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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 18, 2018, 02:04:19 pm »

I have had a hard time many times locating a nice place to camp for the night.

А familiar person, with whom we communicated in one of the forums, was brutally murdered by local people when he traveled from his city to the Far East.

Local people took his phone ...

It was in Russia a few years ago.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 17, 2018, 10:51:12 am »

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 17, 2018, 10:42:44 am »

Therefore how I went from 20lbs to 8lbs of gear.

This is possible if you are going on a short trip.

Or for a trip with a "credit card", when you stay in hotels or motels for the night and eat in restaurants.

I want to make my trip as cheap as possible with the maximum comfort that I can afford.

Well, if it's too hard, I'll just throw it out on the road.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 16, 2018, 08:11:50 pm »

Guys, I know. That's my problem. I want to have with me everything that can be useful.

But on the other hand, my goal is not to reach any point, having traveled all the way as quickly as possible, but to see what I did not see before, having flown around the country on a motorcycle or a car.

My regular bike (Mongoose) has three gears in front and 8 in the back. But maybe I'll move to Cannondale, which has 4 gears in front and 9 on the rear wheel.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 16, 2018, 01:33:09 am »

This is something you make on tour or at home before you leave?

Аt home. This composition can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator for several months or even years. It does not spoil.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 16, 2018, 12:41:44 am »

Nutrient mixture.

When I go to more or less distant bike tours, I take with myself a nutritious mixture, two or three teaspoons of which restore my strength at halt.

I have been doing this mixture for many years myself, so share a recipe.

I take the raw chocolate (without sugar), straighten it in a stainless steel saucepan (about half the volume), then add there the salted cow butter, honey, crushed walnuts and picas nuts, raisins and dried cherries.

Sweetness can be regulated by the amount of honey in the composition.

I let the molten mass cool down a little and I pour it into a plastic container that is not afraid of transportation.

Of course, for many modern young people, this magic balsam seems to be a very unhelpful meal, but believe me, it reinforces the strength considerably.

Ten years ago, when I and my son traveled around  Alaska, this sweet compound and drinking alcohol, which I give to infuse on kayenne pepper and honey with honeycomb, was always with us.

And the drink and the composition suited our friends in Alaska very well.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 13, 2018, 09:56:22 pm »

Get out and ride!

I ride and quite a lot.

But I'm getting old and my body is changing every year.

Earlier, like most cyclists, I used а drop bars, but later it was too low to bend over to it.

Then I began to use the handlebar from a mountain bike, it's better for the back, but my hands are numb.

Only on this I fool the brains of the respected public, in the hope of a magical recipe.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 12, 2018, 03:40:40 pm »

Another question.

Which bicycle handlebar do you prefer for long journeys?

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General Discussion / Re: Advice sought for New York to San Francisco route starting early April 2018

« on: January 12, 2018, 03:20:37 pm »

1. When in the USA, I will try to raise money for a USA-based charity that works for either children or people with learning disabilities.

You reminded me of one amazing woman who crossed the country from West to East on a bicycle with a little trailer, which I met several years ago in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

She is a professional cyclist who earns money on the road through the country and gives "health lessons" in schools in small towns.

Apparently, she pre-guessed with the schools authority and on arrival conducts a lecture and a bike tour with students and teachers of schools.

I think that if you contact schools on your way, they will gladly go to your meeting in the sense of collecting money for unfortunate children in Africa or sick with a nervous fever of Australian kangaroos.

Sorry for my American.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 12, 2018, 11:32:47 am »

Try that

This one works, thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Advice sought for New York to San Francisco route starting early April 2018

« on: January 12, 2018, 12:19:01 am »

4. I plan to avoid Missouri given the "dog attack" problems I have read about in various blogs and forums

A long time ego, in the 19th century, Englishmen who loved to ride a bicycle, invented a wonderful and powerful tool against the dogs attackers -the "Bulldog" revolver.

Have you tried?

PS  If you're in Port Jervis, call me, I'm just living there.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 11, 2018, 11:47:31 pm »

Let me suggest the O.P. spend some time poking around the Adventure Cycling HowTo department

I am sorry, but this link bring me hear:

This www.adventurecycling.org page can’t be found

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 11, 2018, 04:36:47 pm »

You can save more money by staying out of restaurants and never buying alcohol or sports drinks.

Alcohol during cycling? With a pipe in the mouth?
Unfortunately, the times when I smoked and drunk a lot of alcohol have already passed.
I plan to cook my own food and buy only raw products for cooking.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 11, 2018, 04:25:06 pm »

They

’re not cheap to produce though and they have to pay their overhead.

I understand. But after retiring, I became greedy. I had Garmin Edge 705 for $ 700, which I, unfortunately, lost. But I was working then, and such a waste did not seem too big to me.

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General Discussion / Re: From NY to Florida. From Florida to California and beck no NY&

« on: January 11, 2018, 04:05:59 pm »

Not too bad.

A set of 7 maps only for the East Coast! 15 x 7 = a lot!