So my dream bicycle tour is starting to become a reality
So as you may or may not know, I have been riding a single speed 70′s steel frame touring bike around Montreal for the past couple of years. The frame is an original that my dad bought from a guy he met in Hawaii in the 80′s. I had put a lot of time and effort into the bike over the years and it has gone under many changes.
It is obvious for any cyclist that my bike would not be well suited for a 2000km loaded bike tour mostly due to the fact it has 1 speed.
This meant out with the old and in with the new, sort of. These parts don’t belong to me anymore 
On March, 1 I put these parts up on http://www.craigslist.com, but lost some hope when I hadn’t gotten any bites for 4 days.On the 6th day though, a nice lady contacted me and made a reasonable offer. I delivered them to her place this afternoon and officially in her hands now.
Although I miss my sexy rear gold rim already, I can deal without it, and look toward building up a touring rig now.
As my good friend/cyclist Phil would say, “you can’t get emotionally attached to your parts!”
I just found an Ultegra crank set and 9 speed rear derailleur that looks decent on http://www.pinkbike.com for 150$, I might go for them.
Anyways, I would have a hard time getting from Montreal to here with the whole one speed setup!
Photo by Natalie Lucier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/natalielucier/
Check out the link below for more information on this exotic and underrated location in Newfoundland, Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Morne_National_Park
This is an important day for me as was Feb 9, 2012 when I bought my used Burly Nomad Trailer. I have to keep going at this pace if I want to make it out to Newfoundland efficiently and make a superb documentary at the same time.
Please follow me on the journey!
Well, it sounds like your bike has gone to a lovely new home. Good luck with all the preparations – that’s quite an undertaking but what an adventure.
Yes well most of it anyways. Everything but the original frame. I should have made that more clear!
Stay tuned as I gather all the gear and make the preparations. If you go to the bottom of the home page, you’ll see the map of the trip. There are over 10 people who have offered me a bed to sleep on already.
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