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Topic	I'm going to ride* my bike across the USA**
Reigning_King 05/24/21 12:09:26 PM #24:	MondoMan180 posted... I'm sorry to play that card but it sounds a little bit like the old white privilege to me, like I don't think I'd be able to rely on the kindness of strangers for something like that and neither would a black person I imagine Also you should really get a spare battery not just for emergencies but when you're using one you can always charge the other. Take out a loan / credit and rush delivery maybe if you have to Well I mean I'm not going to be doing it regularly, or at all if I can help it. It's just an option I can try in case something goes wrong that I wouldn't have if I was out in the wild for real. Also ~~I'm not white, but even so I believe people would help me if I needed it even when I'm out in the countryside in states where the population is 97+% white.~~ If keeping the battery charged is an issue I can always order another one while on the road and have FedEx deliver it to a Walgreens or something a few days ahead of me, I've never used that service but I've heard of it. Worst thing that could happen is I misjudge the time or the package gets delayed and I have to hole up in some small town for a few days. MondoMan180 posted... If you come across any rivers or lakes ;) Heh, looks cool. My bike is monstrously heavy though, so I doubt I could get it across anything but the shallowest of streams. I'll have to keep that in mind. MondoMan180 posted... I hope you have all the other basic bike repair tools, bikes are so complicated these days that just to change a tire on my electric bike proved to be a headache, you might wanna practice disassembling parts then reassembling, REI has classes on that kinda stuff. Certainly I would think a final tune-up before you leave The company that makes my bike has a bunch of detailed videos up on how to maintain and repair their bikes that I've watched. Fixing a flat on the back tire where the motor is kept does indeed look like a nightmare, but I'm sure I can manage if I'm careful. I will make sure my route goes through major towns so I can get to a bike shop if I really need to grab anything beyond the spare parts/tools I have now. Speaking of routes I'm going to use a navigation app called Komoot. I used it for that 250 mile trip and it worked like a dream, it kept me on the back country roads so I had no issues with cars or coming across a highway where biking was banned. The single bad thing about it is running the gps on my phone constantly drains the battery like crazy so I needed to carry a powerbank just to make it through one day. <cite>Reigning_King posted [p:954246246] in I'm going ... [t:79473716]...</cite> <quote>MondoMan180 posted... </cite> <quote>I'm sorry to play that card but it sounds a little bit like the old white privilege to me, like I don't think I'd be able to rely on the kindness of strangers for something like that and neither would a black person I imagine Also you should really get a spare battery not just for emergencies but when you're using one you can always charge the other. Take out a loan / credit and rush delivery maybe if you have to</quote>Well I mean I'm not going to be doing it regularly, or at all if I can help it. It's just an option I can try in case something goes wrong that I wouldn't have if I was out in the wild for real. Also I'm not white, but even so I believe people would help me if I needed it even when I'm out in the countryside in states where the population is 97+% white. If keeping the battery charged is an issue I can always order another one while on the road and have FedEx deliver it to a Walgreens or something a few days ahead of me, I've never used that service but I've heard of it. Worst thing that could happen is I misjudge the time or the package gets delayed and I have to hole up in some small town for a few days. MondoMan180 posted... </cite> <quote>If you come across any rivers or lakes ;)</quote> Heh, looks cool. My bike is monstrously heavy though, so I doubt I could get it across anything but the shallowest of streams. I'll have to keep that in mind. MondoMan180 posted... </cite> <quote>I hope you have all the other basic bike repair tools, bikes are so complicated these days that just to change a tire on my electric bike proved to be a headache, you might wanna practice disassembling parts then reassembling, REI has classes on that kinda stuff. Certainly I would think a final tune-up before you leave</quote> The company that makes my bike has a bunch of detailed videos up on how to maintain and repair their bikes that I've watched. Fixing a flat on the back tire where the motor is kept does indeed look like a nightmare, but I'm sure I can manage if I'm careful. I will make sure my route goes through major towns so I can get to a bike shop if I really need to grab anything beyond the spare parts/tools I have now. Speaking of routes I'm going to use a navigation app called Komoot. I used it for that 250 mile trip and it worked like a dream, it kept me on the back country roads so I had no issues with cars or coming across a highway where biking was banned. The single bad thing about it is running the gps on my phone constantly drains the battery like crazy so I needed to carry a powerbank just to make it through one day. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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