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Routes / Re: Barge and Bike
« on: December 13, 2024, 10:14:50 am »
Hey, Thanks.  Sounds like you had a great time.

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Routes / Re: Barge and Bike
« on: December 12, 2024, 08:53:15 pm »
Thanks for the info.  I'll check it out.

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Routes / Barge and Bike
« on: December 12, 2024, 08:12:40 pm »
I'm not getting any younger and the idea of a 'barge and bike' tour somewhere in Europe is very enticing as a bucket list item.  I've done 12 coast to coast or border to border rides since retirement in the USA and Canada but now I'm looking at experiencing a luxury tour, something where I hop onto a boat with a bike and they feed me well, shelter me and each day my buddies and I bike tour with a guide and then meet the boat further down the river.  I know it will cost some dough but then again, you only live once and time is moving like an express freight train.  ...Does anyone have knowledge and experience with this kind of tour?  I'd love to heart from you.     

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Gear Talk / Re: Camp Chair
« on: December 12, 2024, 10:45:20 am »
An insulated cup for coffee should be added.

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Gear Talk / Re: Camp Chair
« on: December 11, 2024, 06:31:53 pm »
I'll check it out.  Thanks!

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Gear Talk / Re: Chair
« on: December 09, 2024, 12:35:03 pm »
I carry an REI fold up camp chair on my cross country rides, hanging off of a rear pannier.  At 81, I really enjoy my breaks by sitting but most times there is nowhere to hunker down.  I used it everyday this summer before it turned up missing in a big city. In the desert especially, I looked for underpasses or parked motorhomes to sit in shadow and out of the sun.  I even took cat naps. The chairs now have double/tripled in price.  If someone has one and isn't using it, I'd like to buy it for my Key West to Washington DC tour this coming Spring.

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Gear Talk / Camp Chair
« on: December 09, 2024, 12:29:28 pm »
You may laugh.  I carry an REI fold up camp chair on my cross country rides, hanging off of a rear pannier.  At 81, I really enjoy my breaks  but most times there is nowhere to hunker down.  I used it everyday this past summer before it turned up missing in a big city. In the desert especially, I looked for underpasses or parked motorhomes to sit in shadow and out of the sun.  I even took cat naps. The chairs now have doubled and tripled in price.  If someone has one and isn't using it, I'd like to buy it for my Key West to Washington DC tour this coming Spring. 

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Gear Talk / Ebike kit recommendation.
« on: October 28, 2024, 01:00:01 pm »
I've never recommended a bike product before but I have to speak out with this one from my own experience.  As a long distance cyclist who turns 81 next week, I have been using an EBO Burly (Electric Bike Outfitters) electric kit installed on a REI Novaro Safari for cross-country or border to border rides each summer since 2017, covering over 28,000 miles of the 40,000 miles pedaled on my twelve tours.  I have just completed my last long tour beginning in Olympia, Washington and finishing up on the GAP/C&O Canal Trails coming into Washington DC.  No BS, I have seriously abused their product many many times, especially in the Sierra/Cascade, Rocky and Appalachian mountain ranges, but the motor was durable and outlasted me.  I highly recommend the EBO kit as a quality product on any kind of bike that you might have. Other uses:  Outrunning dogs, headwinds, keeping up with unloaded tag-along riders, from stopped to getting up to speed on a slope and quick-shooting those short steep hills.  Jack Day 

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General Discussion / Re: Touring with an E-bike or G-bike?
« on: December 11, 2023, 06:53:17 pm »
I heard from Jason and here is his response.  "Thanks for letting me know.  SSL didn’t auto renew, site looks like it could be down until tomorrow. Trying to expedite it to be back up tonight."

I hope this does it for you.

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General Discussion / Re: Touring with an E-bike or G-bike?
« on: December 11, 2023, 05:01:56 pm »
I texted Jason at Electric Bike Outfitters.  I'll let you know when he has it fixed.

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General Discussion / Re: Touring with an E-bike or G-bike?
« on: December 11, 2023, 01:00:31 pm »
In 2017 I purchased a Class 1 E-Bike Kit pedal assist from EBO of Denver to add onto my REI touring bike.  The reasoning was to counter the wind when needed on my many cross country rides.  I've completed a coast to coast tour each summer since, skipping during Covid, and going as far north as Newfoundland.  I ride very heavy and fully loaded.  The Power Levels are 1-5.  At level one, I get 40-50 miles per charge on normal roadways with no more than a four percent grade at times.  20-30 miles per charge on continuous hilly routes and almost 0 miles on steep grades.  People forget that these electric motors are very small, like a 1 cylinder instead of a 16, so don't expect them to perform wonders.  But in the wind, they are so sweet.  Along with a good set of earplugs, one doesn't even notice the headwinds.  And if dogs begin to chase you, bump it up to level 5.  I've since added a spare battery to lengthen my reach when in the boonies or following the backbones of mountain ranges.  And charging is no different than keeping your other devices charged.  The battery unsnaps and if you bring the right wiring set up, you charge all your devices at the same time off of one power receptacle.  How is that any different than what you have been doing?  An additional benefit is the USB connector on the electric kit.  It charges your phone continuously with no noticeable loss of battery power.  That means road music all day long.  So don't listen to the naysayers and haters.  I wouldn't ride without my eAssist.  This is the best thing to happen to cycling in this century.

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General Discussion / Re: Barge and Bike in the USA?
« on: September 20, 2023, 02:03:43 pm »
David, when I biked the C&O it appeared no boat could make it up or down the Potomac.  It was too rocky, rough and shallow and I assumed that's why they built the canal a long time ago.

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General Discussion / Re: Barge and Bike in the USA?
« on: September 19, 2023, 10:57:20 pm »
Thanks, that's the very thing I was looking for.  Unfortunately, the McCready tours look great but I think my family would balk at $5,000 per head.

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General Discussion / Re: Barge and Bike in the USA?
« on: July 31, 2023, 04:43:01 pm »
  I agree.  There are so many beautiful places here.  Such as the Columbia River, the Coastline of Maine, the Outer Banks.  Maybe somebody will start something.

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General Discussion / Barge and Bike in the USA?
« on: July 30, 2023, 05:20:25 pm »
I'm trying to interest a number of male family members (the ladies are more comfort prone) in a 'barge and bike' vacation for next year but traveling outside the country sure makes that idea expensive.  Is anyone aware of this type of USA travel in a gorgeous setting whereby one puts his gear on the boat and they provide a bunk, showers and meals and each day one rides from breakfast to supper with a guide, meeting the boat at the next stop?  I'm actually a touring cyclist with 10 cross-countries under my belt and while wondering how the other half lives by being supported, would really like to come up with an epic event for the family.
Ideas are welcome.

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