Prepping for my first big roadtrip

I didn’t Blog this one live, but it is of course just a matter of time before my brain changes all of this it seemed like a good idea to write some of it down. Much of this I wrote in 2007 when it was fresh, but from Day 8 on I am writing this 15 tears later. So dailing distances and general memories are very much best guesses based on what photos appear in date.

Before the 2007 road-trip I really had no idea what I was doing, both in terms of working on the bapper and in terms of loading it up for a decent length run.

I popped out to the compound and Eanes was able to work out the service. Despite my having picked up the service manual I was baffled by the valve adjustment.

Not a problem, good old Eanes got me squared away, also learned the advantage of having a center stand, as we ended up balancing the cycle on some 2x4s on milk crates.

Not to worry, all set, ready for the road.

Flickr Images from the trip can be found here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thekidfromcrumlin/albums/72157600209576480