The FBQ (Frame Builders Questionnaire) will start up again on Monday, April 25th. My thinking being... it'll be more of a treat to have something to look forward to at the beginning of the new week as well as allow folks stopping by here at LFoaB to mill over the first 4 parts in the series. Also, it'll give me a chance to keep preparing new installments-I never expected how involved all this would become when I first came up with the idea a couple weeks ago. Being an editor is challenging to say the least and all of this certainly gives me a new found respect for those that do stuff like this day after day and with real, minute to minute deadlines.
I want to do some riding with Chloe & Amy and the weather is absolutely fecking beautiful! Additionally, I want to get some new photos of my BBC custom, Amy's Atlantis and Chloe's Burley Piccolo outside with all this fantastic sunshine and blue clouds.
On the Velo-Vacation side of things... thanks for all the suggestions. Between those here at LFoaB and various emailings from the Phred Touring List we are set! At this point in time the plan is this-
Amtrak from NYC out to either Lancaster, PA or Northwest Philly, hop off, load up the cycles and go to Strasburg, PA to camp. Use the campsite in Strasburg as a home-hub-base for day trips to-
1. The Strasburg Railroad... one specific reason for this stop (besides lots of train stuff which I find kinda interesting but Chloe & Amy find really interesting) is that during the period we will be in this area the railroad is hosting their annual Ride Along With Thomas: The Tank Engine. Chloe LOVES all things Thomas so she is going to freak when she learns that her daddy has arranged for her to not only see & hang with Thomas but actually go for a ride too! Yaaah!
2. Various Amish museums, farms, buggy rides, petting zoos, quilting sales, etc... all shit that will eat up money & time as well as space in our already overstuffed panniers. (Cool part here is... I get to tell Amy, "Nope we can't buy that honey... no, not because of its cost but because we can't carry the additional weight of it" or "Honey, that won't fit in the pannier"). ;-]
3. Gettysburg National Battlefield... went here a bunch as a kid and haven't been back as an adult. Amy and me will love it but this will probably be El Boring for Chloe.
And that's the Velo-Vacation plan so far and to date.
In closing... A quick note of thanks to all the folks that have made the FBQ such a huge success so far. Besides people responding here at LFoaB I have received over 150 emails from people all over the world offering their kind words of enjoyment of it as well as thanks for it.
Thank You!
Stay tuned... next week will offer up some great entries.
Hey, lemme know when you are doing the trip. You will more then likely be riding on Rt 462 on your way to Gettysburg and we live in York. I'd love to meet up with you and your family and say hi!
Our club did a ride to Gettyburg last fall and the roads in the Battlefield Park are awesome. You'll dig it.
By the way........your FBQ is great:-)
Posted by: George | April 23, 2005 at 02:14 AM
Lancaster is great. We go stare at the Amish a few times per year. The Railroad Museum in worth the trip alone. If you like covered bridges I have a few cue sheets with some nice, quiet county roads with, umm, covered bridges!
I would suggest Amtrak to Lancaster vs. Amtrak to Philly and riding. I've done the ride from Philly to Lancaster and while it is not undoable it might not be all that much fun.
Posted by: fixedgear | April 23, 2005 at 03:09 AM
Hi Scott:
I'm in Lititz, which is 6 miles north of the Lancaster station. Drop me a note when you're coming, I have an extra set of ride maps from the Lancaster Bike Club that I'll lend you.
BTW, the framebuilders interviews are great! I'll be meeting Richard Sachs, Brian Baylis, Ed Litton, Doug Fattic, Bruce Gordon and Darrell McCulloch at the Cirque in Greensboro, NC later this week.
Posted by: Roy H. Drinkwater | April 25, 2005 at 06:51 PM