Family OBX Loop

[Butch1979]

We recently had an awesome 6 day trip with our little girl. We stayed in hotels and biked about 50 miles each day totaling just under 300 miles. We used adventure cycling association maps, starting in Elizabeth City NC and looping all the way back through the OBX. My daughter and I toured on our Surly Big Dummy with her Yepp seat on the back.

Our blog has all the daily details, but the below videos capture some of the highlights. Enjoy, and get out there on your bikes!

 

[mtnbike28]

Great videos! Cute girl!

 

[Butch1979]

Great videos! Cute girl!

Thanks! She takes after her mom. Trip was a real success.

 

[mtnbike28]

Even my wife sat and watched the videos with me!

 

[Butch1979]

Even my wife sat and watched the videos with me!

Best compliment ever! We have a good time documenting our adventures and appealing to my wife's creative nature.

 

[rcharrette]

What fun, well done!

 

[Co-opski]

Butch thanks for posting and taking us along for the ride.

 

[p nut]

Butch, how are you transporting the Big Dummy? Care to post up your set up?

 

[Butch1979]

Butch, how are you transporting the Big Dummy? Care to post up your set up?

Funny you would ask... At the moment it just sits in the middle of our van, however this is a huge waist of space


Our thule rack pictured above is currently with a welder who is extending the tray 12 inches so we can put the bike where it belongs. The next step is a receiver on the front of the van so we can freely open the rear doors without needing to remove the bikes.

Butch

 

[Butch1979]

Chapter 4

 

[p nut]

Funny you would ask... At the moment it just sits in the middle of our van, however this is a huge waist of space

Our thule rack pictured above is currently with a welder who is extending the tray 12 inches so we can put the bike where it belongs. The next step is a receiver on the front of the van so we can freely open the rear doors without needing to remove the bikes.

Butch

Thanks for the reply. I am still contemplating how to bring the BD along in my LC. I think it would be too wide to carry on the bike rack. I am thinking of a vertical set up like this:

http://northshoreracks.com/NSR 4-bike.htm

It would probably need to be custom, though. Perhaps a cheaper/simpler option is to have a S&S coupler installed.

Nice videos, by the way. I'll just leave my comments at this, as to not hijack the thread.

 

[Butch1979]

Another video from the trip. We are wishing this trip never ended.

 

[Co-opski]

Another video from the trip. We are wishing this trip never ended.

Great job love the movies.

 

[Butch1979]

Last video

Last video from our OBX trip