The adventures of the little Bike Friday and her sidekick

The little Bike Friday has a sidekick, which happens not to be another bike, but a little red Ford Mustang convertible. These two love to travel together. Though the trunk of the Mustang is quite small, the BF folds up very neatly and fits so comfortably that you would think the two were made for each other.

The BF and Mustang managed to get two trips in this summer; the first to Wisconsin and and the a later trip to the Black Hills. As the owners, we have found the BF and Mustang happiest when they travel the same roads together. Though the Mustang has a lot of speed, he also enjoys a slow leisurely ride with lots of stops along the way to enjoy the scenery, especially when driving through such scenic areas as the Spearfish Canyon or the back roads of Wisconsin.

But the BF also likes to get out on the trail, and then the Mustang has to be content to meet up with BF at the next trail head or town. The Mustang has found the time waiting for the BF goes faster if he’s at a local watering hole such as Moonshine Gulch in Rochford making new friends.

I'm afraid these trips with the BF and her sidekick are over for this year. But the BF and sidekick will be spending long winter evenings hibernating in the garage together and reminiscing about their travels and planning future adventures for the summer of 2010!

The Bike Friday has arrived and is assembled!

Murphy's Law for a new bike purchase: After weeks of eager anticipation, the bike will be shipped the day your calendar is the fullest! The bike arrived at 3:05pm in Wakonda via UPS. Assembly commenced after other obligations were fulfilled at 8:45pm (that's ashes,not grease on the forehead). Bike assembled in less than an hour. I can hardly wait to take it for a ride! With the weather forecast it may be a few days. I might have to ride circles in my basement in the mean time!

Two quick releases and the bike folds up - this will allow Charlie and I to combine our hobbies and enjoy them together when we take our car-bike trips this summer!

Announcement - I'm Getting a New Bike!

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a Bike Friday! I've been thinking of getting one for about a year now so when Double G forwarded an email to me announcing a Bike Friday Inauguration Sale that was all it took to spark my interest in looking into a Bike Friday more seriously.

When I casually mentioned this to Charlie he was very excited. Charlie is not a biker, his passion is cars, especially classic cars. But he has one rule - no bike racks are allowed on his babies. So we've talked about how we could spend time together both enjoying our different hobbies if I had a folding bike that we could put in the trunk of the car. So when I told Charlie about the sale he encouraged me to order a Bike Friday saying he wanted me to get one last summer, what a guy! I'm looking forward to doing a little traveling this summer and riding some new routes with my own personal SAG!!

That is the main reason why I want a folding bike.....more details later!