Nice, sounds like a great time!
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
Oct 19, 2020 3:18:45 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes :
> Fri Sat Sun I did a bike ride "Bicycle Across South Carolina"
>
> 48 miles the first day (Friday) on a lot of dirt fire/logging "roads" and
> other back dirt/gravel roads, not a lot o
A friend found some abandoned bikes in her condo community and rescued 4 that
were headed to the dumpster. I got replacement chains for them and some cables
to replace rusty bits and got them working OK.
2 are older Treks, one actually an XL hybrid frame that fits me perfectly, was
a $600 bike
I used to distance ride in WI on a Trek I picked up from the factory. For the
life of me I can’t recall the model, but I do recall when the wife found out
what I paid for it….
Wisconsin is a great place for cross country rids, as there aren’t many
significant hills. plenty of dips and rises to
Great ride! I used to ride a tandem bike on long distance road rides years ago,
and after one of those, you REALLY have an idea of how good/bad your seat is!
Distance riding is very enjoyable if you have a good seat.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
2019 Sprinter 12 passenger 144WB, still under 1500 mi
Great story of a GOOD ride
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 3:18 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Fri Sat Sun I did a bike ride "Bicycle Across South Carolina"
>
> 48 miles the first day (Friday) on a lot of dirt fire/logging "roads"
> and other b
Haha yeah, I had not thought of that, but yeah, right about that, maybe
even a bit more, I forget exactly And what I paid for the E320 wagon...
--FT
On 10/19/20 3:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
Awesome work - congrats. I am guessing that your bike cost 3X the
cost of your ML.
On Mon,
Awesome work - congrats. I am guessing that your bike cost 3X the cost of
your ML.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 3:18 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Fri Sat Sun I did a bike ride "Bicycle Across South Carolina"
>
> 48 miles the first day (Friday) on a lot of dirt fire/
Fri Sat Sun I did a bike ride "Bicycle Across South Carolina"
48 miles the first day (Friday) on a lot of dirt fire/logging "roads"
and other back dirt/gravel roads, not a lot of pavement. It had rained
the night before so some of these "roads" were pretty soft and wet with
mud and very soft b