longest ride?

[DougC]

Longest trip: ~145 miles round-trip in ~10 hours, including stops.

I also have "seat issues".
I used a cheaper $60 motorcycle bobber seat but it is not so good.... better than a smaller bicycle saddle would have been maybe, but far from perfect.

I may eventually try to find something like an antique metal tractor seat. Not use a real antique probably, but get something like it.

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I have discovered that the fore-aft angle of the seat makes a HUGE difference in how comfortable it is. If you use a bicycle seat/seat-post then you get that adjustability anyway, but if you're using any other kind of seat you should make sure you can do it.
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[uncle_punk13]

San Francisco to New York; Two months livin' on the road. My dad drove a small truck pulling a small pop up camper. Actual miles ridden- around 2,500. No speedometer, odometer, cyclometer, so that's a guess... Tried to ride from Tacoma, WA to Portland, IN last year but only managed a few hundred miles with lots of bike problems... Planning another west coast to east coast (The Horse 'Stampede' to the Smokeout rally) next summer if I can get the Whizzer done, broken in, and reliable.

 

[waylow]

What can I say other than, wow that is simply awesome! I hope you get your bike problems ironed out, so you can make the full on trip from cost to cost. That would be awesome! I would love to do that with a small group. pull trailers with the bikes, with camping gear, food, water, tools, and extra stuff like tubes.

San Francisco to New York; Two months livin' on the road. My dad drove a small truck pulling a small pop up camper. Actual miles ridden- around 2,500. No speedometer, odometer, cyclometer, so that's a guess... Tried to ride from Tacoma, WA to Portland, IN last year but only managed a few hundred miles with lots of bike problems... Planning another west coast to east coast (The Horse 'Stampede' to the Smokeout rally) next summer if I can get the Whizzer done, broken in, and reliable.

 

[eastwoodo4]

waylow what state are you in?

 

[ozzyu812]

Holy Feces!!

San Francisco to New York; Two months livin' on the road. My dad drove a small truck pulling a small pop up camper. Actual miles ridden- around 2,500. No speedometer, odometer, cyclometer, so that's a guess... Tried to ride from Tacoma, WA to Portland, IN last year but only managed a few hundred miles with lots of bike problems... Planning another west coast to east coast (The Horse 'Stampede' to the Smokeout rally) next summer if I can get the Whizzer done, broken in, and reliable.

Your a real WILD ONE!

 

[uncle_punk13]

I'd like to do other countries in my time on this earth but I don't know if that will ever happen, so for now I'll continue to try to explore this America of ours... Bamabikeguy has me beat by a long shot. Search his posts- he's a wild man!!!

 

[pumpbuilder]

Four of us did most of the route from New Orleans to Miami a few years back. Was the first big trip for the Bike in the Pic here. We had a chase vehicle, RV, and one of us four would get stuck in it for a driving shift each day.

I have been wondering what the elites in Austin would think about the MBC's, what has your response been so far? I could bring mine up there for a cruise this fall.

 

[ozzyu812]

We had a chase vehicle, RV,

That would feel like cheatin' to me! LOL!

 

[pumpbuilder]

It was nice to have, for carrying the snorkeling gear and such when we wanted to do stuff like that as well. Lots of cool parks on that route.

 

[psmcd]

not far yet

Yesterday I rode from 4'900' up Millcreek Canyon nonstop 3,000'+ climb in 12 miles to give the little 35cc Subaru Gebe a thorough test. Never missed a beat nor seemed to overheat, though I pedaled like a mad rat nearly the whole way. Then rode back down and into the valley to 4,200' then back to house for a total of 4'000 gain and 4k descent in about 40 miles. I'm really pleased with this little rig and ready to take a longer ride.