I have been surfing longer distance bicycle touring journals and diaries of different trips that might be of interest to me on Crazyguyonabike.com and ebikes.topicwise.com I find them cheap entertainment and have hoped something good would rub off.
I am most interested in long distance dirt touring such as the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Most of the people whom take on a long distance self contained bicycle trip, are people whom are in one of life's big changes or are retired. Fitness varies all over the place and many start pretty unfit for the task.
Long distance self contained dirt touring (gravel/off road) is virtually non existent in the E bike world and has a high misery/high reward index in the regular biking world.
Most people ride bikes on tires that are inadequate for the job and are dealing with significant reoccurring issues.
Most of them do not eat very well or sleep very well. They spend a lot of time being miserable and complaining about it.
There is a large contrast between E bike tourers and regular bike tourers.
E bike tourers tend to camp here and there but seek out mostly credit card lodging and restaurants E bikers tend to take pictures of food, people and buildings of interest with a few shots of scenery.
Regular bike tourers tend to complain a lot more, eat poor, cook little, stress more and take pictures of misery, scenery, road surfaces, weather and summits once the reach the top of their climbs.
Misery is engaging in victimhood. It is going to be cold, hot, wet and dusty, dress for it. Regular hydration and eating good foods go a long way to reducing the misery index. You can decide these thing and what mood you want. Its not written in stone that you need to be miserable for the experience.
I am 66 years old and retired. I intend to do the Great Divide Mountain Bike route next summer with my dog. The longest stretch without a power plug is 130 miles (208km) from Atlantic City Wyoming to Rawlins Wyoming. I can do that. There is very little information out there on how to do this with an E bike so, I guess I will breaking the ice. I should get a lot of stares on a big fat E bike, with a tiny little poodle. She brings me companionship and a great deal of joy.
Writing about it brings it closer to reality. This year I was close to doing something big but had no experience. I still have limited experience but, I have some and will get more between now and then.
I am most interested in long distance dirt touring such as the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Most of the people whom take on a long distance self contained bicycle trip, are people whom are in one of life's big changes or are retired. Fitness varies all over the place and many start pretty unfit for the task.
Long distance self contained dirt touring (gravel/off road) is virtually non existent in the E bike world and has a high misery/high reward index in the regular biking world.
Most people ride bikes on tires that are inadequate for the job and are dealing with significant reoccurring issues.
Most of them do not eat very well or sleep very well. They spend a lot of time being miserable and complaining about it.
There is a large contrast between E bike tourers and regular bike tourers.
E bike tourers tend to camp here and there but seek out mostly credit card lodging and restaurants E bikers tend to take pictures of food, people and buildings of interest with a few shots of scenery.
Regular bike tourers tend to complain a lot more, eat poor, cook little, stress more and take pictures of misery, scenery, road surfaces, weather and summits once the reach the top of their climbs.
Misery is engaging in victimhood. It is going to be cold, hot, wet and dusty, dress for it. Regular hydration and eating good foods go a long way to reducing the misery index. You can decide these thing and what mood you want. Its not written in stone that you need to be miserable for the experience.
I am 66 years old and retired. I intend to do the Great Divide Mountain Bike route next summer with my dog. The longest stretch without a power plug is 130 miles (208km) from Atlantic City Wyoming to Rawlins Wyoming. I can do that. There is very little information out there on how to do this with an E bike so, I guess I will breaking the ice. I should get a lot of stares on a big fat E bike, with a tiny little poodle. She brings me companionship and a great deal of joy.
Writing about it brings it closer to reality. This year I was close to doing something big but had no experience. I still have limited experience but, I have some and will get more between now and then.
