I know! It's hard to maintain a facade of suspense writing this in retrospect.
There are a couple of paint chips on the tube of my bike and when I asked ANT mike about what I should use to touch it up, he said, "ah, just use basic glossy black model paint."
I walked past a Games Workshop near Place St. Michel and briefly considered getting some paint there to touch up the bike, but thought it wiser to wait until after inflicting 750 miles of wear and tear on the poor thing.
my god. i just got back from brittany after a month, and i covered less than _half_ distance you did in 90ish hours. simply stunning. how the hell did you train for this?
I'm going to post a summary "field notes" entry with references to gear, training regimen, etc.
It's probably not for the faint-hearted. As littleayun said to me once in conversation, reading about my randonneering exploits has reinforced to her how much she prizes her bike purely as a utility vehicle and not some kind of masochistic torture device.
Anyway, I've been reading through your own Brittany entries and while I've never been to Ireland I do remember thinking of similar metaphors when I was passing various towns and seeing the Breton translations for place names.
And, on the note of 'grazing' on your bike, it's certainly one of the aspects of bike touring that I particularly love. I probably wouldn't have enjoyed the ride half as much as I did if I not for the 'pastry survey'.
and, now, having returned and being faced with the dismal pickings of Au Bon Pain and Dunkin Donuts, it's so freakin' hard not to be wistful Oh! and manuevering bike boxes around the Paris metro! Wrestling my 60 lb. box and 30 lb. duffel through
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Just saw your newest post. Cant wait to read the Training section. Too bad you didnt have more time in Europe while you were here. If you happen to make it out this way my house is always open.
And yeah.... While Berlin cusine is the best in Germany for veggies like me... it still cant hold a candle to Brittany. I still daydream of the food often.
well, in 2010, there's Hamburg-Berlin-Koln-Hamburg but I'm probably going to want to do more in Germany than suffer through four more days of sleep deprivation. My sisters visited Berlin three years ago and have been on my case to check it out, so it's on the list, and I'll certainly ping you if we wind our way over.
Similarly, if you ever feel like visiting Boston again, we have crash space available at our place.
Though, currently, next year's plans are pointed towards Africa.
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I get a big gamer-y smile every time I read "Bretonnian" in your stories.
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There are a couple of paint chips on the tube of my bike and when I asked ANT mike about what I should use to touch it up, he said, "ah, just use basic glossy black model paint."
I walked past a Games Workshop near Place St. Michel and briefly considered getting some paint there to touch up the bike, but thought it wiser to wait until after inflicting 750 miles of wear and tear on the poor thing.
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simply stunning.
how the hell did you train for this?
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It's probably not for the faint-hearted. As littleayun said to me once in conversation, reading about my randonneering exploits has reinforced to her how much she prizes her bike purely as a utility vehicle and not some kind of masochistic torture device.
Anyway, I've been reading through your own Brittany entries and while I've never been to Ireland I do remember thinking of similar metaphors when I was passing various towns and seeing the Breton translations for place names.
And, on the note of 'grazing' on your bike, it's certainly one of the aspects of bike touring that I particularly love. I probably wouldn't have enjoyed the ride half as much as I did if I not for the 'pastry survey'.
and, now, having returned and being faced with the dismal pickings of Au Bon Pain and Dunkin Donuts, it's so freakin' hard not to be wistful Oh! and manuevering bike boxes around the Paris metro! Wrestling my 60 lb. box and 30 lb. duffel through ( ... )
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Too bad you didnt have more time in Europe while you were here. If you happen to make it out this way my house is always open.
And yeah.... While Berlin cusine is the best in Germany for veggies like me... it still cant hold a candle to Brittany. I still daydream of the food often.
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Similarly, if you ever feel like visiting Boston again, we have crash space available at our place.
Though, currently, next year's plans are pointed towards Africa.
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