Thursday, April 28, 2011

#30DaysofBiking: Urbana, Hauler of Maps

I had a U.S. Bike Routes meeting this afternoon with my friends Barb and Louise at the Bicycle Alliance in Seattle so I rode the Urbana into Seattle. One of the things I do in my various bike advocate roles is give various people King County bike maps, so I took advantage of the hauling capacity of the Urbana to lug 300 bike maps back to Issaquah. When I got home, I weighed the two boxes. It turns out 300 bike maps weigh about 34 pounds. I guess that explains why it took longer to get back to Issaquah than it did to ride to Seattle.

Keep 'em rolling,

Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
Issaquah WA USA
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5 comments:

  1. Tom4:18 AM

    Kent, I'll be hauling bike maps and literature to a bicycle event tomorrow on behalf of Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling, my local advocacy organization. I think it's only about 20lbs, though. My Torker Cargo T will be carrying the load.

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  2. Anonymous10:59 AM

    Hi, Kent, I noticed a typo about the US Bike Routes on the Adventure Cycling site. Do you happen to know to whom we would send that info at Adventure Cycling?

    Gene in Tacoma

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  3. Kent Peterson1:28 PM

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  4. Kent Peterson1:31 PM

    Hi Gene,

    Ginny Sullivan (gsullivan at adventurecycling dot org) is the brains behind the U.S. Bike Routes. She can fix anything.

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  5. Winona, Media Director8:20 AM

    Actually, if it's a typo on the website - send it to me!

    Winona Bateman, media director
    press AT adventurecycling DOT org

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