My Last Ride On A Traditional Bike (Kalon & Banshee & Sherlock Visit)
His nickname is Kalon, from the Greek καλός (the good, beautiful one). Kalon is 2.00 m tall (slightly less than 6'7"). Her nickname is Banshee and she is a born Cracower, a PhD in Old English. Since you might not be familiar with Polish subtleties, I will tell you them Cracowers still believe their Royal City of Kraków is the capital city of Poland, and Warsaw is "a village northwards"
Both of them are avid cyclists, and while Banshee has a nice cross-country bike, Kalon had to rent bikes so far. Ah. The cute little doggie Sherlock who Kalon found and adopted while he was staying at my place helping me and my sadly terminally ill wife Sheila
Great friends of mine and I felt I should give my traditional bike (I don't ride it anymore) to Kalon. His extremely long legs pose a problem. Yet he used to ride my Romet Wagant in the past and it was OK for him. I told him to buy a tall seat-post and raise the stem for better experience.
By this occasion, I rode a traditional bike for the last time.
As some of you already know, my legs are ill. What a surprise the short sightseeing of the beautiful town on Podkowa Leśna together with them was for me! I had been riding my e-bikes hard. I was not aware how my health has improved since! Yes, I could ride the acoustic bike. I was able to get onto the high-step bike! On the return, I was walking together with my friends. I was able to walk as many as 1200 metres without pain in my leg! (Before, the pain started after 200 m, and it was getting acute after 400 m).
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Banshee, Sherlock and Kalon.
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My last acoustic bike ride.
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My 1200 m of walking without pain!
P.S.
@ElRojo, I have found the Ortlieb E-Mate pannier is ideal for carrying the 70-200 mm f/2.8 (without the lens nylon cover). The lens fits snugly the inner reinforced/padded sleeve as if the pannier was made for such a lens. (Mine is Tamron).
