u/sandernote809

I was on my way home from an overnight trip and found this on the side of the road next to some really bad condition kids bikes. Couldn’t leave it considerate there was fresh cables, brake pads, and it seems like the bearings were all recently serviced!

So I grabbed my straps and added an extra 30 something pounds to a already 100 pound bike.

My thermometer was reading 102°F and I still had about 37 miles and 2000+ft of elevation ahead I still think it was worth it!

Pros-cars give me so much space

Cons-I have 2250 feet of elevation left and it is 100°F

We built this thing about a month ago and it’s all we’ve been riding ever since! It makes a 10 mile trip feel like 40!

We were planning on doing this trip a couple months ago and didn’t think we were capable of doing it! We chose Wildwood because my friends family owns a motel there so we didn’t have to pay anything to stay for a couple days.

We packed all the normal essential stuff plus some vintage skateboards to cruise around on while we were there.

Not everything went to plan. We both got a flat tire, my friends shifting broke 50 miles in we never fixed it, we got caught in a spontaneous thunderstorm, and we camped out in some pretty sketchy spots!
We also woke up in 34° weather with summer sleeping set ups.
But it was completely worth it.

It was mostly road miles on the way there and about 70% dirt on the way back

This was my biggest video yet! This is just a bunch of highlights!

We wanted to build a tall bike and a tandem bike

It was rainy and below 50 for most of the trip! 36 miles there 36 miles back with a stop for lunch and breakfast! There was a really cute dog that goes on a ton of adventures and I met some really cool people! Definitely beats going on solo trips