Re: biking across Canada.. solo?

"Brendon M. Troy" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ctau50$icb$1
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I also will be riding with the comfort of
a wooly sheepskin seat cover

You won't get far on that.

"Mike Latondresse" <mikelat@no_spam_shaw.ca> wrote

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"Brendon M. Troy" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I also will be riding with the comfort of
a wooly sheepskin seat cover

You won't get far on that.

Who, me? I probably won't get anywhere; I don't own one. I was
quoting.

-Brendon

"Brendon M. Troy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Mike Kruger" <[email hidden]> wrote

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http://www.marktanner.com/bike/biketrip.html

"The Family Jewels: Studies have proven a correlation

between

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spending too much time on a bike seat and impotency,
http://www.bikeroute.com/Recumbents/Bent-Impotence.html.
Avoiding any unnecessary risks, I have made a deposit at the
bank, where my boys will be frozen for 5 years. I will be
investing in a special seat with a hole in it that

apparently

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prevents the problem. I also will be riding with the

comfort of

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a wooly sheepskin seat cover, which in addition to making

the

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ride much more comfortable, will keep my boys excited. The
Tanner name will live on!"

I said it was an interesting read.
I didn't say I agreed with everything!
One of the charms of this narrative is that Tanner is a naif.
He packs too much, he heads out in February, he doesn't have
much prior experience, etc. but armed with a spirit of
adventure and considerable native charm, he makes it across
intact.

"Mike Kruger" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I said it was an interesting read.
I didn't say I agreed with everything!
One of the charms of this narrative is that Tanner is a naif.
He packs too much, he heads out in February, he doesn't have
much prior experience, etc. but armed with a spirit of
adventure and considerable native charm, he makes it across
intact.

Oh, I know that your link wasn't a total endorsement ... I'm
sorry if my criticism of his "science" came off as an attack at
you; it wasn't intended to be so at all. His naiveté sounds
similar to what made "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson so
charming. I liked much of what I saw of the site, and I'm glad
you posted it.

-Brendon

"Brendon M. Troy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Mike Kruger" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I said it was an interesting read.
I didn't say I agreed with everything!
One of the charms of this narrative is that Tanner is a

naif.

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He packs too much, he heads out in February, he doesn't

have

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much prior experience, etc. but armed with a spirit of
adventure and considerable native charm, he makes it

across

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intact.

Oh, I know that your link wasn't a total endorsement ... I'm
sorry if my criticism of his "science" came off as an attack

at

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you; it wasn't intended to be so at all.

No harm done.
In re-reading my response, I find it testier than I intended.

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His naiveté sounds
similar to what made "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson so
charming. I liked much of what I saw of the site, and I'm

glad

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you posted it.

I enjoyed Bryson's book as well, and for some later adventure
might try the Appalachian Trail or some similar trail.

A couple of weeks ago, I learn Lon Haldeman speak. Lon runs
Pactours now, and was an early ultramarathon cyclist and RAAM
winner. He still holds some long-distance cycling records,
including going across the US in 7 days, 16 hours with Pete
Penseyres. Lon told this story:

Once, someone came up to him and said "You aren't so great. I
know 5 cyclists who are probably better than you." To which
Lon replied that there were probably 5,000 cyclists who were
as good or better than he was. The difference was that he'd
actually gone out and done the rides.