2 Days Remaining

Perhaps there are some of you interested in our gear for the journey. First, our transportation will be Giant OCR touring bicycles. Tai’s is a 2004 ½ model and mine is a mere 2004. (He often reminds me of this.) Besides the Giants, we also looked at the Trek 720 Touring bike and the Surly Long Haul Trucker. I love that name, Surly Long Haul Trucker... I was tempted to buy that bike because of the name...but we settled on the Giants for several reasons. The aluminum-bodied Giants provide a very smooth and stable ride but are still very light. The bike shop provided a Giant OCR for us to try and we were both impressed by the smooth ride. Giant is the only one of the three that comes standard with disc brakes. This was the final point that sold us on these bikes. We feel that disc brakes provide us with more powerful stopping power, needed since we both will be pulling trailers. Disc brakes are nearly impervious to rain, providing reliable stopping power in all kinds of weather conditions. We purchased the bikes in March and, added together, we have already logged nearly 1000 miles biking back and forth to school. We are very happy with the bikes are looking forward to using them on the trail. Tomorrow I will post a picture of our bikes. In the meantime, check out www.giantbicycles.com if you have further interest.

-Clarkwheel