Reader Geoff Komeya asks (via the Contact link):
Hi Fred: Just wanted to ask whether you still ride motorcycles? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read your blog about your 10,000-mile ride on the ADVrider site. Such a great piece of travel writing. Thanks, Geoff Komeya
Thanks for the kind words, Goeff! Man, it’d been years since I last looked at the write-up about that 10,000 Mile Ride Around North America. Some great memories there, living out of my saddlebags for a month. 🙂
Alas, some of the picture/video links have died as various picture-hosting sites have gone away. Sigh. Maybe that can be a winter project this year — resurrecting the old photos. I still have the originals filed away. Hmmm.
But in answer to you question, no, I don’t ride motorcycles anymore. I live in a densely urban area now with tons of traffic; a heavy touring bike like my old Goldwing is exactly wrong for this environment. (I donated my ‘Wing to my local NPR station several years ago.)
I still get around on two wheels, but it’s now mostly via an e-bike — a pedal bike that has an as-needed electric-assist. Info here: https://langa.com/index.php/2018/09/03/a-reader-asks-what-e-bike-do-you-have/.
Thanks for writing!
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