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Coast2Coast - Find My Bike

Spot Tracker

I carry a Spot Gen3 tracker. This sends tracking messages directly to satellites every 5 minutes. Good for tracking my progress when I’m out of cell phone range. The map will refresh automatically every 5 minutes.

The map shows my last 4 hours of riding. This could be 40 to 60 some miles of riding depending upon my average speed.

Coast2Coast - On bike checklists

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FastBack System Bag

1 Lezyne Multitool (tagged)
1 Lezyne Road tire pump (tagged)
2 ParkTool steel tire irons (tagged)
1 NEW tube repair patch kit (tagged)
1 CO2 inflator with 2 cartridges
2 28-622 tube (rear R-84 wheel)
2 28-406 tube (front R-84 wheel, one with valve extender already on)
3 park emergency tire boot
2 valve extender (with tools)
1 Reading glasses (cheater)
1 Quicklink
1 Pair SPD cleats and bolts
6 Tie wraps
1 Red shop rag (tagged)

Red Arkel Seatback Bag

Road-ID bracelet
Heart rate monitor (w/new battery)
Fanny (belly) pack (small and quick on/off bike capability)

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Wireless cadence sensor (w/new battery)
Backup bicycle computer with mileage and at least 6 month battery

Flying - Georgetown TX to Little Rock AR (round trip)

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Beautiful day 200 knots at 9000 feet.

Stayed down low to avoid headwinds at higher altitude. Travel time just under 2 hours from Georgetown TX to Little Rock AR.

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On the way back the next day the winds had changed direction and to avoid a 30 knot headwind I hopped up to 16,000 feet. Above 12,500 feet oxygen is required by the FAA hence the cannula.

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Question on Facebook: “Wow!!! Why so high???”

Faster, smoother, no other traffic.

It was 20 minutes faster getting home at 16k feet. Two hours travel time vs 2 hours and 20 minutes at a lower altitude.

At 8k feet and below there was rough turbulence. At 9k feet there was a 30 knot headwind which kept getting less and less the higher you fly. At 16k feet the headwind was down to 4 knots. And, roughly, for every 1k feet above 10k the plane flys 2 knots faster because of less dense air.

At almost 250 mph this plane is fast. I start my decent about 100 miles out. As I descend over Waco I realise I’m less than 15 minutes from landing at Georgetown.

Since I almost always fly IFR you can usually view my flights on flightaware.com.

N581GL on Flightaware.com

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Coast2Coast - Checklists

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Coast2Coast - Google Map w/OG

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Reading through the various crazyguyonabike blogs I was able to piece together a pretty good schedule for my Coast 2 Coast ride this spring.

The map is probably not exact because the ride varies slightly year to year.

Put your mouse over the markers to see the date and location (city, state).

Coast2Coast - Google Map w/OG

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Coast2Coast - Google Map

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Reading through the various crazyguyonabike blogs I was able to piece together a pretty good schedule for my Coast 2 Coast ride this spring.

The map is probably not exact because the ride varies slightly year to year.

Put your mouse over the markers to see the date and location (city, state).

Coast2Coast - Schedule

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Reading through the various crazyguyonabike blogs I was able to piece together a pretty good schedule for my Coast 2 Coast ride this spring.

All the dates and places below are subject to some amount of change. The begin and end dates are solid though.

Robyn is going to be loosely follow along in El Heffe Rojo (our big, fire engine red, Mercedes Crew Van). She will be joining up with me every now and then.

#	Date	Day	Leave	Arrive	Mil	Total	Type	Notes	Lunch
	26-Feb	Sun	Austin, TX	El Paso, TX				Drive to CA
	27-Feb	Mon	El Paso, TX	San Diego, CA			Hotel	Drive to CA Ocean Villa Inn 5142 W Point Loma Blvd San Diego, CA 92107
	28-Feb	Tues	El Paso, TX				Hotel
	01-Mar	Wed					Hotel	Tour San Diego
	02-Mar	Thurs					Hotel	Tour San Diego
	03-Mar	Fri	San Diego, CA				Hotel	Rider's Meeting
01	04-Mar	Sat	San Diego, CA route	Alpine, CA	42		Camp	START! Ma Tar Awa Viejas Camper Park 25 Browns Rd, Alpine, CA 91901 Jan27 talk w/Veronica Check in when there She'll place close to Bubba's	Roberto's Taco Shop 12401 Woodside Ave Lakeside, CA 92040
02	05-Mar	Sun	Alpine, CA	Live Oak Springs, CA	32	74	Camp	Ma Tar Awa Viejas Camper Park 25 Browns Rd, Alpine, CA 91901	37820 Old Hwy 80 Boulevard CA 91905
03	06-Mar	Mon	Live Oak Springs, CA	Calexico, CA	63	137	Indoor	Calexico Mission School +40 miles is center of world The Spot - Felicity CA	Red Feather Cafe,Ocotillo
04	07-Mar	Tue	Calexico, CA	Yuma, AZ	65	202	Indoor	National Guard Armory	Center of the World, Felicity Cafe open 11:00 to 3:00
05	08-Mar	Wed	Yuma, AZ	Dateland, AZ	70	272	Camp	Date milk shake	Jac's Whistle Stop Cafe Tacna, CA
06	09-Mar	Thur	Dateland, AZ	Gila Bend, AZ	52	324	Camp	Gila Bend KOA Journey Mar06 thru 10th reserved for Robyn	Sofia's Mexican Food 616 E Pima St Gila Bend, AZ 85337
07	10-Mar	Fri	Gila Bend, AZ	Casa Grande, AZ	74	398	Indoor	Guard Armory 302 E Cottonwood	Stanfield Ranch Market Stanfield, CA
08	11-Mar	Sat	Casa Grande, AZ	Catalina, AZ	69	476	Camp	Catalina State Park Have to move each night B72,B13,B42 Reserved 10th-12th	Nico's Mexican Food 11855 W Marana Rd Marana, AZ 85653
09	12-Mar	Sun	Catalina, AZ					REST DAY
10	13-Mar	Mon	Catalina, AZ	Tucson, AZ	43	510	Camp	Adventure Bound Camping Resorts 10195 S Houghton Rd Tucson, AZ 85747 Cactus Country	Seis Regional Mexican Cuisine 100 South Avenida del Convento #200 Tucson, AZ 85745
11	14-Mar	Tues	Tucson, AZ	Tombstone, AZ	73	583	Hotel	Landmark Lookout Lodge Hotel 781 N Highway 80 Tombstone, AZ King Room Booked	Cunningham's Ranch House Restaurant 3250 AZ-82 Sonoita, AZ 85637
12	15-Mar	Wed	Tombstone, AZ	Douglas, AZ	50	633	Hotel	Gadsden Hotel 1046 G Ave, Douglas, AZ (520) 364-4481 Robyn in Best Western	High Desert Market 203 Tombstone Canyon Bisbee, AZ 85603
13	16-Mar	Thurs	Douglas, AZ	Rodeo, NM	59	692	Indoor	Painted Pony Ranch (John Mcafee) Painted Pony Resort 257 Painted Pony Road Rodeo, NM 88056 Bring $50 cash to estate mgr	Geronimo Surrender Monument San Simon, AZ 85632 NO FOOD - Pack Lunch
14	17-Mar	Fri	Rodeo, NM	Columbus, NM	95	787	Indoor	Columbus Elementary School 7450 Altura Ave, Columbus, NM (575) 531-2710 Mar 17th-18th reserved hacienda de villa motel confirmed by phone Mile 26 Continental Divide	Hachita NM NO FOOD - Pack Lunch
15	18-Mar	Sat	Columbus, NM					REST DAY
16	19-Mar	Sun	Columbus, NM	El Paso, TX	75	862	Hotel	Sleep Inn - 953 Sunland Parkway Robyn reserved Comfort Inn	Lunch at MM134 NO FOOD - Pack Lunch
17	20-Mar	Mon	El Paso, TX	Ft. Hancock, TX	61	923	Indoor	Fort Hancock High School 100 W School St, Fort Hancock, TX (915) 769-3811 Robyn reserved at Van Horn RV Park (tomorrow's destination)	La Changa Restaurant 108 Main St Fabens, TX 79838
18	21-Mar	Tues	Ft. Hancock, TX	Van Horn, TX	74	997	Camp	Van Horn RV Park 10 Kampers Lane, Van Horn, TX (432) 283-2728	Michael's Restaurant 561 E El Paso St Sierra Blanca, TX 79851
19	22-Mar	Wed	Van Horn, TX	Marfa, TX	73	1,070	Indoor	Marfa Activity Center 105 N Mesa St. Thunderbird Hotel Queen Reserved	Kay Johnson Memorial Library Valentine, TX
20	23-Mar	Thurs	Marfa, TX	Marathon, TX	57	1,127	Camp	Marathon Motel & RV Park 701 US-90 Marathon, TX 79842	Bread & Breakfast Bakery Cafe 113 W Holland Ave Alpine, TX 79830
21	24-Mar	Fri	Marathon, TX					REST DAY
22	25-Mar	Sat	Marathon, TX	Sanderson, TX	55	1,182	Indoor	Sanderson High School 100 W Hackberry St Sanderson, TX 79848 Robyn leaves for home 5 hour drive to Georgetown	Sanderson. Food available in Stripes Gas station
23	26-Mar	Sun	Sanderson, TX	Comstock, TX	81	1,263	Camp	Seminole Canyon State Park
24	27-Mar	Mon	Comstock, TX	Fort Clark Springs, TX	73	1,336	Camp	Campers World on Campers World Rd
25	28-Mar	Tues	Brackettville, TX	Concan, TX	74	1,410	Cabin	Yeargan's RiverBend Resort 830-232-6616 Robyn camping w/Liz 28th & 29th.
26	29-Mar	Wed	Concan, TX				Cabin	REST DAY
27	30-Mar	Thurs	Concan, TX	Kerrville, TX	72	1,482	Camp	Kerrville-Schreiner Park 2385 Bandera Hwy Kerrville, TX 78028 Site #211
28	31-Mar	Fri	Kerrville, TX	Blanco, TX	59	1,541	Camp	Blanco State Park Screened shelter w/electric
29	01-Apr	Sat	Blanco, TX	Lockhart, TX	62	1,603	Camp	Lockhart State Park Robyn attending concert in Canyon Lake Robyn going ahead to Mexican Hill Ranch Reserved Apr01-Apr05
30	02-Apr	Sun	Lockhart, TX	La Grange, TX	60	1,663	Indoor	Randolph Recreation Center 653 E Pearl St La Grange, TX 78945
31	03-Apr	Mon	La Grange, TX	Richards, TX	89	1,752	Camp	Mexican Hill Ranch Checkpoint Harley 7774 FM 1486 Richards, TX 77873
32	04-Apr	Tues	Richards, TX				Camp	REST DAY
33	05-Apr	Wed	Richards, TX	Shepherd, TX	64	1,816	Camp	Shepherd Sanctuary 1445 Shraderville Rd. Shepherd, TX (281)705-2581	The Hop 14801 TX-150 Coldspring, TX 77331
34	06-Apr	Thurs	Shepherd, TX	Silsbee, TX	61	1,877	Camp	Red Cloud RV Park 2351 US-96 Silsbee, TX 77656 Cabin 2 night minimum She'll call Robyn on 04/01 to confirm.	Mama Jack's 215 S Pine St Kountze, TX 77625
35	07-Apr	Fri	Silsbee, TX	DeRidder, LA	73	1,950	Hotel	Quality Inn 505 E 1st St DeRidder, LA 70634 Robyn in Austin Apr07-12
36	08-Apr	Sat	DeRidder, LA	Opelousas, LA	91	2,041	Hotel	Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Opelousas 5696 I-49 Frontage Rd Opelousas, LA 70570 Robyn attend Patty Griffin concert in Austin
37	09-Apr	Sun	Opelousas, LA	St. Francisville, LA	68	2,109	Camp	Camp Marydale, a Girl Scout camp Robyn in Austin
38	10-Apr	Mon	St. Francisville, LA				Camp	REST DAY Robyn in Austin
39	11-Apr	Tues	St. Francisville, LA	Franklinton, LA	86	2,195	Indoor	Hillcrest Baptist Church Gym 2201 Washington St Franklinton, LA 70438 Robyn in Austin
40	12-Apr	Wed	Franklinton, LA	Poplarville, MS	45	2,240	Indoor	Armory Robyn in Austin
41	13-Apr	Thurs	Poplarville, MS	Ocean Springs, MS	72	2,312	Indoor	National Guard Armory 7104 McCann Robyn in JellyStone (Kerrville) Apr13-16
42	14-Apr	Fri	Ocean Springs, MS	Dauphin Island, AL	83	2,395	Camp	Dauphin Island Park & Beach Board 109 Bienville Blvd Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Robyn in JellyStone (Kerrville)
43	15-Apr	Sat	Dauphin Island, AL				Camp	REST DAY Robyn in JellyStone (Kerrville)
44	16-Apr	Sun	Dauphin Island, AL	Pensacola, FL	57	2,452	Indoor	Days Inn 710 N Palafox Robyn leaves JellyStone (Easter) Drive 536 miles to Baton Rouge
45	17-Apr	Mon	Pensacola, FL	Milton, FL	45	2,497	Camp	KOA 8700 Gulf Pines Dr. Milton, FL Robyn drives 270 miles to KOA (30 year anniversary)	Shrimp Basket Milton 6389 US-90 Milton, FL 32570
46	18-Apr	Tues	Milton, FL	DeFuniak Springs , FL	55	2,552	Camp	Paradise Island Resort Robyn drives ahead to: Arrowhead Campground Cabin #4 for two nights w/bathroom and shower prepaid one night	Simply Good BBQ 12496 US-90 Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
47	19-Apr	Wed	DeFuniak Springs , FL	Marianna, FL	69	2,621	Camp	Arrowhead Campground	Bailey's Surf & Turf 1229 Jackson Ave Chipley, FL 32428
48	20-Apr	Thurs	Marianna, FL	Tallahassee, FL	80	2,701	Hotel	Best Western Seminole 6737 Mahan Dr Tallahassee BW is closed. Robyn at Quality Inn (same address).	Gadsden County Clerk of Courts 10 E Jefferson St Quincy, FL 32351
49	21-Apr	Fri	Tallahassee, FL	Live Oak, FL	77	2,778	Indoor	Suwannee County Fairgrounds 1302 SW 11th St. Live Oak, FL Apr21-24 Robyn reservations at: Holliday Inn Gainesville FL.	Madison! Food options next 1.5 miles. Eat lunch here. No restaurants after this point today.
50	22-Apr	Sat	Live Oak, FL	Gainesville, FL	83	2,861	Indoor	North Central Florida YMCA 5201 NW 34th Blvd Gainesville, FL 32605	Bob's Butts BBQ Restaurant and Catering 12224 Co Rd 137 Wellborn, FL 32094 The Diner 19726NW hwy 441 High Springs, FL 32643
51	23-Apr	Sun	Gainesville, FL	Palatka, FL	53	2,914	Indoor	Florida National Guard 1301 Moseley Ave Palatka, FL 32177	Nanna's Country Cafe 1156 FL-20 Interlachen, FL 32148
52	24-Apr	Mon	Palatka, FL	St. Augustine, FL	43	2,957	Hotel	FINISHED! Hampton Inn 430 A1A Beach Boulevard St. Augustine	A1A Ale Works 1 King St #101 St Augustine, FL 32084 Get a balcony seat and enjoy lunch with a view!

Coast2Coast

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I’ve signed up for Bubba’s Coast2Coast ride.

Starting March 3rd on the Pacific Coast, San Diego CA, we will bike ~ 3,000 miles and end up on the Atlantic Coast in St. Augustine FL.

The route:

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I’ll be riding my Lightning R-84.

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For reference: blogs of people who have ridden Bubba’s Coast 2 Coast ride.

Coast2Coast 2016 - blogspot - By Wayne Andresen

Coast2Coast 2016 - crazyguyonabike - By Chrysa Niewald

Coast2Coast 2015 - crazyguyonabike - By Wayne Andresen

Coast2Coast 2013 - crazyguyonabike - By Dawn Wilson

Coast2Coast 2013 - crazyguyonabike - By Joyce Bricker

NOCOM

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Last weekend I bought a “used” Velokraft NoCom.

I purchased the NoCom from a friend (Gary Bradford), who purchased from a friend (Andy Baker), who purchased from a guy in Oklahoma City. That is all I know about the history of the bike.

It looks like the bike has NEVER been ridden. Not a drop of oil, grease, grime, dirt or anything on the bike.

All pictures on this page are small images. Click any picture to view an original actual size picture (about 30 MB each).

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###A little NoCom history###

In the early 2000’s several bike enthusiasts, bike racers and dealers were collaborating to design the ultimate racing bike. In 2003 the group approached Kamil Manecki, owner of Velokraft Recumbents in Poland regarding manufacture of their design. Velokraft was world renown for it’s beautiful carbon work and recumbent bikes. The group agreed that there was to be “No Compromise” in the design and build of this bike - it was to be built for speed. Therefore the name of this bike was conceived, the Velokraft “NOCOM”.

The main requirements levied by the group were that it be light in weight, made of carbon fiber, have a 700c rear wheel for reduced road drag, be as aero as possible, the seat be integrated into the frame, a sliding front boom for adjustment and the frame extend over the wheels to provide small splitter fairings as much as possible.

In 2004 the first NoCom was completed. During the next years improvements were made to the NoCom making it lighter and faster. This NoCom is the 3rd generation of the original. The bike does have an internal frame compartment which can house the rider’s water bladder and small toolkit. That is the only convenience - no water bottle holders or anything else.

In late 2014 or early 2015 Kamil closed Velokraft recumbents so there may never be another NoCom. I would guess that fewer than 100 were built. Many people have said that the NoCom was the fastest bike ever built.

###Extra parts###

It came with an extra rear wheel, an extra front wheel and two extra front booms.

The rear disk wheel is an 8 speed and the rear training wheel is a 9 speed. If you click the through to the larger picture you can see the wheels have never been used.