whats the farthest anyone has ridden one

[bamabikeguy]

! ! ! BY THE WAY- on that category of Recommended Cities/Routes that are EASY AND FUN, put that Kansas route I took, Bolivar Missouri west to Moran KS, north to Ottawa, west to Council Grove, north to Manhattan, west to wherever the prairie wind blows you on your list of "best".

If you look at a map of Kansas, trying to get from the Southeast Corner (Fort Scott) to the Northwest corner (St. Francis) it is a series of due west, due north, due west, due north, left/right/left/right turns. Hard to get lost if the sun is shining in your eyes.

GREAT PEOPLE, GOOD FOOD, (lousy state park at Glen Elder, so skip that part like I did). And if you stop in Atwood Kansas there is a "old timey glass door" phone booth on the right side of the road, see if my damn telephone credit card is still sitting on top of the phonebox.

 

[sideshowsideswipe]

I commute to work every day on mine 3 miles each way through boston traffic and I sometimes wish it was longer! it's so much fun...

 

[andrewflores17]

wow i thought my 15 miles was alot made it ok scared some bums walking at night on the bike trail on my way home had no idea what was blowing by

 

[bird]

my friend road his from tucson az to denver with his dog on a trailer. i dont know how many miles it was but its still nuts. i have about 2500 miles on my bike i ride the s**t out of it across town everyday to school and back. it tops out about 40 45 mph with the spookytooth high speed sprocket.

 

[bamabikeguy]

I jinxed that Reverend Haggard guy, cussing in front of his Colorado Springs mega church-----

Part of the cool thing about exploring the US on a bike, you remember places and things.

When I remembered Colorado Springs it was Pikes Peak having the MOTHER of All drought breaking storms behind it (which brought me the Rainman reputation, out racing clouds for two days) and a cool looking bird, a crow wearing a tuxedo (magpie maybe?) at an eight lane intersection INTENT on picking up a bottle cap, it took him three flybys, but he picked it up finally.

But the southbound highway I was on banged into this other road, with that megachurch on the right, and a curb that was knee high. Time to have a smoke, find my glasses, figure a route, NEGOTIATE THAT DAMN CURB, embarassingly spilling my basket.

So, when that Haggard dude got into his meth/male escort mess, and I saw the interviews with church members, "HEY, I WAS RIGHT THERE", and the only way to get back on the highway was circle the place, go back a half mile where the mega parking lot was, then turn around and go back, DROP MY READING GLASSES, and have to do the whole damn curb thing again.

I cussed. Jinxed the place I guess.........

 

[Edward]

Yes Kansan's keep some odd business hours out in the sticks. I lived in my town for ten years before I used the local businesses much due to their being closed as I left for work and being closed before I got back from work. But then I had gotten a ticket in town and I boycott the businesses in any town that I get a ticket in, for a minimum of one year. I'm not going to support my own oppression. I agree with your assessment of the north south route through eastern Kansas. You should have seen the look on a kids face in Gas City when we pulled up on our Stingrays. He was pedaling along on his Stingray as we passed through town and stopped at the gas station. We were like rock stars from outerspace. We sure put that kid's imagination in overdrive.