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06-10-2004, 08:27 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
> miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.

In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.

So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
those wonderful trips.

cheers,
Tom

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06-10-2004, 09:40 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
>>miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.
>>
>
>In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
>and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
>and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
>no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.
>
>So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
>Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
>those wonderful trips.
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
Life is full of adventure. My younger brother and I rode our single
speed bikes c/w heavy steel strap newspaper carriers from Port Coquitlam
to Harrison Hot Springs one summer day when I was 12 and he was 11. We
rode back to the foot of Mt Woodside on Hwy 7 and waited til the folks
picked us up. They thought we were in Pitt Meadows for the day. It
was a great adventure.
Sorry if this post is so local...
Life is good.
Bernie

06-10-2004, 09:40 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
>>miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.
>>
>
>In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
>and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
>and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
>no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.
>
>So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
>Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
>those wonderful trips.
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
Life is full of adventure. My younger brother and I rode our single
speed bikes c/w heavy steel strap newspaper carriers from Port Coquitlam
to Harrison Hot Springs one summer day when I was 12 and he was 11. We
rode back to the foot of Mt Woodside on Hwy 7 and waited til the folks
picked us up. They thought we were in Pitt Meadows for the day. It
was a great adventure.
Sorry if this post is so local...
Life is good.
Bernie

06-10-2004, 09:40 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
>>miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.
>>
>
>In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
>and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
>and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
>no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.
>
>So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
>Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
>those wonderful trips.
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
Life is full of adventure. My younger brother and I rode our single
speed bikes c/w heavy steel strap newspaper carriers from Port Coquitlam
to Harrison Hot Springs one summer day when I was 12 and he was 11. We
rode back to the foot of Mt Woodside on Hwy 7 and waited til the folks
picked us up. They thought we were in Pitt Meadows for the day. It
was a great adventure.
Sorry if this post is so local...
Life is good.
Bernie

06-10-2004, 09:40 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
>>miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.
>>
>
>In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
>and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
>and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
>no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.
>
>So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
>Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
>those wonderful trips.
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
Life is full of adventure. My younger brother and I rode our single
speed bikes c/w heavy steel strap newspaper carriers from Port Coquitlam
to Harrison Hot Springs one summer day when I was 12 and he was 11. We
rode back to the foot of Mt Woodside on Hwy 7 and waited til the folks
picked us up. They thought we were in Pitt Meadows for the day. It
was a great adventure.
Sorry if this post is so local...
Life is good.
Bernie

06-10-2004, 09:40 PM

Tom Keats wrote:

>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride 70
>>miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too quick.
>>
>
>In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even Hope
>and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo 10-speeds,
>and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like that, and it was
>no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch of kids to do.
>
>So I encourage the original poster to go for it, _with_other_people_.
>Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I had pix to look back on
>those wonderful trips.
>
>
>cheers,
> Tom
>
Life is full of adventure. My younger brother and I rode our single
speed bikes c/w heavy steel strap newspaper carriers from Port Coquitlam
to Harrison Hot Springs one summer day when I was 12 and he was 11. We
rode back to the foot of Mt Woodside on Hwy 7 and waited til the folks
picked us up. They thought we were in Pitt Meadows for the day. It
was a great adventure.
Sorry if this post is so local...
Life is good.
Bernie

06-11-2004, 10:29 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
news:tq8bac.331.ln@bud.garden.local:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride
>> 70 miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too
>> quick.
>
> In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even
> Hope and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo
> 10-speeds, and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like
> that, and it was no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch
> of kids to do.
>
> So I encourage the original poster to go for it,
> _with_other_people_. Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I
> had pix to look back on those wonderful trips.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
I am impressed Tom cuz Hope from Vancouver is exactly 160k if you do
a couple of circles in the parking lot of the campground, so back to
Vancouver would be 320k...a good day indeed.

06-11-2004, 10:29 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
news:tq8bac.331.ln@bud.garden.local:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride
>> 70 miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too
>> quick.
>
> In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even
> Hope and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo
> 10-speeds, and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like
> that, and it was no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch
> of kids to do.
>
> So I encourage the original poster to go for it,
> _with_other_people_. Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I
> had pix to look back on those wonderful trips.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
I am impressed Tom cuz Hope from Vancouver is exactly 160k if you do
a couple of circles in the parking lot of the campground, so back to
Vancouver would be 320k...a good day indeed.

06-11-2004, 10:29 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
news:tq8bac.331.ln@bud.garden.local:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride
>> 70 miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too
>> quick.
>
> In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even
> Hope and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo
> 10-speeds, and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like
> that, and it was no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch
> of kids to do.
>
> So I encourage the original poster to go for it,
> _with_other_people_. Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I
> had pix to look back on those wonderful trips.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
I am impressed Tom cuz Hope from Vancouver is exactly 160k if you do
a couple of circles in the parking lot of the campground, so back to
Vancouver would be 320k...a good day indeed.

06-11-2004, 10:29 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
news:tq8bac.331.ln@bud.garden.local:

> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> Even active non-cyclist wunderkids would be hard pressed to ride
>> 70 miles their first time out. They burn themselves out too
>> quick.
>
> In my mid/late-teens I did rides out to Haney, Mission and even
> Hope and back with friends & associates, often on borrowed Apollo
> 10-speeds, and I wasn't seriously into training or anything like
> that, and it was no big deal -- it was just something for a bunch
> of kids to do.
>
> So I encourage the original poster to go for it,
> _with_other_people_. Only, if [s]he can: take a camera. I wish I
> had pix to look back on those wonderful trips.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
I am impressed Tom cuz Hope from Vancouver is exactly 160k if you do
a couple of circles in the parking lot of the campground, so back to
Vancouver would be 320k...a good day indeed.