Hope you post technical stuff about the bike design/construction, and how they are performing - very curious! Especially about how uphills affect the whole picture. Or maybe you have posted this stuff somewhere and I don't see it.
Wow! So, now I've learned a whole lot more about you! Really excited to be following this journey. Are you hoping to use mostly cycle paths/routes? And I'm curious to know how much you feel the solar is helping as your bikes are obviously much heavier than the ones you were on last year. Keep pedaling!
Thank you, Julia! So far we've mostly been following the ACA (the Eurovelo equivalent here in the states) Western Express Route! We'll try to stay to these types of routes as much as possible.
Last year's bikes weren't electric - just plain old gravel - so we're getting used to riding electric and with solar for the first time! It's certainly heavy (and harder to bivouac with) but we find we can cover much more mileage in a day w/o getting tired (160 kms!)
Hope you post technical stuff about the bike design/construction, and how they are performing - very curious! Especially about how uphills affect the whole picture. Or maybe you have posted this stuff somewhere and I don't see it.
Wow! So, now I've learned a whole lot more about you! Really excited to be following this journey. Are you hoping to use mostly cycle paths/routes? And I'm curious to know how much you feel the solar is helping as your bikes are obviously much heavier than the ones you were on last year. Keep pedaling!
Thank you, Julia! So far we've mostly been following the ACA (the Eurovelo equivalent here in the states) Western Express Route! We'll try to stay to these types of routes as much as possible.
Last year's bikes weren't electric - just plain old gravel - so we're getting used to riding electric and with solar for the first time! It's certainly heavy (and harder to bivouac with) but we find we can cover much more mileage in a day w/o getting tired (160 kms!)