at this point, just get back onto a bike. Had major reconstructive surgery, and it's killing me to have all this nice weather and not even a single-century ride to show for it.
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I’m gonna bike 219mi Bay Circuit Trail around Boston with my dad, who hasn’t done any serious trail riding before. Most of it is old fire trails, but there’s some tech that’ll be a good challenge.
Buying a bike. I had one before but it was stolen and couldn't afford to buy a new one. I got a new job though that pays much more than my old job so hoping to finally get back to cycling.
Ah that blows, sorry that happened to you. I saw a super sad statistic the other day, a large number (maybe even the majority, I can't recall) of cyclists who've had their bike stolen just stop cycling completely. I know I stopped for quite a while when my last bike got stolen before I could afford a new one.
It's a great feeling to hop back on a back afterwards, I hope you get one soon and get to enjoy some summer rides! :)
I did a 106 mile charity ride about two weeks ago (Chicago to Michigan). That was super fun and had great SAG stops. I don't have any other long rides planned for a while but later this summer or early this fall I'd like to ride along the I&M canal trails and possibly camp overnight before returning (~70 miles one way, some gravel some paved trails).
Did the Tour of Cambridgeshire a couple of weekends ago which was my first century. I did it with my wife and we weren't really fit enough so it was a slog. We have London to Brighton this weekend which I'm looking forward to. After that we don't really have any plans.
I was originally planning on going from the Netherlands to Switzerland and back during August, but a move and the start of my studies will probably get in the way of that.
Instead maybe I'll just go to Belgium or Denmark.
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I rode Kopenhagen -> Berlin in May (started as bikepacking, but it was colder than I expected, and I didn't really have the right gear, so I switched to staying in BnBs for the last 2 days).
I don't have any concrete plans for other longer tours right now. I'll probably do the Altmühl Cycle Route over a long weekend, though. It's pretty close to where I live, so I can just take regional trains to the starting point and back home at the destination.
The flexibility with bike touring is what I love most about it. Being able to switch between camping or accommodations, or just dragging your bike onto another form of transportation to get somewhere faster. Getting to choose what kind of distance you want to cover in a day, where to stop, what kind of routes you want to take...
That sounds like it was a dope trip despite the gear issues! I'd honestly say the only way to truly learn how to pack properly is to fuck it up a couple of times.
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