> One of my son's friends recently returned from a year of touring South
> America by bicycle (classic steel, no less!). Nice travel log -- makes
> me wish I was either young again, or retired:
>
> http://travelog.cakt.us/
>
> --
> John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
>
> There is certainly a growing "buzz" about touring among many of the
twenty-
> something cyclists that I encounter here in NYC. I don't hear "We're
takin
> g a road trip this summer" at all...But I've heard a lot of "I think I
want
> a touring bike". It's GREAT!
>
> Matthew Bowne
> wantinga touring bike in
> Brooklyn, New York
Some of us never gave up; family and work just keeps us closer to home. And the beauty of the West is that there's still plenty of backcountry. Of course, it's on vintage steel. I'm the youngest of the group at 55 (I think). Still do 50+ miles a day, fully loaded, and in mountain country, but a helluva lot slower (or should I say with more patience?). We've each sworn a vow that death will find us sitting next to a campfire with an empty pipe and a half bottle of Scotch.
Here's this summer's jaunt with Phil and I:
http://www.magnesium.net/
Craig "Jack Handey" Montgomery Tucson
"It may be over for you, but it's still not over for me;
so please don't kill the machine, kill the machine."
Neil Young "Hippie Dreams"