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Sure beats the bubble-wrapped (but successful) transport of our fixed tandem on our 2019 tour in the Netherlands!
3 months agoG’day Lyle and Kirsten, I’m catching up on your tour having only learned about it a couple of days ago. I hope that you don’t mind if I ask a few questions closer to the start of your tour.
On the Mannmade bikes (very nice BTW, note to self to check out their website), are the steerer stops custom to Mannmade or are they third-party? If so, which one? We tour with a CoMotion tandem and I haven’t been impressed with the commercially available steerer stops that I’ve seen to date. As you can imagine, when the tandem is rear loaded, it can twist and topple on a dime if we’re not careful.
Was raised in a Catholic family and don't remember anything special the Sunday after Easter. When I searched, most sites don't list anything for this day. However, I did come across this:
"Divine Mercy Sunday (Sunday after Easter)
Instituted by St. John Paul II, this day emphasizes God’s boundless mercy, inspired by the visions of St. Faustina Kowalska. Many Catholics pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet."
Faustina was a Polish nun. Given the relative recency, It's possibly not something celebrated in North America.
Neat label idea! It would be fun to see how they change over the years.
3 months agoNeat label idea! It would be fun to see how they change over the years.
3 months agoBest photo yet!
3 months agoThank you! Now I will be an informed observer 😄
3 months agoYou mean Bill the Cat?
3 months agoNot very bike friendly, but it's sure a beautiful town.
3 months agoOh, Bill's not going to like that!
3 months agoWe will give it a try when we get home.
3 months agoI’ll be your Guinea pig 😬
3 months agoConsidering they are around 1700 years old, being discovered 150 years ago is recent enough for me ;)
3 months agoIt is marking the bike path.
3 months ago
Lyle, the Thule stand in the “bike shop” - it works well for you? When we fly our newer tandem with SNS couplers, our tandem breaks down into two cases which means the rebuild is a bit of work. Being able to work on a lot of it off the ground like that would be an attractive proposition. Not sure if the stand will fit in either of our two 26” square bike cases, I’ll check it out.
3 months ago