Bike Radar discovers the S24O

[ascpgh]

I get email feeds from this British cycling "news" source. I thought it was fun to see them take a friend who was quite a newbie to non-pavement on their trip. 

Their ride and the self sufficiency seemed to ooze the newness of the activity that I recall folks feeling when Grant first named the Sub 24 hour overnight bike ride in the Rivendell Reader. They'd been doing those for a while before the name,  it just took some thought to realize how odd it seemed to those outside their circle. I mean it was the early '90s and road was road (crit bikes, tri bikes, 700x23 was a fat training tire) and mountain was getting all huffed up on suspension. Carrying things on a bike to camp implied "touring" and you needed front and rear panniers on your RB-T to carry all of the special items for bike camping. 

These three didn't necessarily see their trip as a stepping stone to longer self sufficient trips using little more gear than they had this time. They never even mentioned the Rough Stuff Fellowship (UK, 1955-).

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

[ascpgh]

I guess this'd be useful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZv4mLHqdI

Andy Cheatham 

Pittsburgh

[Craig Montgomery]

That was difficult to watch. They are just kids...reinventing the wheel. 

Grandpa Craig in Tucson