The most sustained rides I've been doing for the past several years
are the Oregon Bike Rides (not to be confused with Cycle Oregon).
Photos from some of these rides are at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasterdogs/
and
http://picasaweb.google.com/JimDgoog/OregonBikeRide2009#
http://picasaweb.g
I did Boulder to St Louis self contained and a friend of mine who
joined for a week of it used a BOB behind a Cannondale. Worked great
for him and I road it a bit and pulls great. I've got a Burly Nomad I
use for groceries and such around town, and have used it for short
tours and specialty stuff
Planning a couple of Rando's myself, a few centuries, maybe the
5-borough tour in NYC, the Riv Rally in PA, and see where it goes from
there. I have a Cannondale touring rig that's getting tweaked for
pulling a Bob trailer that I'm going to ease into use. Mainly,
wherever life takes my rides.
RG