"Leah, who has never even ridden a century..." I remember being about 60 miles into it and realizing there were 40 more. I was not pleased with this information!
On Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 7:09:16 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Doug, that’s wild! If you (or anyone) reads the book, report back. I’m > reading his journal online now. > > Leah, who has never even ridden a century, nor gone on a group ride. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 12, 2021, at 2:35 PM, dougP <doug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yep, that's the guy. Quite an adventure. Seems odd to have worn out 5 > Rohloff hubs but they were seeing a lot of abuse. Off to order the book. > > Thanks for posting. I'd wondered what happened to the guy. > > dougP > > On Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 1:47:40 PM UTC-7 dougP wrote: > >> We saw a presentation at REI several years ago from (probably) that same >> Dr. He was raising funds for tropical disease research that Big Pharma >> wasn't interested in: no money as the countries where these diseases are a >> problem are all poor. >> >> He had lots of great stories. In one area of Africa, he said when he >> passed the same dead goat twice he knew he was lost. When we saw him in >> SoCal, he was on I believe his 3rd tent, and he had a set of Ortleibs where >> most of coating had worn off. He had a new set waiting for him in the Bay >> Area, & made it sound like "I'll just pop up there & get them". >> >> I'll have to check out those links. I always wondered if he made it. He >> had some pretty dodgy adventures. >> >> dougP >> >> On Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 11:53:24 AM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding >> Ding! wrote: >> >>> I was listening to a podcast episode on The Moth. At the end of the >>> show, a bonus story was featured. It was told by Steven Fabes, an ER doc >>> who hailed from London, who had hatched an ill-formed plan to cycle around >>> the world. He quits his job, buys a shiny new bicycle, and waves goodbye to >>> 100 of his closest friends and family on the steps of his old hospital. He >>> makes it as far as his favorite pub before he realizes he’s made a terrible >>> mistake. And that’s all I’ll say. He was so engaging and so hilarious that >>> I tracked him down online and found his website. His book detailing his >>> travels is called Signs of Life, and you can get it on Amazon (ebook for >>> me!). >>> >>> If you have a little wanderlust yourself (me!), you love bikes (ooh, >>> me!) and you are interested in medicine (also me!) you might enjoy his book >>> or at least reading an article about his journey. >>> >>> https://stephenfabes.com/the-journey/ >>> >>> The podcast of his story - begins at the 15 min mark: >>> >>> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth/id275699983?i=1000534944747 >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/1HiHUtnBFf8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6099d458-d9cc-405b-a8bc-e980a474ec58n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6099d458-d9cc-405b-a8bc-e980a474ec58n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/864532b3-3a1a-4cf4-a82f-a0c7afb564cbn%40googlegroups.com.
