Recent content by Colinleath

I finally might have a connection good enough to share the photo of my friend's bike. I'll try to find the link to the bags she got. They have a little rhino logo. She carries two hiking poles. And uses those to support the bike in the forest and sometimes in town. Similar to the...

You don't need a fancy bike to be happy with it long term. I've got a used btwin hybrid 1 step above the bottom level bike and it's been doing very well. You want a good seat and i lucked out with this one having a selle royale saddle. Main thing is if you're riding alot to know what needs to be...

[this is a work in progress and may take a few days to finish. I'm publishing now because STP currently has no long-term stable draft mode and I don't want to lose more work. So there should be more to read here eventually.] Index of previous posts on this trip. Montecorice is the extra...

Greetings from near Montecorice, Italy (south of Salerno and Paestum). Here is my current situation: I'm fairly close to some houses so I'm hoping i won't end up needing to move tonight. (I'm close to the coastal road as well, so I'm wearing my Sony WH-1000XM4's to reduce the noise. It's not a...

Crossed into Italy today and right off I liked it better. But backing up a bit helps explain why. In general more people drive and drive faster in France than in Spain (and maybe Italy) in my opinion. And people are especially packed in along the coast in France between Nice and the Italian...

My mom was wondering what happened to me so I may as well write what's up! (First, for those arriving late, I made an index on Google docs to link to all the preceding posts/threads on this particular trip: bit.ly/2021cpl. I did this because links that I can view that show all the threads i...

I seem to have settled into a peaceful existence here so I'm guessing I may not be writing much since I'm just living the life as they say. I find quiet spots in pine forests. Come out when I need food, water, exercise, electricity. And progress towards Sicily as I do so before finding the next...

It seems simpler and cleaner for me to make a new thread I think. Organizationally, I can just go to my profile and see the posts. It doesn't appear that this approach creates any extra noise for others either? It's odd that there seems to be no draft mode. So if i want to save part way...

It feels like I found paradise on day three of this trip. It also feels like the bike may have been a mistake. This is a coastline to walk. But, problem solved, someone gave me a ride (they didn't understand my 'no' and my curiosity and desire for company kept me from insisting). So I'm with...

Not sure if this is the best way to describe an ongoing trip. But figure if there's a better place someone will point me there. I left Knoxville, TN Sunday morning, landed in Marignane, France Monday morning, walked out of the airport to the nearest Lidl. Bought food. Walked to the Decathlon...