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CGoaB is a fantastic resource. It contains great stories, resources, and life lessons. Highly recommend. I've gone on small trips myself (weekend length) and

CGoaB is a fantastic resource. It contains great stories, resources, and life lessons. Highly recommend. I've gone on small trips myself (weekend length) and have kept my trips under 100km. My eventual goal is to ride from the Great Lakes region (of N.America) to the Yucatán Peninsula of C. America. I ride a recumbent. I camp in a hammock. Of course I use Linux. =)

aziaziazi 2y ago
Wonder what model do you ride ? Any ressources to learn about those bikes ?
- UI_at_80x24 2y ago
  I ride a Longbikes Slipsteam. A great resource for learning all about 'bents is: bentrideronline.com
jkaptur 2y ago
> I ride a recumbent. I camp in a hammock. Of course I use Linux. =) Beard? :)>
- UI_at_80x24 2y ago
  I sure do. I am definitely a graybeard too. =)
dowager_dan99 2y ago
The recumbent gave me pause, because now I can't tell if the rear view mirror is mounted on your helmet or bike, but I know you've likely got a decent beard!
- shagie 2y ago
  Not OP. I've got a recumbent trike (tadpole configuration). It's a TerraTrike traveler - https://www.terratrike.com/folding/traveler/ https://www.terratrike.com/folding/traveler/ and as the url implies, it's a folding one that fits in the trunk of my rather small car. The mirrors get mounted on the handlebars. https://www.terratrike.com/product/mirror-mirrycle/ https://www.terratrike.com/product/mirror-mirrycle/ (example of them mounted on a similar frame - https://www.utahtrikes.com/RECENTTRIKE-TerraTrike_Rover_Blacked_Out.html https://www.utahtrikes.com/RECENTTRIKE-TerraTrike_Rover_Blac... )
  - jakeydus 2y ago
    but do you have a beard?
    - shagie 2y ago
      And it's gray. Full beard. As an aside, my parents (late 70s) have an early model tandem pro ( https://www.terratrike.com/tandem/tandem-pro/ https://www.terratrike.com/tandem/tandem-pro/ ) with substantial customizations (electric assist, mountain gear switch allowing them to change gears to a granny gear when stopped, solid aluminum (no spoke) back wheel). They're hung in the house in the winter as available vertical space. https://imgur.com/YBnnwVO https://imgur.com/YBnnwVO In the bottom center you can see the back wheel.... digging I found an earlier version of it while it was under construction (a previous winter) https://imgur.com/T9ME3lp https://imgur.com/T9ME3lp
jodrellblank 2y ago
Just keying off your comment about recumbents[1] to drop my new favourite bike obsession since the Brompton[2], the tiny and unusually designed Kwiggle folding bike: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/ https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/ which has an upright riding position. There's a German man on YouTube who is bikepacking with the Kwiggle and a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQf71fMuIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQf71fMuIU and it's small enough to fold into his canoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exL-FCqtEOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exL-FCqtEOQ The manufacturer has climbed the Stelvio Pass (1900 meters climb in 12Km) on it: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-stilfser-joch https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-stilfser-joch and he has done 186 miles in one day around the Dutch IJsselmeer on it: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-300km https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-300km saying "After the first test drives we noticed two things: the upright riding position is a lot of fun and even after long trips we were not tired at all". [1] my favourite recumbent to read about/watch is the ICE Sprint with the extra large rear wheel. Worst HN recumbent story is jacquesm and his leg-sucked-underneath incident leaving a serious broken (shattered) leg injury: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=jacquesm%20recumbent&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38172519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38172519

aziaziazi 2y ago

Wonder what model do you ride ? Any ressources to learn about those bikes ?

UI_at_80x24 2y ago
I ride a Longbikes Slipsteam. A great resource for learning all about 'bents is: bentrideronline.com

jkaptur 2y ago

> I ride a recumbent. I camp in a hammock. Of course I use Linux. =) Beard? :)>

UI_at_80x24 2y ago
I sure do. I am definitely a graybeard too. =)

dowager_dan99 2y ago

The recumbent gave me pause, because now I can't tell if the rear view mirror is mounted on your helmet or bike, but I know you've likely got a decent beard!

shagie 2y ago
Not OP. I've got a recumbent trike (tadpole configuration). It's a TerraTrike traveler - https://www.terratrike.com/folding/traveler/ https://www.terratrike.com/folding/traveler/ and as the url implies, it's a folding one that fits in the trunk of my rather small car. The mirrors get mounted on the handlebars. https://www.terratrike.com/product/mirror-mirrycle/ https://www.terratrike.com/product/mirror-mirrycle/ (example of them mounted on a similar frame - https://www.utahtrikes.com/RECENTTRIKE-TerraTrike_Rover_Blacked_Out.html https://www.utahtrikes.com/RECENTTRIKE-TerraTrike_Rover_Blac... )
- jakeydus 2y ago
  but do you have a beard?
  - shagie 2y ago
    And it's gray. Full beard. As an aside, my parents (late 70s) have an early model tandem pro ( https://www.terratrike.com/tandem/tandem-pro/ https://www.terratrike.com/tandem/tandem-pro/ ) with substantial customizations (electric assist, mountain gear switch allowing them to change gears to a granny gear when stopped, solid aluminum (no spoke) back wheel). They're hung in the house in the winter as available vertical space. https://imgur.com/YBnnwVO https://imgur.com/YBnnwVO In the bottom center you can see the back wheel.... digging I found an earlier version of it while it was under construction (a previous winter) https://imgur.com/T9ME3lp https://imgur.com/T9ME3lp

jodrellblank 2y ago

Just keying off your comment about recumbents[1] to drop my new favourite bike obsession since the Brompton[2], the tiny and unusually designed Kwiggle folding bike: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/ https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/ which has an upright riding position. There's a German man on YouTube who is bikepacking with the Kwiggle and a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQf71fMuIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQf71fMuIU and it's small enough to fold into his canoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exL-FCqtEOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exL-FCqtEOQ The manufacturer has climbed the Stelvio Pass (1900 meters climb in 12Km) on it: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-stilfser-joch https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-stilfser-joch and he has done 186 miles in one day around the Dutch IJsselmeer on it: https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-300km https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/faltrad-300km saying "After the first test drives we noticed two things: the upright riding position is a lot of fun and even after long trips we were not tired at all". [1] my favourite recumbent to read about/watch is the ICE Sprint with the extra large rear wheel. Worst HN recumbent story is jacquesm and his leg-sucked-underneath incident leaving a serious broken (shattered) leg injury: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=jacquesm%20recumbent&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38172519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38172519