It is that time of year again. Many of us have probably started planning or dreaming about a summer tour. I'd like to offer my commitment for the next 5 days, until midnight on Sunday, April 11th, to address questions from anyone who is curious about loaded touring, has questions about gear, or other topics relevant to traveling and camping by bike. Riv related content - I tour on my RBW bikes and I don't meet many other Riv riders on the road!
My motivation: I'm going through a difficult time right now with an aging and ill parent and I'm seeing my own opportunity for a summer tour slowly evaporate. I would love to have the productive distraction of helping others to realize their own dreams of travel by bike. I am not selling anything. My background: I work as a professor of adventure education at a small southwestern college. My entire adult life has been dedicated to teaching others how to enjoy and travel safely in the outdoors. I am a League of American Bicyclists Bike Ed instructor. I have traveled thousands of miles as a bike tourist and have spent years of my life living outdoors in remote wilderness. I have a Quickbeam, a Bombadil, and an Atlantis. I've toured with the last two. Rules of engagement and disclosure: Ask a question or questions via this forum or via a personal message to me. I clearly don't know everything and will say so when I don't know. If I don't have direct experience with something, I'll also say so. No BS. I expect to learn as well as share. As an open forum, anyone else with direct experience on a topic should feel free to weigh in or answer a question. If I get a question via email that I can't answer, I'll post it back to the group after asking permission from the sender. Please, don't answer a question with info that you've only heard or read about. Internet forums are already too full of that kind of second or third hand advice. That's one of the problems with getting good answers to bike touring questions. However, if you know of a great resource that's relevant (like RBW), please share it. I will try to check in on the RBW Owners Bunch no less than three times a day in order to answer questions. Moderator Jim: The RBW forum is the only internet forum I care to participate in. I appreciate the quality of thought and the civil discourse I find here. If you believe that my offer isn't an appropriate use of this forum, let me know and I'll retract my offer without a fuss. Professor Dave -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
