|   Need traveling advice US & Europe | MCM
Jan 31, 2002 1:17 PM | | Hello all!
I'll be travelling the US & Europe in April/May and would love some contacts on bike rentals and rides in the cities I'll be stopping in. I'm coming from New Zealand (originally from US) and will be travelling for work so time is limited, maybe a day or two in each city, but I HAVE to ride in each place. I'd apprecite any info i can get, here are the cities I'll be stopping in:
Maui, HI
Seattle, WA
Phoenix, AZ
Albuquerque, NM
Cleveland , OH
Washington, DC
Providence, RI
Limerick, Ireland
London, UK
Leeds, UK
Paris, France
Tuscany, Italy
I'll also be stopping in India and Thailand but am not sure which cities yet. Thanks in advance and have a great day! |
| No help in this response, just questions... | Drewpy
Jan 31, 2002 1:22 PM | | Wow! Man, what band do you play for? If not a band, what takes you on such a whirwind tour?
I don't live in any of those cities. I am green with envy if that counts. |
| No help in this response, just questions... | MCM
Jan 31, 2002 7:39 PM | | The bands called "The workin' your ass of engineers".
It all started of as me going to a convention in Seattle. Then a stop to see a customer in HI was added Then Phoenix, then Abuquerque then Providence. After that it was just "Hell, get an around the world ticket and just visit everyone. It'll be cheaper" Yea right, until they get the medical bill for treating my exhaustion.
Later,
MCM (Giant that is) |
| Wow, I'm jealous! | kristian
Jan 31, 2002 1:45 PM | | I don't have a whole lot of advice to give about anywhere except Phoenix (which I'll refrain from because there are a lot of locals here who would be more help) and Tuscany.
My only advice for Tuscany is to do all of your research before you get there. I spent two weeks there in '93 and I wasn't able to find any trail information. The resort I stayed at had bikes to rent and I rode pretty much every back road between Florence and Pisa, but I hardly found any singletrack (of course the roads were BEAUTIFUL so it wasn't that big a deal). You should be able to find some good information with a few web searches.
Good luck and have fun!!! |
| Yeah, wow, Leeds. Awesome. | Ichabod
Jan 31, 2002 2:21 PM | | Maybe he threw in Leeds to make the other places seem better still. |
| I guess I'll hafta find other entertainment... | MCM
Jan 31, 2002 8:58 PM | | So..... I guess you don't know of any good rides near Leeds, eh? That's OK, got plenty a friends and plenty 'o pubs to keep me occupied. |
| Should be some good rides outside of the glittering metropolis | Ichabod
Feb 1, 2002 8:08 AM | | Because it's Yorkshire and there's the moors and the dales and stuff. But I can't be any more help than that. |
| Is this.... | cburke
Jan 31, 2002 2:23 PM | | ...the result of a wager? Something something ....80 Days?
When you are in Maui, if you have a day or 2, check out Hana. It's pretty cool. Not sure of bike trips, but www.petefagerlin.com has a video of coming down Haleakala. NOT the Maui Downhill, although I hear that's pretty cool too. |
| Sweet | Pat T.®
Jan 31, 2002 3:31 PM | | Give me an email about when you will be in Seattle :o) |
| Email addresses | MCM
Jan 31, 2002 7:48 PM | | Didn't get your email address, Unless I'm looking in the wrong place. I see that mine was not posted either, so here it is:
usxpat@phat.co.nz |
| Strange.... | Pat T.®
Feb 1, 2002 1:36 AM | | Well at any rate here is mine :o)
msps003@hotmail.nospam.com
take out the nospam :o) |
| where are all the Phoenix replies? | julian
Jan 31, 2002 5:29 PM | | There's a gang of them that read this board. Post a new message asking for the phoenix crew specifically and I'm sure you'll get replies.
For Ohio try the message board at http://www.joinomba.org/
or search around www.spokejunkies.com if you have time. Their site isn't the easiest to navigate through. there are a couple messageboards here depending on the geographic region. |
| When in Cleveland... | hfly
Feb 1, 2002 5:03 AM | | ...ride Vulture's Knob about 45 minutes to an hour south (near Wooster). I think that Red Ascent who posts on here is from that area and could fill you in.
hfly <-- loves the Knob |
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