Originally Posted by
nlerner
Yikes, this is like having to choose which of your children is your favorite (or which of your bikes?)! Last year's PNW Tour as described by @
gugie and others was indeed awesome, but if I had to choose, I'm going to go with the 2017 French Fender Day as it involved multiple modes of transportation (a bus, bikes, multiple ferries, multiple trains), crazy good timing (my buddy Bob W. and I took the bus from Boston to Manhattan, rode to @
rhm's office, took two trains out to Long Island, on one of which we managed to find Mark, who had flown in from Portland to JFK), awesome riding (except for the stretch from New London to Old Saybrook, CT), awesome bike porn at FFD. Mark might not feel this way as he suffered through a bent fender, a sore arse, and a lost wallet, but he did get to go to Fenway Park for a Red Sox playoff game (they lost). Plus, I learned how to lean two bicycles against each other so that you can take an artistic pic:
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That's right up there in my list of great rides. First time riding a bike on the east coast, first time at FFD, first time meeting and riding with @
rhm and @
crampy, all those ferries, riding through the Hamptons, laughing at @
crampy at the motel in Montauk when his leg cramped up, and immediately cramping up myself, and riding to a Red Sox playoff game on your Ted Williams 2 speed, getting a TdBoston the next day by bicycle...plus the nearly impossible coordination to get us all together at just the right time, yet it happened!
But really, that was the first time you learned how two bicycles can act as a kickstand for each other? Next time we ride I'll have to teach you to do the death defying, two person grab each other's handlebars track stand. Me & @
Johnny Ace got it down:
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