A Couple of Weeks to Go
I fly to San Luis Obispo on June 13th. I'll probably spend a day getting ready on the 14th, and start riding on the 15th.
I had my local bike shop here box up my bike yesterday. It's hopefully now on its way to Red Tail Bikes, a shop in Morro Bay, where it will be reassembled. This is the first time I've shipped my bike to the start of the tour, so I'm slightly nervous about the process.
I still don't have a definite route for any of this tour, not even the first few days. I did have a nice conversation with John Egan recently. As usual, he had a lot of good routing ideas.
I haven't ridden the bike much lately, because I've been busy trying to get a lot of work done. So I'm not in great shape for the start of the trip, but that's been true for most of my tours.
I need to settle on a title for this journal. Here are a few ideas. These are mostly self-indulgent, semi-obscure in-jokes, but I feel like bicycle touring journals are inherently self-indulgent, so that's fine.
- Back at It
- Not Training For RAGBRAI
- What Would Neil Gunton NOT Do?
- "Yes, By Myself"
- Not Putting a Motor on It
- Roadside Memorials of Rural America
- Bad Back Bike Tour
- Answering the Usual Questions Across America
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3 months ago
3 months ago
Back on the Bike
What will your subtitle be?
3 months ago
Another thing I've thought of using as a title is a marital in-joke: "Vibes". That's the shorthand that Joy uses to refer to my apparently annoying tendency to refuse to plan most activities, instead relying strictly on my feelings ("vibes").
For example, when I ride away from the Pacific, will I head northeast, east, or southeast?
It depends on the "vibes" I get when I start riding, of course :)
[I deleted this comment, then added it again after changing "west" to "east" in three places. Clearly it does not bode well that I'm already confused by east vs. west, and I haven't even started the tour yet.]
3 months ago
3 months ago
I'm spending a little more money for the bike ship in California to put it together, but it's worth the peace of mind for me, especially since I'd undoubtedly run into problems trying to do it myself, given my lack of mechanical ability ;)
I'm using Bike Flights for this, so I'm glad to hear it worked well for you.
3 months ago