Fellow Doper Quasimodem is taking on an honorable task by going on a 750+ mile bike ride from Dallas, Texas to Dallas, Georgia to raise money for animal shelters in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia.
I learned about the ride when he asked a question in GQ about some Web site stuff, and he was very happy for the help from me and another Doper, Twoflower who set Quasi up with the ability to create MP3 voicemail messages from the road that could be posted to his site.
I’ve been keeping up with the audio clips, they’re pretty interesting. I’ve never “known” anyone who has taken a 700-mile bike ride!
I thought I’d post this for everyone to cheer Quasi on - pet lovers and biking enthusiasts alike. He didn’t ask me to post this…but I think it’s a great feat anyway.
Dang - he slipped up on me! I had meant to go out to the Trace and see if I could spot him passing through. I did pass his schedule along to some biking friends of mine - I hope some of them could ride along with him today.
Quasi, a good guy who’s always helped other people is now going waaaay out of his way to help animals too? Yeah, I can pretty much see that.
Knowing what a butt feels like the day after a 100 plus mile ride, it’s doubly impressive to see someone get back on that same infernal seat and do it all over again… and again… and again.
Rock solid, Quasi, that’s what you are. Rock solid.
Just bumping this thread…Sunday is Quasi’s last day of the ride (hopefully…that’s the schedule).
I hadn’t noticed this before, but here is his blog that chronicles the ride.
Poor guy ran into a lot of hills - he had to walk the bike in parts of Mississippi! He also ran into some tornado warnings and hail.
The blog is interesting to bikers…he goes over some stuff he’s learned on his ride, such as problems with hydration and how walkie-talkies don’t quite work in the wind. He’s switched to having to use hand signals with his team.
