Tuesday, August 25, 2009

More Underground Railroad Bike Tourers


Meet Roberta and John Nielsen. They live in Santa Barbara, California. Every year they take a look at a map and decide where to take their next bicycle touring trip. This year, they decided to go to Rochester, New York, and follow the Underground Railroad Bicycle Route to Cincinnati, Ohio. This brought them past our Peninsula store yesterday, where we did some adjustment to John's bottom bracket. You can read tales of their past adventures on their blog at www.dogdander.com.

7 comments:

  1. Yes, but you forgot to tell us what they were riding... (I'm such a bike ogler!!)

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  2. He was riding a basic Specialized road bike; nothing special. She, however, had a sweet custom Gunnar touring bike. Carbon fork, Chris King headset, Ultegra/105 drive train.

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  3. John would like you to know that he has Ultegra and Dura-Ace components on his nothing special bike. Berta just got the Gunnar for her birthday and it is very nice. Thanks for ending the nightmare click on John's bottom bracket/chainrings (from the travellers themselves)

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  4. Uh-oh. I think you hurt the feelings of that poor Specialized bike, Kevin! =)

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  5. Well, I suppose I should clarify...John's Specialized is definitely a nice bike, with or without his Dura-Ace and Ultegra. By "nothing special," I meant that it's a good, off-the-shelf road bike--every bike company has a road bike with Ultegra and/or Dura-Ace, and there's nothing wrong with that--I have one, too. We, here in the the bike shop-rat world, tend to be impressed by things that are different from what we see every day. A custom-built bike, from a small boutique brand, decked out with bling-y components that make it fast and light, while still retaining its true touring-bike soul: now THAT'S special!

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  6. I always like a good paint job. =) It's all in how it looks. However, if it looks good AND rides well (like that luscious Surly I tried today), then it impresses me! =)

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