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i just read your report.
i am a 50 year old man who is considering riding a bicycle from florida to new england. (the reasons are physical and spiritual) do you think i can make it? time is no object. do you have any tips to help guide me? is there anyone else out there, who may want to assist? (knowledgewise) i welcome and awaiit any reply. |
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"Mere" age is no deterrent. I'm 60 now, and a lot of people who make these
rides are over 50 - old enough to have the kids grown and gone and not have to feel guilty about leaving for a longer period of time. I did one long ride in 1968, before I was married, and have done them pretty regularly since 1994. In between those years, I only did one trip - around Lake Michigan in 1986. If you can do long day rides, the chances are you can do similar mileage day after day on a trip. Let that be the gauge what you can handle. If you live and ride a lot in FL, you already probably know all you need to know about handling traffic. The hills elsewhere will provide a rude awakening, but if you're going from south to north, you should be in pretty good physial condition by the time you get to them. wrote in message ... i just read your report. i am a 50 year old man who is considering riding a bicycle from florida to new england. (the reasons are physical and spiritual) do you think i can make it? time is no object. do you have any tips to help guide me? is there anyone else out there, who may want to assist? (knowledgewise) i welcome and awaiit any reply. |
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What a coincidence! A friend and I did a 4-day cycle in Quebec's
Eastern Townships. May 25 we cycled to Magog and stayed in a motel with a convenience store next door. After dinner we noticed a bike outside one of the rooms, which must have been you. Unfortunately we did not knock on the door or we could have met. Noticed your other post about the best trips. I have done two of them, along the Mosel and along the Danube. You can see my photos from the links on my web page: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown/ Will consider Quebec highway 138 for next year. Ken "Ron Wallenfang" wrote: I took Quebec Route 147 to Coaticook, where I got some Canadian dollars at an ATM. Then I switched to Route 141 to Magog where I quit for the day at about 7:15. Mileage for day - 145 Vermont - 113, Quebec - 32. Mileage for trip - 602 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - Day 5 Light rain and drizzle in the morning caused me to "wait it out" - 3 days rainy weather (in a row) is too much. [Drei-Tagen Regenwetter is a German expression for a bad situation.] So I left at 8:30, after having some breakfast in the room [there was a store next door]. Ken Brown, Toronto Canada Ontario Rail Trails: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown delete "nospam" if replying via e-mail |
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I agree with Ron that age should be no deterrent. The important thing
is to do the daily mileage that is comfortable for you, and to ride at a pace that is comfortable for you. I see from Ron's posts that he averaged 140 miles a day on this trip. To me that is superhuman. I am a year younger than him and average about 40 miles a day on my trips. Ken "Ron Wallenfang" wrote: "Mere" age is no deterrent. I'm 60 now, and a lot of people who make these rides are over 50 - old enough to have the kids grown and gone and not have to feel guilty about leaving for a longer period of time. I did one long ride in 1968, before I was married, and have done them pretty regularly since 1994. In between those years, I only did one trip - around Lake Michigan in 1986. If you can do long day rides, the chances are you can do similar mileage day after day on a trip. Let that be the gauge what you can handle. If you live and ride a lot in FL, you already probably know all you need to know about handling traffic. The hills elsewhere will provide a rude awakening, but if you're going from south to north, you should be in pretty good physial condition by the time you get to them. wrote in message ... i just read your report. i am a 50 year old man who is considering riding a bicycle from florida to new england. (the reasons are physical and spiritual) do you think i can make it? time is no object. do you have any tips to help guide me? is there anyone else out there, who may want to assist? (knowledgewise) i welcome and awaiit any reply. Ken Brown, Toronto Canada Ontario Rail Trails: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown delete "nospam" if replying via e-mail |
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wrote: i just read your report. i am a 50 year old man who is considering riding a bicycle from florida to new england. (the reasons are physical and spiritual) do you think i can make it? Don't worry about the age thing. You're only a LITTLE too young to be doing this. :-) |
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"Ken Brown" wrote in message
... I agree with Ron that age should be no deterrent. The important thing is to do the daily mileage that is comfortable for you, and to ride at a pace that is comfortable for you. I see from Ron's posts that he averaged 140 miles a day on this trip. To me that is superhuman. I am a year younger than him and average about 40 miles a day on my trips. Yeah, I can't average 140 a day either. Ron gets a lot of practice though. But if you do 40 a day, you can still get there -- it just takes longer. |
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Magog isn't tht big a place, so it sure sounds like we were at the same
motel. We could have had a good visit, especially with the common European experiences. I do heartily recommend that route 138 ride. "Ken Brown" wrote in message ... What a coincidence! A friend and I did a 4-day cycle in Quebec's Eastern Townships. May 25 we cycled to Magog and stayed in a motel with a convenience store next door. After dinner we noticed a bike outside one of the rooms, which must have been you. Unfortunately we did not knock on the door or we could have met. Noticed your other post about the best trips. I have done two of them, along the Mosel and along the Danube. You can see my photos from the links on my web page: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown/ Will consider Quebec highway 138 for next year. Ken "Ron Wallenfang" wrote: I took Quebec Route 147 to Coaticook, where I got some Canadian dollars at an ATM. Then I switched to Route 141 to Magog where I quit for the day at about 7:15. Mileage for day - 145 Vermont - 113, Quebec - 32. Mileage for trip - 602 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - Day 5 Light rain and drizzle in the morning caused me to "wait it out" - 3 days rainy weather (in a row) is too much. [Drei-Tagen Regenwetter is a German expression for a bad situation.] So I left at 8:30, after having some breakfast in the room [there was a store next door]. Ken Brown, Toronto Canada Ontario Rail Trails: http://webhome.idirect.com/~brown delete "nospam" if replying via e-mail |
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