i went over and got allyn and jodi’s bikes from andrew, and they are sweeeeeeet.
i can’t tell you how excited i am to ride this fucking kickass crocodile around. only i think i’m going to call it “crocodillo” all week. and i’ll be the crocodaddy, and whomever’s on the rear seat will be the crocobaby.
i hadn’t anticipated the bike baskets, though. which are definitely useful, but they make the combined duo so bulky that i think strapping these suckers to the top of the land cruiser is not a great idea.
mr. law advised me that i should probably grab a cheap bike rack. and i do everything the law says.
what i want to know is, why don’t they rent bike racks? it seems like a reasonable thing to be able to rent. but i can’t find any anywhere. i think i did find some place in new hampshire that rented them, but that’s a little inconvenient.
i’m leaning towards just throwing down and picking one up at rei. it does seem dumb to buy something else for the land cruiser, since we’re planning on selling it right after burning man. er, right after moving hmc after burning man. er, right after moving hmc’s parents after moving…
but i could always keep it for the jeep. or maybe decide that i changed my mind, right? “huh. it turns out that i only need to move bikes around once every four years. i think i don’t need this, after all.”
plus, i can use that rei gift card from dave & al from our wedding. so this might cost me next to nothing at all! woo-hoo!
what i do need to figure out is if i want one of those trunk racks, or whether i want one of those racks that plugs into the hitch. hell, i guess i could even go roof rack as well. i have no idea.
where’s a bike rack guru when you need one?
Posted at August 25, 2004 11:29 PMcan’t someone lend you a bike rack? correct me if i’m wrong, but you don’t actually OWN bikes do you?
Posted by: xz at August 27, 2004 10:05 AMwe actually do own a bike. but we don’t drive it anywhere. because we don’t have a rack.
we actually both had bikes, but they got lost coming back from burning man last time.
Posted by: e at August 27, 2004 6:18 PMbike guru sez - the bike will travel better if you remove the baskets. put them back on when you get to the playa. each one will carry 3 or bags of ice, which is very convenient for trips to Camp Arctica
Posted by: allyn at August 28, 2004 2:10 AMI love that bike. I bought it in Thailand, and it just makes me so giddy that I had to ship it home. It’s been my playa bike ever since :)
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