Comments on: Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part I: 1994 LBL

By: frank

frank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:40:45 +0000

@Dan O I hear ya 100% on cycling being too hard for the wussies. My building just installed a shower downstairs, and so did Michelle's. It's coming - but Seattle is way ahead of the curve, I think. I'm glad you sold the Zip. I love that thing. It is in good hands. I gotta say, aside from the ride, that Suntour XC Pro rocks. I used to have Superbe Pro on my road bike in the early 90's and that was awesome, too. I wonder why that company went the way of the Whippoorwill?

By: frank

frank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:38:10 +0000

@Marko Dude. Awesome idea.

By: Dan O

Dan O — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:02:44 +0000

@Frank

Cycling is the new golf – so they say. It’s great to read when “Execs” take up cycling. If they’re doing it, they’re diggin’ it. Cycling is too hard to be a total poser. You would hope the trickle down effect would create bike rooms at work, incentive to bike commute, etc.

On the ZIP. No real regrets. Way cooler that you’re enjoying it, instead of collecting dust in my garage. Use it well.

By: Marko

Marko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:39:54 +0000

You may have to email a gif or something. Let’s figure it out and place an order.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:42 +0000

@john By the way, that was one cool thing about my time consulting for telecom companies here in Seattle. Many of the execs rode instead of golfed; in fact, many of the current execs used to report to Bob Stapleton before his Columbia days. Cool company, at least in that regard.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:24:07 +0000

@Marko Spectacular idea. DAMN. What do you need to provide them? I don't see an option to upload a photo. I have a few wool caps and some cold-weather caps, too. They are awesome, way more comfortable than classic caps. Great for travel since you can smash 'em up without damaging them. You could say I'm a bit obsessive about cycling caps...

By: Marko

Marko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:42:42 +0000

So allow me to geek-out off topic a bit. Perhaps you’ve seen these: http://www.walzcaps.com/ . I just ordered the wool with ear flaps for cool weather riding and nordic skiing. It’s very cool. I even had them embroider Alan Bicycles – Italy on the side. So that got me thinking, perhaps a more traditional one with the Velominati logo would be cool…

By: frank

frank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:32:19 +0000

@john I think next time I travel avec le velo I'll FedEx it. Traveling with a giant bike case is a pain in the ass. That said, I'll miss feeling like a pro, wandering through the l'aerogare with bike case, cycling cap, and shaved leggs.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:29:46 +0000

@Marko That whole part of the world is amazing. On an earlier trip to the area, we saw a german Panzer tank near Spa. It was an impressive reminder of the people like your grandfather who fought there. Belgium is well worth a visit. And that's without even talking about the beer. As for the iPhone, the site should be fully iPhone happy now. I've noticed that the site wasn't working on mine, either, and have worked off-and-on since the site was set up on trying to get it functional. It turns out that the caching plugin (WP Super Cache) has some rewrite rules that don't make the iPhone happy, at least given my setup. I switched to Hyper Cache this weekend, and things seem much happier. Either WP Super Cache doesn't actually support the iPhone, or it doesn't work when you install WordPress outside your site's root - I'm not sure which, but all my blogs that had WP Super Cache had the same problem. I bet you were dying to know that.

By: john

john — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:21:01 +0000

@Marko Marko, for what it's worth. I stopped putting my bike on the plane because it got too expensive unless it was a trip that did not involve stop-overs, but with these crappy US airlines charging extra for napkins or use of the toilet god knows what they will ream you for with a bike. It burns me golfers can put their massive golf bags on without charges, I reckon CEOs play golf? And getting bike/box to and from airports is a pain. I use FedEx Ground-Home delivery for bike shipping. I haven't used it for shipping to Italy but FedEx rules, they will clear it through customs. My experience with DHL in the US has been sour, they might have already bailed on US service. You can get a quote on the FedEx website.