Hmmm. First time I’ve had Google Groups tell me “Your message is too big”, and then randomize the photos. Well, I tried to put them in-line, but at least they’re named so you can identify them.
On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 5:45:04 PM UTC-5 aeroperf wrote: > Paul, I would like that instant teleporter of bikes and rider if you can > find one! > > Here are some more shots from a really “good ride”. It was 2018, but 2020 > has not been kind to international touring. > > I do about 1300 miles a year on the local bike trail, mostly on my Sam, to > prepare. The Silver Comet is a lovely rails-to-trails bike trail, but 15 > miles in one direction and 20 miles in the other does get a little > monotonous. I think of it as commuting. Here’s the view over the > handlebars. The speedometer says zero because it is tough to get a good > shot from a moving bike so I stopped to take it. > > My wife must have been a frustrated travel agent in another life. She > sets up these wonderful bilking tours to really little known places in > Europe, for cheap. If people think that this fits the “Just pics from your > good ride”, I’ll add some from other places. Otherwise, I may try to start > a touring thread. But, dang, we all need to think that there may be some > good rides coming up in 2021! > > Here are a few more from the trip down the Adriatic in Apulia from > Polignano a Mare to Carovigno. Never heard of those towns? Neither had I. > > Here’s the bike. Once I shipped the Sam over for a tour ($150 to Paris, > free on the trains), but most times we rent. This is a rented electric > Atala with a Bosch drive system, hydraulic discs, Schwalbe Marathon tires, > and a Garmin nav system. I bring my own Arkel panniers. They > pre-programmed the route, handed us the Garmin, and said “Buon viaggio“. > Neither of us speak Italian, but we figured that one out and… off we go. > > The area around Alberobello is known for its “Trulli”. These are drystone > houses with conical roofs. The story goes that they were designed to be > taken apart just before the tax collector visited. “House? What house? > That’s just a pile of stones.” > > I mostly ride the Silver Comet, which is a rails-to-trails. Here, they > have “Roman-aqueduct-to trails”. One bike wide. If you’re lucky. > > It is not always the landscapes. Here’s a cafe we biked past, then turned > around and had a cup of coffee. Can you spot the half-scale penny farthing > bike? > > We finished up back at Polignano a Mare, because that’s where the train to > Rome stopped. A very photogenic town on the Adriatic. > > It appears to post the photos in reverse order? > > Anyway, everybody rides differently. I'd love to hear about/see photos > from others who tour the Velo routes. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/be848b6c-c9cd-45bf-842a-53935851ee3fn%40googlegroups.com.
