Axel Slingerland
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I love cross country bicycling, and between four trips Gary and I took together, we rode over 15,000 miles.
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Have You Ever Taken a Bicycle Trip?
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We biked for miles and camped on the way when we were kids, but I am not a fan of bikes now and would never ride them for pleasure. I would much rather walk or hike...although I really can't do that now either.
Axel Slingerland
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I can't do bike trips anymore either. But that's beside the point. Or perhaps... That IS the point?
What was to be my last bike trip was cancelled by Colon Cancer. I had bought a new Kelty double wide sleeping bag, $130. (I like elbow room.) A new Dry Sak for my BOB Trailer, $50. A new Mountain Rack for my BOB Trailer, $60. A new set of Ortlieb German Front Roller Panniers, $150. A solar powered camp light, charges in the daylight even if the Sun isn't out, $40. The list goes on. It took me two years after the surgery just to want to ride my bike again.
What was to be my last bike trip was cancelled by Colon Cancer. I had bought a new Kelty double wide sleeping bag, $130. (I like elbow room.) A new Dry Sak for my BOB Trailer, $50. A new Mountain Rack for my BOB Trailer, $60. A new set of Ortlieb German Front Roller Panniers, $150. A solar powered camp light, charges in the daylight even if the Sun isn't out, $40. The list goes on. It took me two years after the surgery just to want to ride my bike again.
I used to bike many years ago on my own doing a few miles a day but I stopped.
I am looking at buying an electric pedal assist mountain bike which does upto 15 mph but still have to pedal.
I am looking to lose weight.
I am looking at buying an electric pedal assist mountain bike which does upto 15 mph but still have to pedal.
I am looking to lose weight.
MamaFrankie
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No because I can't cycle!
Axel Slingerland
Wordy Blues Rocker
I can't anymore either. Sorry I brought it up.
Yvonne Smith
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I discovered this today, it is somewhere between a bike, motorcycle, and a robot horse. It is called a Kawasaki CORLEO, and it is pretty amazing. I don’t think that you would use it like going on a bicycle trip, but for off-road trips, it looks pretty fantastic.
I miss going on horseback trail rides into the mountain, and this immediately put me in mind of a robot horse, and I think it would be awesome to ride one !
I miss going on horseback trail rides into the mountain, and this immediately put me in mind of a robot horse, and I think it would be awesome to ride one !
Axel Slingerland
Wordy Blues Rocker
Bicycles have two wheels and no feet. Mine has two computers though... 
Axel Slingerland
Wordy Blues Rocker
I was just reading Jacob's post about recent rains in Michigan, and I started thinking about one of the short bike trips Gary and I did many moons ago. It was primarily on M22 between Manistee, Michigan and Traverse City, Michigan on the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline. It's about 120 miles, and passes through some beautiful classic mid-west towns, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore... Amazing!
There are some beautiful what I always call "back country" places along M22...
Leaving Traverse City we rode south on US 31 to go back to where we parked our van in Manistee. That was about another 65 miles, for a total about 230 miles, but if you you add in some extra unlogged miles for our inevitable side trips here and there, it's probably closer to 300 miles. Such as the Grand Traverse Lighthouse north of Northport Point.
I sure wish I had a digital camera back then!
There are some beautiful what I always call "back country" places along M22...
Leaving Traverse City we rode south on US 31 to go back to where we parked our van in Manistee. That was about another 65 miles, for a total about 230 miles, but if you you add in some extra unlogged miles for our inevitable side trips here and there, it's probably closer to 300 miles. Such as the Grand Traverse Lighthouse north of Northport Point.
I sure wish I had a digital camera back then!
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