#1155854 - 09/14/12 01:55 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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RGR
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Thanks guys...and I have a place I. The UK to stay for anyone here who gets over the pond :))
This place just gets better...I got up..loaded up bike ready to.do battle with the Ho4 lane highway near the airport...then I get an offer to take me and the.bike to the bike shop.to pack it..take if to the airport and a room for tonight so I don't have to sleep at the airport! Then another guy throws free icecream to me while I'm on the phone because I rode the transam!
Gotta love Yorktown...in fact all of the America I have been priviledged to have seen!
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#1156087 - 09/15/12 02:07 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
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NOK
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take care... Man
scott
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#1156235 - 09/15/12 05:00 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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RGR
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For you Myke I decree it shall be so lol! And I bequeth a dukedom and a knighthood fro marks cool idea lol!
I'm at the airport..just checked in Shinto...
Ate my.last cheeseburger in front of the Miami game on tv ...
America has been good to me...I bid thee farewell..
but never goodbye.
:)))))))))
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#1156238 - 09/15/12 05:04 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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virtualan
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Well Done Rolf!! 
yer a fit bastard!!!
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#1156249 - 09/15/12 05:51 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: virtualan]
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Tom Mix
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Loc: Mootown, Wisconsin
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Happy trails to you Rolf. Come again when you can stay longer.
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#1156254 - 09/15/12 06:03 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Tom Mix]
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Delso
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Have a good trip, my son. Wear your cycling shorts on the plane and impress the hostesses - weather's OK over here, for a change. 
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#1156306 - 09/15/12 10:03 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Delso]
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pbrowne
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have a great flight - come again real soon
pat
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#1156310 - 09/15/12 10:32 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: pbrowne]
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RGR
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Thanks chaps....so I'm sitting here at Philly intl in my lycra...sat in McDonalds as it was hard to get a seat elsewhere....then this Spanish girl about 30 eyes to die for and a diploma in paella pulls up a chair and starts talking to me...lives in Madrid...been over in California visiting family...got along great...I'm putting it down to extreme English charm and thighs of steel...lol...nothing to do with having the only spare seat in the airport next to me of course lol.
This neon world is somewhat alien to me now...had a great view of Yorktown as I flew over it....
Met an American couple flying to Lisbon to cycle round Portugal...very nice people...and a guy on a baseball cap who keeps telling me that he once flew across Wyoming in a light aircraft....again and again.and again...
Amazing who you meet at airports....:)
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#1156366 - 09/16/12 04:38 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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Chimp
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#1156475 - 09/16/12 10:23 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Chimp]
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RGR
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ok....back in uk now....no sleep on plane ...jet lag... and a strange feeling all this was a dream....wow 
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#1156502 - 09/17/12 12:45 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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NOK
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Registered: 12/29/00
Posts: 28813
Loc: hanging N the GarAge
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it was a Dream Man.. glad you made it happen...
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#1156683 - 09/17/12 07:21 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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Xenophile
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Loc: Sacramento, CA, USA
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Congrats again, Rolf. Glad you're home safe.
I feel really enriched by having met you!
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#1157015 - 09/18/12 05:11 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Xenophile]
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RGR
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Just seen the stats on my blog...
Pageviews today
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Pageviews yesterday
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Pageviews last month
6,476
Pageviews all time history
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#1157745 - 09/20/12 09:55 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Silversmith]
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Delso
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Registered: 06/27/99
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Seriously, RGR, that all needs editing into one narrative with selected photos - you have a ton of great material.
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#1157827 - 09/20/12 03:00 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Delso]
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RGR
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yes i agree...i just have to get my head more settled...since being back...it's like a blurr of so many wonderful things aplaces and people. I want to get the blog printed up some how..printer busted...oh and i'd like to copy this thread a swell as it was a fundamental part of the journey for me.
I also have the route maps, each marked with the places i staid so that gives me the days rides in order...i think thebest way to do this is to go on another trip ...take my time and write it as i travel...hmm...checks bank account overdraft and sighs...
btw...does anybody have asuggestion why my photos from thetrip are so small when i take them into thelaptop? The strange thing is that some of them are big others are tiny...i set the resolution to a good size...not the smallest but the medium setting...in the camera...when i upload to th eblog they are a nice size..also on facebook...but on my laptop they are small thumbnails???
The phone is an htc desire droid.
I may call the book...
how to lose 24lbs in 87 days and eat anything you want!
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#1157837 - 09/20/12 03:30 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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Delso
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Registered: 06/27/99
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Loc: the beautiful Blackmore Vale
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"I may call the book...
how to lose 24lbs in 87 days and eat anything you want!"
Well, it's a guaranteed best-seller with that title, but I should write it first.
Great idea to include this thread - we had some moments of real drama here when your cellphone wasn't working - and your virtual support network of ageing rockers, whom you hadn't met in the flesh must feature in it.
First job is getting it all in chrono order and making sure your pictures are all linked to the right entry. I should leave some of the typos in - brings out the idea of a tired bloke in bike gloves tapping at a ridiculous touchscreen (I have an HTC!) - but not too many. I'm a good proof-reader, so if you want to email chunks, I'm happy to take a look.
Well done, again. Amazing achievement - not least the speed you progressed from theorising about it here, to getting Shinto into the Pacific. 
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#1158471 - 09/22/12 10:21 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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Delso
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Not without uploading it to ImageShack or similar. Like this:
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#1158482 - 09/22/12 12:43 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Delso]
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Eric Collins
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I LOVE Adrian's idea about keeping the typo's in! So maybe the title becomes "24 Pounds and 1000 Typo's in 87 Days" subtitled "One Man's Search for Adventure, Weight Loss, and a Decent Touchscreen."
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#1158694 - 09/23/12 01:16 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Eric Collins]
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Delso
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Loc: the beautiful Blackmore Vale
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...and Samsung could feature it in their advertising?
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#1158810 - 09/23/12 09:18 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Silversmith]
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RGR
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Posts: 24317
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Is there anyway I can archive /save this thread...got to print it up and have no printer...no worries if not but any suggestions welcome..cheers guys
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#1158815 - 09/23/12 09:33 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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bear
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Posts: 6538
Loc: abq,nm,usa
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Just right click and choose save as... it will save the complete thread as a .htm which will open again in a browser
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#1158850 - 09/23/12 11:11 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: bear]
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RGR
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cheers Don!
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#1158873 - 09/24/12 12:56 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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NOK
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Registered: 12/29/00
Posts: 28813
Loc: hanging N the GarAge
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how did you get back to London so fast.. it only seems like yesterday you were just leaving
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#1159412 - 09/25/12 04:49 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: NOK]
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FlametopFred
FlametopFred
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good gear ratio and a tail wind, I figure
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#1159751 - 09/26/12 10:56 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: RGR]
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Delso
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Registered: 06/27/99
Posts: 16177
Loc: the beautiful Blackmore Vale
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What are you doing with all those XXL clothes, that just fall off you now?
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#1159810 - 09/26/12 03:31 PM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: Delso]
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bear
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Loc: abq,nm,usa
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Oh didn't you hear? He picked up the habits of the Appalachian hillbillys when he was cruising through Kentucky, and now wears no clothes at all...
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#1160039 - 09/27/12 11:15 AM
Re: Cycling across U S A with R G R
[Re: bear]
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Delso
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Loc: the beautiful Blackmore Vale
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Lucky he lives in Brighton, then.
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