Went for a fifty-mile bike trip today. It took about six hours, five if you only include the actual biking, 'cause I stopped for an hour for lunch.
Here's a look at the vehicle:
The rear pannier bag carried an MRE, thermos of hot coffee, water bottle and rain poncho. In the front handlebar bag is a first aid kit, pepper spray, tire pump, ID and CHL, keys, phone and $20 bill. The tool kit has a spare tube, patch kits and tire tools, tire gauge and the usual things. The front pannier rack is held to the front fork by six homemade clamps. First gear is a real "stump-puller" that allows the rider to climb hills so steep that you have to lean sharply forward so that the bike won't topple over backwards.
No, I do not wear those goofy tight bike pants. I need pants with a belt.
Is this an impossibly-blue sky, or what?
Let's see if I can imbed a GPS map here:
Hey, it worked! The blue line represents my trip home, except for a 3/4-mile GPS failure (yellow line).
Here's a look at the vehicle:
The rear pannier bag carried an MRE, thermos of hot coffee, water bottle and rain poncho. In the front handlebar bag is a first aid kit, pepper spray, tire pump, ID and CHL, keys, phone and $20 bill. The tool kit has a spare tube, patch kits and tire tools, tire gauge and the usual things. The front pannier rack is held to the front fork by six homemade clamps. First gear is a real "stump-puller" that allows the rider to climb hills so steep that you have to lean sharply forward so that the bike won't topple over backwards.No, I do not wear those goofy tight bike pants. I need pants with a belt.
Is this an impossibly-blue sky, or what?
Let's see if I can imbed a GPS map here:
Hey, it worked! The blue line represents my trip home, except for a 3/4-mile GPS failure (yellow line).
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You're my Hero!
Is that because I don't wear the goofy-tight bicycle pants?
Congratulations! That's an incredible distance, more than I could have handled, even in my prime.
Uhhh, on the bike...
Where's the rifle scabbard?
Brigid! You're still in your prime.
Such words!
Turk, uh, you do, um, wear pants, though, right? Right? ;)
Brigid: "in your prime!" Such talk. Tsk.
R-X: yes, I do wear pants because they hold the belt, which holds the holster, which holds the .45.
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