> On 26 Oct 2019, at 15:01, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > I'd love to do something like that. Perhaps next summer? It's been a thought > for a while to acquire a small van, something like the Ford Transit Connect > series, to use as a base vehicle that I can bring the bike over longer > distances so I can go ride interesting other places. > > Right now, I'm enjoying using the trains, the light rail and MUNI in SF to do > that. A little van, properly set up, with give me access to places I cannot > currently reach with these means.
That's what the bike is for!! I can see the appeal though, the VW camper / surfing vibe. Having said that, Chris M and I have talked about doing a ride across France with Karin and their caravan as the back-up vehicle. Most of my trips across France use the train and/or ferry to get to the start. A very civilised way of travelling. > > The distinction of doing it with a fat bike as a point of the article is > interesting. I've been riding this bike so much for the past year and a half > it is now not 'fat', it just has big tires… and I really like it! ;-) Could be like The Bicycle of Dorian Gray - as he got slimmer, the tyres got fatter... > > G > >> On Oct 25, 2019, at 9:26 PM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> https://cyclingtips.com/2019/10/crossing-the-simpson-desert-by-fat-bike/ > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
