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Routes / Re: Recommendations Route from Napa to Martinez Ca.
« on: May 25, 2012, 08:34:02 am »
Thanks for the info. Will be going south to Martinez, can deal with the traffic if there is a good shoulder.
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Routes / Recommendations Route from Napa to Martinez Ca.
« on: May 24, 2012, 09:38:19 pm »
Need a Recomendation on the best Route from Napa to Martinez Ca. Would like to avoid high traffic roads and narrow shoulders.
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General Discussion / Re: Bike shipping / Lesson learned?
« on: May 14, 2012, 04:57:40 pm »
As a first time flyer with bikes I apparently did not do my homework. My wife booked with United and I believe their bike fee was $100 per bike. Plus I was concerned with airport hassles. I did check the FedEx on-line calculator before I picked up my boxes from the LBS. Being my first time, I assumed bike boxes were pretty standard and a few inches here and there would make a small difference. In the FedEx on-line calculator I used the measurement that popped up in the "road bike" field and the weight of my bike price was around 70.00. As previously stated by you guys little changes in measurements make a big difference in price. I will be more careful on my return and may even take staehpj1 suggestion and have a LBS handle it all. My intent with sharing my experience was so I an others could learn from my mistake. Thanks again for the feedback.
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General Discussion / Bike shipping / Lesson learned?
« on: May 14, 2012, 11:16:42 am »
After much research and effort it appeared the best and cheapest way to get my two bikes from Florida to San Francisco for my west coast tour was FedEx. LBS gave me two boxes curiously one much smaller than the other. My wife's bike fit in the larger of the two boxes with only removing ft. Wheel, handlebars and peddles. What a dream. My bike in the smaller if the two boxes required both wheels removed, Rear rack, derailluer, handlebars and of course peddles. It was a difficult and tight fit. Took the boxes to FedEx and send them standarrd 5 day ground delivery. Now came the Shock. Small box total weight 35.8 lbs. shipping cost $85.17 larger box total weight 33.8 lbs. shipping cost 157.43. ALMOST DOUBLE!!! Total cost to get tha bikes toCalifornia. 242.60. Info has it that the some of the so called rip-off airlines are too pricey. While I'm not complaining about FedEx their pricing seems a bit high, or is it that everybody ships in small boxes and my mistake was the larger box?
If anyone will send me a free set of southern tier maps (I spent my last dime on shipping) I may consider riding home!
If anyone will send me a free set of southern tier maps (I spent my last dime on shipping) I may consider riding home!
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General Discussion / Re: Finding Home Stays
« on: May 09, 2012, 06:16:31 am »
Check out Warrmshowers.org it is like minded bicycle tourists and those who support the touring concept who open their home, yards, kitchens etc. to cycling tourists. They have thousand's of members worldwide who are dedicated to helping cyclists. I've never heard any complaints about the organization and it gets rave reviews from fellow cyclists.
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General Discussion / Re: How many cloths for a tour?
« on: May 04, 2012, 11:05:46 pm »
I just finished a trial packing of my clothes, shoes and toilet items for a pacific northwest trip in June. I use light to mid-weight hiking/outdoor gear for in town wear and to supplement as some base layer riding gear. With the exception of bike shorts of which I packed two pairs (for reasons stated by Carol) and one riding jersey.
Off bike shoes are Crocs which are surprisingly light and comfortable, light weight but high quality rain jacket serves dual purpose on/off bike. Synthetic base layer long sleeve tee shirt and short sleeve tee, light weight fleece jacket and zip-off leg shorts. One pair undershorts, two pair socks.
My entire kit including toiletries easily fits in a single small Ortlieb Sport Packer front pannier and including the pannier weighs in at approx. 8 lbs. Note:(this weight and packing space does not count one set of the above clothes as you will always be wearing something.
Off bike shoes are Crocs which are surprisingly light and comfortable, light weight but high quality rain jacket serves dual purpose on/off bike. Synthetic base layer long sleeve tee shirt and short sleeve tee, light weight fleece jacket and zip-off leg shorts. One pair undershorts, two pair socks.
My entire kit including toiletries easily fits in a single small Ortlieb Sport Packer front pannier and including the pannier weighs in at approx. 8 lbs. Note:(this weight and packing space does not count one set of the above clothes as you will always be wearing something.
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General Discussion / Re: Bike Shipping Info.
« on: May 04, 2012, 10:30:49 pm »
Unfortunately I picked a bad airline (United) who has too expensive baggage rates for bicycles. BTW I did recently locate a warmshowers host who will take FedEx delivery of our bikes. In any event thanks to all for the info.
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General Discussion / Re: New Reality Show About Racing
« on: May 03, 2012, 06:25:41 am »
My guess is the bicycles will be of more interest than the participants but who knows?
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General Discussion / Bike Shipping Info.
« on: May 01, 2012, 05:19:32 pm »
I Will be Fed Xing two bicycles to San Francisco Fishermans Warf area. Can anyone recommend a bike shop That will receive and hold my bikes for a few days (for a fee) of course. The closer to the Fort Mason Hostel the better.
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General Discussion / Vancouver BC to Seattle Route
« on: April 24, 2012, 05:08:04 pm »
Will be biking from Vancouver BC to Seattle around first of June and I have extra time to sightsee. Is it preferable to travel to Vancouver Is. down to Victoria and work my way down thru the islands via the San Juans and into Anacortes. I will take the extra time if the islands route is more scenic than the Adventure Cycling route which follows the coast.
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General Discussion / Re: Gear Noise
« on: April 23, 2012, 04:46:11 pm »
Thanks for the feedback but I happened to be looking at my derailluer and noticed it had an obvious twist to the outside of the chain line. (opposite of when it gets bent inward from a fall on the right side). I don't know how or when this happened. I replaced my derailluer hanger and my noise problem was gone.
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General Discussion / Gear Noise
« on: April 20, 2012, 05:12:37 pm »
Just put a SRAM PG970 11-32 cassette PC971 chain and a Shimano STX derailleur on my bike. All three are new from the box. Shifters are STI and a year old. All shifts up and down are smooth an there is no unusual noise in any gear except the middle (5th) gear which happens to be my favorite gear. There is a tick which is in time with my cadence and and the level of noise increases with peddle effort. When my peddling decreases the ticking stops. Even the best tuning of the rear dérailleur won't remove the noise. My LBS mechanic (who I have complete confidence) tells me the ticking will disappear with use. I guess I can live with the noise or work around it by using my large chain ring but I'm wondering if I just have a finicky component.
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General Discussion / Re: Bridge travel San Francisco area
« on: April 12, 2012, 10:23:48 am »
Thanks Fred, I didn't think to check CDOT. Lesson learned.
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General Discussion / Bridge travel San Francisco area
« on: April 11, 2012, 09:14:08 pm »
Are bicycles permitted on the George Miller Jr. Memorial bridge between Benicia and Martinez? If so is it safe for bike travel?
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Gear Talk / Suitability of Shimano Tourney Derailluer
« on: April 10, 2012, 06:29:52 pm »
Needed a long cage derailluer for a larger cassette swap and was given a new Shimano Tourney TZ 50. As it is a "cheap" derailluer I'm wondering if it is a waste of time installing/using it. Also all on-line info says this is for 6 or 7 speed bikes. Will it even work on my 9 speed?