Re: [CR]Bike touring lives on!

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:06:03 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Bike touring lives on!
References: <d52.1ece0685.34a1218a@aol.com>
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LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
>> http://travelog.cakt.us/travelogs/show/1
> I'm not sure whether I read that right or not, but did they make
> their own lugged steel frames?

I don't think so. I think they just modified steel frames they already had -- e.g. adding braze-ons.
> All these tours seem to start off the same--too much stuff.

Yes, but OTOH you never know what you might need out in the middle of nowhere. Been there, done that.
> Nice for them to include the maps to show where they are, along with
> the dialogue.

At least one of them was a Computer Science major with my son. One of their senior projects was creating google maps mash-ups like this.

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA