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[Twolanerider]

Before time gets away and I take the chance of being discourteous want to take a moment and make my apologies to Otis and Mrs. Otis and Hubbard and whomever else I might have stood up last night.

Left my place a few days a knocked down about 1100 miles the first day; about 9 hours of it in the rain.  Finished up on a shorter day in to the outskirts of Springfield, Mass the second day but still saw too much rain to be fun that day also.  

Stayed the afternoon and evening at a friend's place and left early yesterday morning toward Princeton, WV and the hospitality of Mrs. Otis and Otis' home and a good dinner with friends down there.  Should've been about a 12 hour day and, yeah, it was raining again.

About three hours short of the destination (and about an hour after finally having run out of the rain) I punctured a back tire.  The tow back-tracked me about about an hour.  It would have been way late by the time I got in Princeton at this point anyway.  But truth be told I was getting pooped too.

The site of the tire change left me 2+ hours from today's destination.  Going on to see everyone in WV would have had me 5 hours or so from todays destination and in the promise of more rain and much cooler weather.  So I wimped out guys.  I'm really sorry for not making it in to see everyone last night.

I really was looking forward to it too.  Hate that I stood everyone up on such short notice when I called the last time yesterday. Had just been a drowned rat long enough I couldn't make myself backtrack, then backtrack again to go on to WV, and then cover the same ground again a third time this morning in a cold rain.  If I need to change my alias here from Twolane to wuss-boy I'll certainly have earned it for not making it in to see everyone.

Anyway, got in to the destination here today without problem (if you don't count rain, fog and wind) and now taking it easy for a few days.  Will hook up with Fired00d for a ride south in the direction of Myrtle Beach next week and go on from there.  Rancy, Carl, Mrs. Clay; sorry again for not making it in last night.  Next trip to DC that's not done in an airplane I'll try again to darken your door.  And dinner will be on me  [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif] .

[Gettinold]

 CAN YOU BELEIVE THIS. TWOLANE MISSED A HOT MEAL  

[MYCVO]

Wuss-Boy-- Naaa! Not that I was stood up, but sounds to me that a valiant effort was put forth  [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif] Maybe- Dampdog or Waterboy or Wetrider..
Hope you have lots of SUN and WARM temps from here on out now Don..

 Only had a rear blow-out once and it was on a long sweeping corner at about 45mph, didnt like it much. (and it was dry)  All the rest of my tire failures were when I came out of whatever gas station after a fill up to find it a lowrider. How'd that go for you Don, my curiuos mind wants to know..
Mark  [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[BK]

I was thinking WetLaneRider.

[naitram]

your were just outside Springfield and you didnt call me?

[RedFXR2]

TwoLaneSwimmer?

9 hours of rain the first day out?  Ugh.

[WFP]

TOOwetRider

[BK]

Ok, we almost have enough names to start a pole

[RedFXR2]

I think it was RainMan's fault.

Ok, we almost have enough names to start a poll

Good idea.  How about "Toorainrider"?

[WFP]

That's the japanese version of twolanerider!  Love it!

I think it was RainMan's fault.


Good idea.  How about "Toorainrider"?

[RedFXR2]

That's the japanese version of twolanerider!  Love it!

Ah so.

[MYCVO]

I think it was RainMan's fault.


Good idea.  How about[highlight] "Toorainrider"?[/highlight]

BEST YET!!  

[BK]

Let Vote [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[Twolanerider]

Only had a rear blow-out once and it was on a long sweeping corner at about 45mph, didnt like it much. (and it was dry)  All the rest of my tire failures were when I came out of whatever gas station after a fill up to find it a lowrider. How'd that go for you Don, my curiuos mind wants to know..
Mark  [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

Mark,
Woke up this morning after t-storms rolling through all night long (really worked out that new exigent bike cover) and it's warmer and blue skies.  Looks gorgeous actually.  Don't know how long it'll last.  But it's good right now.

The tire blowing actually pissed me off for more reasons than just the blow out itself.  Was no big deal handling.  Bike didn't get at all squirrely this time.  It was a 5/16" bolt that I yanked out.  Stuck a couple of plugs in the whole and jacked it up with CO2 but the hole was too big.  That got me five miles in to the next station to wait for the tow though.

The part that really pissed me off though was that I'm getting tired of buying tires.  In all the years and miles I'd spent on a bike I'd hat a flat twice until about a year ago.  That didn't seem bad considering the kinds of tires we used to run and how many miles we're talking about.  Then about a year ago I popped a front one right after a hellish thunderstorm up in central Illinois.  Last fall popped a rear tire up by Kansas City.  Then this one a couple days ago.  

I'd really like the opportunity to wear the darn things out......

Ok, I'm going down to a local car wash to clean up the bike this morning.  I also just voted in the poll  [smiley=drink.gif]

[SPIDERMAN]

TwoLaneSwimmer?

9 hours of rain the first day out?  Ugh.

9 hours of riding in the rain on an 1,100 mile day. Freakin hard core leather ass is what I'd say   [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

 Twolane for site Road Captain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!