tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post8446539069468001948..comments2017-09-24T19:56:35.181-07:00Comments on Keep walking, even if it's steep: Summer Tour - part twoJim Bangshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11618333090634257257noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-61298856152105399242016-09-06T14:11:26.279-07:002016-09-06T14:11:26.279-07:00Thanks for stopping by Steve. I have to agree with...Thanks for stopping by Steve. I have to agree with you. That is why I have really liked riding Rail-Trails these last three summers. I also like the road tours. I can deal with the traffic as long as I have a bit of a shoulder. I have never toured through a city except I rolled into Albuquerque on a tour about five years ago but I knew in that case exactly where I was going and it was an easy path. I do have something brewing about in the brain for next summer that will have a start, or stop, in a city. We'll see.Jim Bangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618333090634257257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-83142982725803520012016-09-06T13:34:24.079-07:002016-09-06T13:34:24.079-07:00Jim,
Looks like an enjoyable ramble, and the scen...Jim,<br /><br />Looks like an enjoyable ramble, and the scenery is certainly top notch. Kudos to you for being able to keep it loose and changeable when circumstances dictate.<br /><br />That piece of road would be a non-starter for me. I'm just too damn nervous to ride on busy roads, or roads with high speed traffic. In my particular slice of the boonies if I want to ride on the roads I take the bike trail up to farm country and get off on a cross road there. I can deal with the 4 cars an hour that are typical there. I can hear them come up behind me, give them a good look over the shoulder, and pull off the road if they seem unaware that I'm there.<br />That's one of the things (one of the MANY things) that keep me from any long distance touring. I've fooled around with planning a strictly back roads tour (no cities or 4 lane roads) and have even spent some time mapping a route on Google. Maybe some time I'll actually have time to try it.<br /><br />Steve ZSteve Z (swampboy62)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03594045912519415678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-41733133550463091152016-08-20T04:29:17.385-07:002016-08-20T04:29:17.385-07:00Colorado is certainly photogenic. And three days ...Colorado is certainly photogenic. And three days sounds like plenty, although a life time sounds pretty good, too. Riding across the U.S. or doing the whole Divide would be remarkable achievements but now that Lael Wilcox has re-set the bar on those two feats I think I will stick to wondering around aimlessly...<br /><br />I personaly hgave not slept in a tent in over twenty years. I bought a half-dome from REI a couple years ago and it remains in the packaging it came in. It is the only campng gear I own. My "touring" bike, Little Miss Dangerous, has been in the stand for about the same amount of time. Like "boat guilt", this situation causes me no small amount grief.<br /><br />So I bow to your Doing It for Real and getting out there. That piece of No Shoulder With Semitrucks bit will probably keep me worried for years. Thanks for the accompanying photo so my nightmares will come fully illustrated. Note: why not photoshop a well squashed piece of road kill into that shot to complete the package?<br /><br />I have read about the bad stretches for years and don't like them. I don't even like READING about them and when they come up, I usually get off and walk. A guy from Portland was killed a couple years ago on one of my regular roads, plenty of shoulder and visibility but he still managed to get creamed by an eighty year old man with epilepsy driving a Lincoln.<br /><br />I'm rambling, I know...but look: Lael's ol' man Nick (Gypsy by Trade) managed a few years back to ride from Alaska to Colorado with VERY FEW MILES on pavement. And where I am heading with this is I'm thinking screw the infrastructure of the automobile-based road system and if we are going to holler for change let's go all the way and holler for off-road thoroughfares. Florida, one of the most doofus of states in the union, is doing it, sorta...<br /><br />There are trails all over the place that start nowhere and end nowhere but there seems to be a plan to one day connect them all together...there is a trail called the Cross-Florida Trail but I have yet to fully figure it out...but I am working on it.<br /><br />Sorry, Jim. I am envious of your ride. I wanna do it. Next month I will be doing a job in St. Augustine, a hundred miles from the trailer park and there is a couple camp-worthy spots about halfway...so maybe...<br /><br />Ride On, Coach!<br />Tim Joe Comstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351911607475089105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-59025537336024299232016-08-18T09:51:51.274-07:002016-08-18T09:51:51.274-07:00Thanks for checking out the blog Randy. I'll n...Thanks for checking out the blog Randy. I'll need to figure out the whole video thing to keep up with your posts!!Jim Bangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618333090634257257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-32006769609326986892016-08-17T19:33:53.134-07:002016-08-17T19:33:53.134-07:00Mag-Lev!
Mag-Lev!<br />RoadieRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900109046198641775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-83454361616579113262016-08-17T19:33:08.465-07:002016-08-17T19:33:08.465-07:00Mag-Lev!
Mag-Lev!<br />RoadieRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900109046198641775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-35470925867685578872016-08-17T17:35:19.817-07:002016-08-17T17:35:19.817-07:00Sounds like a good trip despite not going as origi...Sounds like a good trip despite not going as originally planned. Beautiful as always.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960843311274452366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-64143334221543771162016-08-17T10:04:15.685-07:002016-08-17T10:04:15.685-07:00A few weeks ago I saw a documentary about the Amer...A few weeks ago I saw a documentary about the American infrastructure : roads, fly-overs, railroads,sewerage, bridges etc........poor, very poor...to put it mildly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080693764310600331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-22531556087651424272016-08-16T15:44:38.848-07:002016-08-16T15:44:38.848-07:00Ryan, as usual thanks for checking it out. I know....Ryan, as usual thanks for checking it out. I know....It is also like the train business here in our country. We could have a super efficient train system for moving freight and people around if there was some money thrown at it all.Jim Bangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618333090634257257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-827707900784884389.post-41620866021566696052016-08-16T11:51:15.736-07:002016-08-16T11:51:15.736-07:00Hmm Second breakfast - the Hobbits had that one ri...Hmm Second breakfast - the Hobbits had that one right and Amen on our messed up priorities lots of roads out here in WA that could use some of that Jet-fighter-that-doesn't actually-work moneyRoadieRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900109046198641775noreply@blogger.com