Yehuda Moon got it right...
What have cyclists ever done for cars? Here's what.
I have done many short trips of two days up to 350 km including up to the CAMMAC music centre (route) in the Laurentians in Quebec, north of Montreal, yearly since 1986.
I did a trip from Victoria to Montreal in July-August 1991 with my bestest buddy Andrew Van Iterson. I have photos which have not yet been scanned from that trip and I will add text to it when I do finally scan them. So far, there are two photos from that trip. The first is in Victoria at Mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway. Here is another memorable moment when we crossed the Manitoba-Ontario border (photo)
In 1993, I did a one year trip abroad to Australia with my bicycle, stopping in Hawaii, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Fiji and covered about 6500km.
This video really sums up very well my attraction to bicycle touring.
In 1998, Carole and I spent our Honeymoon cycling in Cuba for a month, covering about 1000km from Havana to Santiago de Cuba.
Since at least April 2000 in Canberra, there's been a Hacker Bike Ride...
In August 2001 I was in Amsterdam several times and really appreciated their bicycle infrastructure, in particular, the bicycle parking at Centraal Station, Amsterdam's main inter-city train station. There are photos here and here.
In 2001 I dove in with both feet into the recumbent cycling community by provoking Ian Sims of Greenspeed to design and build a new model, a convertible solo/tandem recumbent tadpole trike. I have the first production unit of the GTV. It had an adventure when it got stolen.
In April 2002, Carole and I did a 6-day trip by tandem trike from London to Bristol, UK, of about 400km by back roads.
I've started throwing together a reference page on bicycle lighting with strong emphasis on hub dyamos and homebrew lights.
Vehicles:
(1990)
Faithful old Miyata long-distance
touring bike started life as a 1000LT and became an Alumicross after
the frame cracked while in Australia and was replaced under warranty.
It has probably covered 50 or 60,000 km. It still has red stains from
Australian outback dust...
(1997-11-11) Bike Stop winter special
2000-05-28: Carole's True North, SN: TN 228 It was stolen from our garage June 16th,
2009. It was retrieved in bad shape, 2011-05-11.
(2001-10-03) Greenspeed GTVs6 convertible tandem recumbent suitcase tricycle that is able to carry a canoe. I'm contemplating also adding a "lamb". I recently overhauled the Rohloff and Schlumpf hubs.
Here's a map
of trikers.
(2003-03-15) organ trailer which has hauled 3/4 ton.
(2003-09-15) Watson brothers' Goldmember chopper (1, 2, 3, 4). It had an adventure when it got stolen.
(2003) Chariot child's trailer (more pics)
(2005) Little Tikes child trailer
(2005-05) Banana chopper Front fork and wheel swapped and bike painted up by Mark at Re-Cycles
(2005-10-14) Burley Koosah
(2006-05-31) Mike Watson's BMX tadpole "Hammerhead" trike (first) (head on) (many good shots here)
(2006-05-31) Mike Watson's Tallbike II another
(2006-05-31) Russian folding bike from
"nepMb" (Perm)
in the Ural mountains with tyre size 533x37
(24" x 1 1/2"), folded, ready to ride nameplate
Linear
recumbent: 2007-07: I am in the process of restoring Mark's old recumbent.
I have taken delivery of a Greenspeed Lamb, a two wheel recumbent trailer for kids with pedals. I picked it up when I went to Melbourne in late October 2007, after the 20th anniversary of the World Solar Challenge.
We
are now a 2 Xtracycle family.
I'm in
the process of doing some work on Dad's
old CCM (thought to be from around 1933)
I've
acquired a second Linear, this one silver, from Ray Thomas. He and the
previous owner of the gold Linear, Mark Rehder, had corresponded years
earlier, so when it came time for Ray to find a new home for his due to
replacing it with a foldable SWB Bike Sat-R-Day, he contacted Mark who
in turn informed Ray of the gold one's new home.
2011-05-02: Annabelle's WeeHoo iGo recumbent trailer-bike. Annabelle
loves it and frequently yells "WeeeeeeeeeeeHoooooooooo" while in it.
2011-11-08:
1950s Gym-Dandy Surrey.
2012-01: Berkut Velomobile: Considering purchasing
There seem to be quite a few people interested in HPVs in Ottawa...
The Conservation Co-op in which Carole and I lived for more than 7 years has an awesome bicycle parking garage with a capacity for about 110 bicycles in lieu of indoor car parking. It is well-lit, accessible from street level and is secure. It is accessible enough that I can drive the tandem trike directly in, with the canoe in place.
Security: The Abus WBA100 concrete anchor looks like a good way to attach bikes to concrete surfaces.
Chronological bike photos , more
visited 8 states with my bicycles (3.55%)
Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project
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