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a conventional teardrop wasn't what I wanted.
A story still in motion...
I enjoy packing up and heading out into the wilds to live off the land, camp under the stars and trek around on motorcycles. Well, that was the idea. The reality became grabbing fast food, pitching a tent (or worse, staying in hotels) and riding way too many highways and byways for an adventure bike with knobby tires. So I pitched it all. Sold the motorcycles, decided I was fatter than I should be and set a new course. 6'0" & 215lbs, November 2008.
Bought a mountainbike (the pedal style) in December 2008 and began riding. I was awful. Hadn't ridden a bike for fun since I was 15 years old and that was 25 years ago. Stuck with it and the skills came around as I pushed that lactic threshold to something almost resembling athleticism.
"Hey, I thought you were talking about a teardrop, or not?"
I'm getting there. You deserve some background.
So the love of motorcycles (10 years of roadracing/motocross/adventure riding) has been replaced by a 29'er and black diamond trails. We have some challenging trails in Florida, you wouldn't think it because there's no mountains in sight but they're here, trust me. But the love that hasn't been replaced is the wanderlust to get out there and camp and ride and see touch and taste the dirt so I resolved to do a Moab trip next year, North Carolina this fall and an adventure race in about a month. These things would require a base of operations, a home away from home.
When I bought the Elements I needed to change my trailer solution, the large steel trailers or 20' travel trailer weren't going to play nice with an Element. I shopped for months until I found a nice 5x8 aluminum trailer that would hold everything I might require for nearly any need, but now I had a new mission, a new adventure to plan for so I needed something different.
One day I had a flash (brilliance? insanity? - you decide) and thought, I should put a camper shell on that trailer. Months of watching craigslist led me to a nearly perfect shell, I bought it for $50.00. I say nearly perfect because while the length was right the width was not, it was too wide.
A story still in motion...
I enjoy packing up and heading out into the wilds to live off the land, camp under the stars and trek around on motorcycles. Well, that was the idea. The reality became grabbing fast food, pitching a tent (or worse, staying in hotels) and riding way too many highways and byways for an adventure bike with knobby tires. So I pitched it all. Sold the motorcycles, decided I was fatter than I should be and set a new course. 6'0" & 215lbs, November 2008.
Bought a mountainbike (the pedal style) in December 2008 and began riding. I was awful. Hadn't ridden a bike for fun since I was 15 years old and that was 25 years ago. Stuck with it and the skills came around as I pushed that lactic threshold to something almost resembling athleticism.
"Hey, I thought you were talking about a teardrop, or not?"
I'm getting there. You deserve some background.
So the love of motorcycles (10 years of roadracing/motocross/adventure riding) has been replaced by a 29'er and black diamond trails. We have some challenging trails in Florida, you wouldn't think it because there's no mountains in sight but they're here, trust me. But the love that hasn't been replaced is the wanderlust to get out there and camp and ride and see touch and taste the dirt so I resolved to do a Moab trip next year, North Carolina this fall and an adventure race in about a month. These things would require a base of operations, a home away from home.
When I bought the Elements I needed to change my trailer solution, the large steel trailers or 20' travel trailer weren't going to play nice with an Element. I shopped for months until I found a nice 5x8 aluminum trailer that would hold everything I might require for nearly any need, but now I had a new mission, a new adventure to plan for so I needed something different.
One day I had a flash (brilliance? insanity? - you decide) and thought, I should put a camper shell on that trailer. Months of watching craigslist led me to a nearly perfect shell, I bought it for $50.00. I say nearly perfect because while the length was right the width was not, it was too wide.
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