Comments on: Possibilities

By: Carlos J.

Carlos J. — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:59:46 +0000

For more information about biking in Costa Rica check out http://www.lava-tours.com

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:20:03 +0000

You should take a long bike ride off a short cliff.Does that even make sense?I’m just playin’ baby, you know I loooove you.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:40:18 +0000

Congrats to Botched and also to you! That is one exciting looking piece of equipment and I know you’ll enjoy the heck out of it. I hope it is as good to ride as it looks because that would be the sweetest of all sweetness.Hugs,MuMo

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:11:17 +0000

FC,By your self professed poor sense of direction would you really ride anywhere but the hotel parking lot of whatever country/city/state you’re visiting?I’ve been to quite a few places in the northwest (Wa, Or, Id) and it seems every one has some great singletrack tucked not too far away if you ask the right people. Therefore I can’t think of anyplace that wouldn’t be a good place to bring a bike like that. dj

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:55:17 +0000

rock, you’re headed in the right direction. and look at you, you’re almost chiasmic.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:47:23 +0000

Botched–nice one. dug–stumping your own comment style through Fatty’s contest is so dug-esque.Fatty–2.5 days to get to the ride question? Day one, first thing. The rest of the trip will be better because you are not distracted.Yes, the bike is beautiful. But how about that bag? Costa Rica continues to loom in my future, too. Where can I get one of those bags?Brief enough, dug?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:41:00 +0000

There’s only one place you need to go – the mother land of cycling – Italy. Where in Italy? Tuscany in my not so humble opinion (although Umbria looks wonderful as well). Your wife will get to go to places like Pisa, Sienna, and Florence. You get to ride on some of the nicest roads in the world, with some of the nicest people, and the best wine and coffee you can imagine. You can see my (still incomplete) web page of my first trip here: http://peloton.radford.edu/brett/italy/ I’ve been back 3 times since and never got any new pages up. :-) In terms of traveling with a bike, it’s not that bad. I have a full _hard_ case and all I have to do is pull the seat out, take off the pedals and wheels and off I go. Also, if you fly internationally, there is no extra charge for taking the bike. Since you’re going internationally as well, they usually don’t try to charge you for any connecting flights in the US (and if they do you can throw a fit and they won’t – it worked for me anyway). Dang – the wife and I really need to head back to Italy. We’re nearly out of olive oil (and the stuff here is not nearly as good) and wine (the wine here may be the same, if you can find the vintner you want, but it’s not nearly so cheap). Oh, and we need some art. Nice art. Cheap art. Maybe we’ll take 3 bike cases so we can use one to ferry art, wine, and olive oil back! Go to Italy – just don’t take any doping products through the border – I’d hate to see you in lockup with Rumsas!

By: tayfuryagci

tayfuryagci — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:57:29 +0000

congrats botched!

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:50:29 +0000

That bike is awsome. I want one. Bad.The beauty of taking your bike with you, is that it matters very little where you go. Everyplace is more interesting on a bike. For example, this year my wife is forcing me to go back with her to visit my family for christmas. Normally I just make her take the kid and go, while I stay and work. I told her I would go *only* if we drove, and therefore, I could take my bike.10 days visiting family without bike = a form of torture10 days visiting family with bike = time well spentBotched

By: Tom Stormcrowe

Tom Stormcrowe — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:22:19 +0000

I know it, Fatty! I’m just glad for Botched! By the way, if they REALLY wanted to stress test the bike, they could send one my way!::GRIN:: I probably push the upper limits of the frame stress engineering specs!::GRIN::