Nicely done! Gorgeous pics. You are lucky to have such a lovely place nearby. Your approach is great for building interest and confidence. Hope you enjoy many more adventures with your son and share the pics here.
On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 5:16:24 AM UTC-6 ascpgh wrote: > Most excellent! > > S24Os represent so much value and have weathered the time since named and > promoted at Rivendell. They offer a taste, a trial experience and a low > regret situation if some part of your prep or kit isn't right. It becomes > the threshold of a whole new set of opportunities with your bike, > especially for your son. Kudos for doing that for him. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > On Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 7:36:33 PM UTC-4 DavidP wrote: > >> Intrigued by recent examples and talks of light touring on a Platypus >> (Leah, Diana H, Tim B), and spotting an opportunity to get out Tuesday >> evening in advance of the Juneteenth holiday, I packed two of my bikes up >> for a light weight, sub-twelve hour overnight with my son. Our destination >> was a local town owned forest with several primitive camp sites (no >> facilities) less than a 10-mile ride away. >> >> This outing served a few purposes, 1) to see how the Platypus would fare >> with a light overnight load, 2) to see just how light a load I could get >> away with for two people (each with their own sleep setup), and 3) to see >> how my middle son (the one most interested in bike rides with dad), would >> take to pedaling his own load. >> >> My Platypus carried my sleeping gear, stove kit (unused), bike tool kit, >> and a few bars for food (an advantage of waiting until after dinner to ride >> out). My son's bike carried his sleeping gear (using a seat pack and >> harness setup). Massachusetts is in the midst of a heat wave with highs >> near 100F and lows in the 70s, so we didn't need to pack extra sleeping >> layers and could use minimal bedding. >> >> The Platypus did great - due to the minimal packing load my Happisack >> weighed under 9lbs and my Tunitas basket bag under 5lbs. My stem bag >> carried an extra 32oz of water (unused). My son enjoyed the overnight and >> is open to doing a longer ride (~30mi each way) out to a State Forest >> campground (with facilities!). We'll need to carry more food (and possibly >> layers) on that trip; putting a couple of more lbs on the Platy and using a >> frame bag on my son's bike should do the trick. >> >> [image: PXL_20240619_100254533_k64-1800.jpg] >> [image: ig2.jpg] >> >> [image: ig3.jpg] >> >> -Dave >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/97a87f75-e82f-4a9b-84f0-d114fe8a5463n%40googlegroups.com.
