a while ago.

I especially loved the turtle image, would like to know if I can take a copy of that for my use? I also enjoyed you telling people that you were doing the ride as penance for grave sins. :)

very nice,

Steve W.

Thank you Steve, thank you for your so nice words! OF COURSE YOU CAN USE THIS NICE PHOTO WITH THE TURTLE! 6 years ago I copied it, I do not remember where I took it from.
Last winter I added maybe 18 kilos, never mind I always follow a diet, not so strict, but a diet. So in the summer I had to lose all that. Summer time it is easier for me, maybe I need only 3-4 days to turn to a life without much meals.
It seems, it is understandable about my sins and imposed by the priest bicycling :), I was afraid, I can not explain it by my poor English. Oh, people do not need the true, in most cases when you speak the true it does not work :)
Bob

Sounds like an intersting way to turn days into weeks. I did 150 miles in one day--from Morro Bay to Carpenteria (long time ago)--on the third day and last day of a mini-tour. It took me a lot longer than 14 hours. A very nice accomplishment, especially with such a heavy machine.

Oh yes! I love these endless days! But to bicycle 150 miles - it is not in my possibilities! The longest my distance was 110 miles.
Yes, I produced the special frame - it lock my bag to the bike frame - simple and inexpensive (free I can say) device. It is not easy in my country to find out bike accessories. Or all that is so expensive …. So, most things I need I do myself :)
Have many many miles bicycling without any troubles WAGATHON !!!

Congratulations Steve ... I tried to do the same, but I did not succeed ...

This is inspiring stuff. Such pretty pictures! I think I'm going to buid up my old road frame and ride to to northern Cal from L.A. That way, it would get prettier as I ride.

You'd do better to start further North, e.g., Astoria, Oregon and ride South or you'll have a wind in your face the entire trip and everyone else will be going the other way making the grass look a whole lot greener on the other side of the road. :)