June 26, 2022
Getting everything back together
Contents: 1 bicycle, some assembly required
THERE WERE A COUPLE items on the day's agenda. First up was a short trip to a Warm Showers host home, whose owners had graciously allowed me to ship two boxes of gear ahead of my arrival to reduce what I had to carry as airplane luggage. Heidi and Daniel are warm, welcoming types who have done a great deal of adventuring in their own right, and who were quite interested in hearing about my upcoming trip.
Goods retrieved, the next thing was to get them unloaded and start packing up. My nephew was quite interested to see what I had, because he is contemplating running across the country sometime and wants to gather as much information about the feasibility and mechanics of logistics as he can. So, we reviewed everything I had shipped out, discussing what he might and might not want or need to carry on his long trek, should it ever take place.
Following that, it was time to unpack and assemble Odysseus. As with the disassembly and packing step, a slow, steady, methodical approach works best for me. First up, attach the bits that are most easily done with the bike on its side.
Over the next couple hours the thing gradually took shape. My brothers and a couple cousins had formed an extemporaneous audience, kibitzing and chatting as I worked.
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Finally, having gotten everything back in place and secured, the rig was tied up to the porch railing. I have yet to actually ride it but am confident things will go well.
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2 years ago
Well spotted sir, and correctly diagnosed. My seat mast removes for packing but has no hinge. It's the 2007 edition of the New World Tourist; IIRC (which is a stretch) I think the folding seat mast was specific to the Pocket Rocket / Pocket Llama models in those days.
The NWT isn't really targeted at the daily commuter / living-in-a-small-space crowd so it's not designed for easy foldability to minimum compact size so much as it is designed to be able to fly with a minimum of at-the-airport drama.
I haven't paid enough attention to your journals to be able to recall whether you're on NWTs as well, though Ihave noted the drop bars. Yours are newer than mine because I don't think disc brakes were an option 15 years ago; had they been I'd almost certainly have signed up for them.
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