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A Good Way to Lose 25 Pounds (Part I)
A Good Way to Lose 25 Pounds (PART I)
by Marshall Katzman
As I watch the thermometer hit twenty eight degrees on January 6 th, 2000 the hot and humid July 5 th of 1999 seems long ago. That hot and windy July date marked the first day of the second leg of a 3530 mile cross country trip that I did with my 17 year old son Adam. Riding cross country, for me was a good way to lose 25 pounds, control my diabetes, bond with my son, do the mandatory college visitation thing and at the same time have some fun on my bike. Beginning in early 1998 the scheme for this adventure took on a series of transformations throughout the year. Originally suggested by my son as a way to meet up for a family reunion in Michigan, it soon morphed into a cross country east-west trek with his, then 49 year old dad.
Prior to our departure a training ride accident tore out my left shoulder ligaments but, that's another story. Before the accident I had plans for converting my Cannondale R500 into a touring machine. The accident left my R500 unscathed but I was spooked and decided it would be safer to ride a Lightspeed "Blue Ridge", specifically built for touring. Adam would retrofit his R500 for touring, after all he was young and could easily withstand the punishment of an aluminum frame. My pre-accident training consisted of rides averaging 20 to 30 miles every other day, while Adam's training consisted of practicing guitar licks with his blues band. Collecting routes and maps proved to be the most difficult aspect of the planning. "Adventure Cyclist" had cue sheets for a northern route to Michigan, but the difficulty was in connecting up with this route in Ripley, NY. Originally the plan was to travel Route 6 through Pennsylvania, fortunately an internet news group inquiry resulted in a response which provided me with what proved to be a lightly trafficked scenic route that connected us to Ripley via the Southern Tier Route: one of four in the series titled "New York Bicycle Touring Guide" by William Hoffman. This Southern Tier Route used lightly traveled state and county highways from New York City to Westfield and Buffalo.
What and how to pack? Adam was intent on roughing it with a tent and cooking equipment, I on the other hand was intent on using my plastic and moteling and restauranting it. Brother in-law Bill suggested a compromise, I should motel it while Adam camped in the parking lot. We ended up with Adam carrying the tent (but no cooking gear) while I carried my plastic. Besides the tent and plastic our gear consisted of 1 small 35 mm camera, 4 extra rolls of film, rain gear, first aid kit, three changes of underwear, socks and shirts, a pair of long pants, sweatshirts, sandals, toothpaste, toothbrushes, repair tools, folding extra tires, tubes, extra spokes, a small portable shortwave radio, batteries for the radio, my diabetic supplies (which included blood testing machines, syringes, vials of insulin, glucogon for emergencies, an epi pen, and a Tower Records insulated canvas lunch container with an ice pack to keep it all cool), 6 water bottles, a pack of powdered gatorade, snacks, reams of maps, pre-paid post cards for keeping in touch with friends and family, a cell phone with extra battery and AC charger, and finally two bike covers to protect the bikes at night: a grand total of 35 pounds per bike. The bike covers alone weighed several pounds and midway into the trip we shipped them off to brother in-law Bill (for the second leg, in 1999, worried about tornadoes, I added the weight of a small Radio Shack CB radio). My shake-down ride the night before was indeed shaky. I quickly discovered that all my gear had to be perfectly balanced in order to ensure a smooth ride. I used the backs of my maps and cue sheets to keep a diary of the trip, and sketched stick figure illustrations to archive events of the day on the backs of the pre-stamped post cards which I then sent anonymously to friends and family.
Riding cross country, for me was a good way to lose 25 pounds, control my diabetes, bond with my son, do the mandatory college visitation thing and at the same time have some fun on my bike. Beginning in early 1998 the scheme for this adventure took on a series of transformations throughout the year. Originally suggested by my son as a way to meet up for a family reunion in Michigan, it soon morphed into a cross country east-west trek with his, then 49 year old dad.
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