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Do it! You’ll love it. It’s not always easy, but it is life changing.

Feb 19, 2016 - May 1, 2016 During that time, I had roughly 17-ish non-riding days.

Thank you for helping to clarify the strings. I tried to do my best to explain things, but I am still learning. I will look into my string pressure. It seems to have recently started to get more of a "squeaky" sound. Not sure if something changed recently. I try to keep humidity and temperatures as constant as I can. Thanks again.

@@RattleClack No worries. Humidity and temperature can definitely cause drastic changes in string pressure, you'll figure it all out with practice, amount of cotton on each string is also something you'll have to learn. Very, very little on the chanterelles is the general rule, thicker in the bourdons.

Thank you. I enjoyed making it as much as I enjoyed the ride. It’s hard to put almost 3 months of a ride into an hour long video, but I hope I captured the spirit of the ride. I do still ride. I did the Katy Trail last year and am hoping to post a video of that soon. One of these days I want to tackle the Northern Tier. 🚲

I’ve just wanted one for a while. I have 4 strings & 5 strings, and now this one. It is a lot of fun to play and you don’t realize how much you use the two additional strings until you have to play things differently because they aren’t there. Thanks.

Why 4 when you just need 2?

Thanks. I’m not sure how they work, I think they were originally meant for the neck pick up (on a 4 string) perhaps, and he separated them for this build. Maybe… I’ll have to check with him.

The pickups don't know anything about individual strings. They can work with 2 with 4 with 6 or with 8, as long as those strings are vibrating above them. So it doesn't matter if a pickup has for example 4 magnets, you can still use it with 2 or 6 strings. The "expected" tone comes when each string is directly above the magnet, but it will still work fine (with a little change to the sound due to the extra distant / proximity) even if it's not.

@@foljs5858 Thanks for the reply. I’m only ok with the electronics in guitars, so I leave that for others who know better. 👍🏻

I'm 95% sure those are dimarzio split P pickups. They designed them to be a mini humbucker on each side. Dimarzio says the pickups are 4 conductor so I assume each half has a hot and a ground. So in this application they're being used as a bridge and neck pickup like a jazz bass, but they visually match up with the 2 strings. Or at least that's what I think is going on.

Thanks!

Thanks. I love my bike. The only thing that I had to modify was the height of the handlebars. I added a “stem raiser” (I’m not sure if that is the proper name for it) to raise up the handle bars about 4 inches. That helped quite a bit. It’s been a solid ride.

I don’t. To be honest, I never gave it much thought. I’ll have to look into it. Thx.

@RattleClack I'm within a few months of making this trek and have watched many videos. All, flats galore. I use sealant on my tires. I have a fat tire ebike with tubes and a trek marlin with schwalbe g one speeds tubeless. I had a flat with my ebike. I ran over a license plate bracket with a screw in it. Tire did go flat, but simply pulling over and airing it back up was suffice. When you pull the weapon of mass destruction out, the sealant fills the hole and the air pressure dries it. I haven't added air to that tire since then. Probably since August. Just scares me how many flats I've seen and wondered if everyone was using sealant .

I’m going by memory, but I seem to remember some people saying there was an alternate route that by passes the ferry… but I am not 100% certain.

Thank you. It was a really fun and life changing adventure. I really want to do the Northern Tier next, but things keep getting in the way… one day.

Thank you for the compliment. I love my Novara. My seat is made by Spiderflex. www.spiderflex.com

Yes. I would typically try to charge GoPro batteries and my phone and stuff when I had electricity at campgrounds or restaurants or wherever. I would supplement with the solar. I felt that I couldn’t always rely on solar charging. Too many variables involved when you’re riding. I would try to have the panels on my bike, but they didn’t alway work, due to weather or position of the Sun vs. position of my bike. They seemed to work better, when I could set up at a camp site in a more stable location.

Thank you. It’s a Spiderflex saddle. Very comfy once you get it just right. Here’s the website: www.spiderflex.com

Yes. I met several people traveling using only Google Maps. I used it several times in addition to my maps. I think having both is a good way to do it.

I've ridden across the US & up the California coast & all I ever used is Google maps with AAA paper map backup. I've never planned any ride. I just ride. Google Maps is great. Just make sure to not erase your cache at anytime because Murphy will attack in the middle of nowhere when there's no data signal. The maps will work off of the cache until your phone regains the signal. Hope that makes sense.

Awesome achievement as well.

Thank you! I’m hoping to do the Northern Tier one of these days as well…

Thank you. I had a lot of fun doing it. Hope to do the Northern Tier one day and make a video.

Thank you. You will love the ride. It’s truly life changing.

Thank you

Thank you. I generally had enough water. 4 water bottles. The only time I started to run low was when I was going through the desert. I packed extra, but it was a long day of pedaling.

@@halfwheelband thanks for the response. What was the longest distance you went through the desert without a store or gas station with food and drink?

@@robbieb2011 I’m going by memory, but I think the day I rode through the desert was 80-ish miles. I think. It was a very long day. I stopped in Glamis, but everything was closed. There was a soda machine and I bought 6-7 sodas and water. I considered staying there overnight (camping), but decided to move on. I got into the next city late that evening. I really liked that part of the ride. For me, everything west of the Texas Hill Country was amazing. I enjoyed all of the trip, but the western portion was my favorite.

Thank you. The ride will change your life. It’s an incredible journey.

Do it. It will change your life! I really had a wonderful time on this trip. There were times that were challenging, but overall, it was an incredible journey. I’d love to do it again.

I left from St Augustine, Fl. on Feb. 18th and caught a train back from San Diego on May 3rd (if my memory is correct). When I arrived in Austin, I had 3 down days before flying to Orlando for a week. I did the same thing in Phoenix and flew to Pittsburgh for a week. Both of these were work related, so I didn’t add them to the movie. Aside from that, I took a day off in Dauphin Springs, Al and a day off at the Observatory. I think that was it… oh, and I only did 10 miles one day, due to weather. I think that’s pretty much the way it was. 😊

@@halfwheelband thanks you! I will start my trip of the southern tier on feb. 28 from San Diego, if all goes well. Lets see how long it takes me :-) Greetings from germany!

Hope this helps you find a set. Let me know if you can’t. I may be able to find a pair for you.

Thanks. Was there supposed to be a link to seat? Handlebars?@@halfwheelband

@@frankhurley9983 weird. It was a link to the handle bars from REI.