"Your Going to Ride your Bicycle Where??????"
06-14-2011, 08:29 AM
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Yep according to my wife I have lost my ever loving mind but I am going to do it anyway. Billy is going for a little bike ride........... :P
I am going to be leaving in the next month or so heading to Indy and the Speedway. I didnt get to go to the races this year because I was in Charlotte at the NASCAR race but I still want the 100th Anniversary T-Shirt. And what better way to go and pick it up than to ride my bicycle. So now I am planning a safe route to get up there and back hitting a lot of the back roads and byways. The only bad thing about it is that I will not be able to carry any sewing machines home with me on a bike when I stop and look around at different spots during the trip. :(
But I am thinking it will be a 6 or 7 day round trip going up through TN, KY, and IN. I do want to ride through the land between the lakes and stay at the park one night. I figured as I plan this trip out that I could swing by some of your places, hang out and if it was okay crash for the night. I want to try and to meet as many quilters and machine collectors on the board on this little excursion that my wife thinks is crazy if possible. I am guesstimating that I will ride around 100 miles +/- a day and I want to change up the return route from the way I came.
Billy
I am going to be leaving in the next month or so heading to Indy and the Speedway. I didnt get to go to the races this year because I was in Charlotte at the NASCAR race but I still want the 100th Anniversary T-Shirt. And what better way to go and pick it up than to ride my bicycle. So now I am planning a safe route to get up there and back hitting a lot of the back roads and byways. The only bad thing about it is that I will not be able to carry any sewing machines home with me on a bike when I stop and look around at different spots during the trip. :(
But I am thinking it will be a 6 or 7 day round trip going up through TN, KY, and IN. I do want to ride through the land between the lakes and stay at the park one night. I figured as I plan this trip out that I could swing by some of your places, hang out and if it was okay crash for the night. I want to try and to meet as many quilters and machine collectors on the board on this little excursion that my wife thinks is crazy if possible. I am guesstimating that I will ride around 100 miles +/- a day and I want to change up the return route from the way I came.
Billy
06-14-2011, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Yep according to my wife I have lost my ever loving mind but I am going to do it anyway. Billy is going for a little bike ride........... :P
I am going to be leaving in the next month or so heading to Indy and the Speedway. I didnt get to go to the races this year because I was in Charlotte at the NASCAR race but I still want the 100th Anniversary T-Shirt. And what better way to go and pick it up than to ride my bicycle. So now I am planning a safe route to get up there and back hitting a lot of the back roads and byways. The only bad thing about it is that I will not be able to carry any sewing machines home with me on a bike when I stop and look around at different spots during the trip. :(
But I am thinking it will be a 6 or 7 day round trip going up through TN, KY, and IN. I do want to ride through the land between the lakes and stay at the park one night. I figured as I plan this trip out that I could swing by some of your places, hang out and if it was okay crash for the night. I want to try and to meet as many quilters and machine collectors on the board on this little excursion that my wife thinks is crazy if possible. I am guesstimating that I will ride around 100 miles +/- a day and I want to change up the return route from the way I came.
Billy
I am going to be leaving in the next month or so heading to Indy and the Speedway. I didnt get to go to the races this year because I was in Charlotte at the NASCAR race but I still want the 100th Anniversary T-Shirt. And what better way to go and pick it up than to ride my bicycle. So now I am planning a safe route to get up there and back hitting a lot of the back roads and byways. The only bad thing about it is that I will not be able to carry any sewing machines home with me on a bike when I stop and look around at different spots during the trip. :(
But I am thinking it will be a 6 or 7 day round trip going up through TN, KY, and IN. I do want to ride through the land between the lakes and stay at the park one night. I figured as I plan this trip out that I could swing by some of your places, hang out and if it was okay crash for the night. I want to try and to meet as many quilters and machine collectors on the board on this little excursion that my wife thinks is crazy if possible. I am guesstimating that I will ride around 100 miles +/- a day and I want to change up the return route from the way I came.
Billy
Good luck and do keep us posted as to how it goes...OH and you can USPS/UPS from anywhere...so the machines will get home safely!
06-14-2011, 08:45 AM
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You're talking Bicycle not motorcycle????? I think I'm with your wife on this one!
Just kidding, sort of. I wish you the best, safest ride. Keep us posted and PLEASE be careful!
If you head our way (which is out of your way, but if you get lost and end up here) you are welcome to stop in.
Phyllis
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Just kidding, sort of. I wish you the best, safest ride. Keep us posted and PLEASE be careful!
If you head our way (which is out of your way, but if you get lost and end up here) you are welcome to stop in.
Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
Quilter's Pantry
06-14-2011, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
You're talking Bicycle not motorcycle????? I think I'm with your wife on this one!
Just kidding, sort of. I wish you the best, safest ride. Keep us posted and PLEASE be careful!
If you head our way (which is out of your way, but if you get lost and end up here) you are welcome to stop in.
Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
Quilter's Pantry
Just kidding, sort of. I wish you the best, safest ride. Keep us posted and PLEASE be careful!
If you head our way (which is out of your way, but if you get lost and end up here) you are welcome to stop in.
Phyllis
QuiltingGrannie
Quilter's Pantry
I am ordering my Road Bike today or tomorrow and I should have it here before the end of the month and then the local bike shop has to set it up to fit me. But I am going with an Aluminum/Carbon Fiber bike so I can have the best of both worlds and I can afford the thing. I wanted a total Carbon Fiber bike but they can run upwards to $10,000+ for a really nice one. I am only allotting myself $3500 to spend on one and that is including the GPS/Computer, the touring rack and bags that I am mounting to the back of the bike.
But she did say that we could drive up there but I told her that after everything that I have had to deal with that I needed to air my head out and relax. But this is only a starting point for my next big trip.......East Coast to West Coast in April with a couple of my buddies. :thumbup:
Billy
