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- Sabtu, 30 April 2016 7:39 PTG
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
We join this build already in progress
30 April 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I didn't take any pictures before this because I was just assembling things. Really the first picture is when I had already picked up the new bike and had just put the cargo carrier on the trailer.Baca lagi
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- Sabtu, 30 April 2016 8:00 PTG
- 🌙 11 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Welder's work
30 April 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
When other bikers do this project they make the trailer narrower and the drawbar longer. To narrow the frame I took a Sawzall and chop chop done that was easy. To narrow the axle I took it to aBaca lagi
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- Ahad, 1 Mei 2016 4:59 PTG
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Knuckles busted
1 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
I can't remember what I was going to say about the first photo. I remember the second very clearly.
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- Ahad, 1 Mei 2016 8:20 PTG
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Nah, that doesn't matter.
1 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Dad, remember what I said about the bore of hub-centric wheels needing to match the diameter of the hub? This Chinese trailer came right from the factory with wheels that don't. Look at the secondBaca lagi
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- Hari 3
- Isnin, 2 Mei 2016 3:29 PTG
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Eye candy
2 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
The obligatory "I made the trailer much stiffer" shot. ...Huh, that hardware looks good.
Are you wondering why the deck doesn't cover the back of the trailer? That's just me being clever. If you lookBaca lagi
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- Hari 5
- Rabu, 4 Mei 2016 5:59 PG
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitud: 285 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Project done
4 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
On those TV shows where they build cars they give each one has a clever name. I'm calling this project "I Love You Every Bit as Much." (Yes, it's definitely sarcasm.)
I have already bought the wiringBaca lagi
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- Hari 10
- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 8:17 PG
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitud: 233 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatSebbins Pond42°55’48” N 71°29’11” W
Let's go!
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The trailer is full. How'd I do that?
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 11:55 PG
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitud: 233 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatSouthbury41°29’29” N 73°12’49” W
Foliage
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
South of Hartford lots of trees still don't have leaves
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- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 1:32 PTG
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 171 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatLeighfs Pond41°31’14” N 74°1’18” W
Alexis Diner
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Time for a break! Just went over the Hudson, beautiful weather. Bike running fine, trailer pulling great.
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- Hari 10
- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 4:01 PTG
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 351 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatLittle Bush Kill41°5’32” N 75°0’11” W
Delaware water gap
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Nice and rural here.
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- Hari 10
- Isnin, 9 Mei 2016 6:05 PTG
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitud: 486 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatMahoning Creek40°49’23” N 75°42’30” W
The lovely Mahoning Inn and Suites
9 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
I'm making up the lovely part. It's in between an auto parts store and a Ford dealer. But it's clean. The reason I picked it was I was starting to feel some fatigue. If you're not 100% focused on theBaca lagi
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- Hari 11
- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 8:48 PG
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitud: 476 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatMahoning Creek40°49’22” N 75°42’30” W
Plan of attack
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
I'm going to be riding through rain today. I congratulate myself on being clever and planning ahead. I brought weatherstripping along (I also brought duct tape and zip ties and I've used both alreadyBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 11:38 PG
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitud: 397 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatHogestown Run40°14’49” N 77°1’45” W
Gas stop
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I think I have to keep making entries for this site to record my route.
It's been cool and sprinkling but the rain gear is working.
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 1:21 PTG
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitud: 558 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatGreencastle39°47’32” N 77°43’51” W
Lunch break
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This town has some beautiful old houses on a tree lined street leading up to a main street with lots of brick businesses in great condition. I'll try to get a picture on the way out. I've seen aBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 3:12 PTG
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitud: 656 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatRouss Spring39°10’7” N 78°9’41” W
Civil War sites
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Wow, there was like 5 battles right in this one town. I was going to stop at the Stonewall Jackson HQ house because my roommate is a history buff, but it is in the center of town and will be hard toBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 4:05 PTG
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitud: 512 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatGuard Hill38°57’31” N 78°11’44” W
Gas, sun, and no rain
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
What a difference in conditions, real nice now. Im off the highway, almost to skyline drive!
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 5:38 PTG
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitud: 512 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatLions Park38°55’44” N 78°11’39” W
Local lounge
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I'm at the Knotty Pine bar and lounge. They forgot to add "dive" to the name. I asked for a beer list and they had bud, coors, miller, and their lites, nothing else. Well, I feel like a local with aBaca lagi
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- Selasa, 10 Mei 2016 7:12 PTG
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitud: 732 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatDungadin Heights38°53’20” N 78°13’50” W
Campground
10 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Wow, did I stumble onto a gem. This campground is amazing. The first two pictures are the drive in. The third is the cabin I'm staying in, it's $45/night! There are two guys in the cabin next to me.Baca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 9:36 PG
- 🌫 12 °C
- Altitud: 735 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatDungadin Heights38°53’19” N 78°13’48” W
No view
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
The view out my front porch is poor. I think today I will travel further south. the weather there will be better at the end of the week. I'll return here to see this road on my way back. This meansBaca lagi
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- Hari 12
- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 11:31 PG
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitud: 968 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatCave Hill38°39’50” N 78°29’3” W
Local attractions
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Change of plans. The rain is just enough to stick on my visor and the inside keeps fogging. I'm going to try and kill a couple hours. I've seen mention of these caverns while researching this trip.Baca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 11:45 PG
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitud: 951 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatCave Hill38°39’50” N 78°29’2” W
Luray Caverns
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
The caverns was really good. They have a large variety of structures and the path through the area was really well laid out. The real thing is way better than pictures so I'll just put a couple here.Baca lagi
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 1:33 PTG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 810 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatMain Street Baptist Church38°39’55” N 78°27’30” W
Lunch at Uncle Buck's in Luray VA
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Mmm, apple butter, sweet tea, and country music. Y'all.
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 3:26 PTG
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitud: 1,266 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatMount Sidney38°15’6” N 78°57’17” W
Hot
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Now it's all blue sky, some puffy clouds, and I'm freakin hot! On this highway the scenery looks identical to new england.
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 4:48 PTG
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitud: 1,293 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatSpring Gap Creek37°37’41” N 79°34’13” W
Weather
11 Mei 2016, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Caught up to the downpour. Was totally blind before reaching the exit.
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- Rabu, 11 Mei 2016 6:19 PTG
- 🌧 21 °C
- Altitud: 1,312 kaki
- Amerika SyarikatBLRI landscaping area37°12’32” N 79°57’30” W
