# Doper does awesome bike ride for good cause
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 9, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692 "2008-04-09T23:11:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/1 "2008-04-09T23:11:42Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457731) 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.
Well, he’s on the ride now and is about halfway there - his ride ends in Georgia on April 12th. [Here’s the site](http://www.d2d4wetnoses.com/theride.html) for his ride [here is the page with the audio clips](http://www.d2d4wetnoses.com/theride.html) from the road.
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.
[Note: I got mod permission to make this post.]
[PS you can pledge a donation on the site!]
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### Author:  [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/2 "2008-04-10T02:20:19Z")
w00t! w00t! Go Mr. Quasimodem!
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/3 "2008-04-10T02:25:11Z")
Good luck, dude!
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/4 "2008-04-10T02:27:34Z")
Awesome! Good for you, **Quasimodem**!
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/5 "2008-04-10T04:22:46Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/6 "2008-04-10T04:36:45Z")
Thanks for starting this thread,\*\* Zipper\*\* – I was thinking of doing the same thing but I’ve been swamped.
I’ve been enjoying his messages from the road — go Quasi!
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### Author:  [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/7 "2008-04-10T11:08:21Z")
What a great thing to do! And it sounds like fun.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/8 "2008-04-10T12:00:26Z")
**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.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/9 "2008-04-10T16:39:29Z")
His voicemail for Wednesday was pretty sad. He talked about how Wednesday is…well, it’s euthanization day at the pounds he’s working with.
That must really suck to be on a 100-mile stretch of bike ride and have that weighing on your heart the whole time. How sad ☹
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/10 "2008-04-10T17:02:25Z")
The two-letter designation for Mississippi is MS. It is not MI.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/11 "2008-04-10T18:06:22Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster]
The two-letter designation for Mississippi is MS. It is not MI.
[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I noticed that too. I listened to that message wondering why he was in Michigan, hoping that it wasn’t some huge disaster!
But, he’s got a really nice person doing his site updates, I think for free, so we’ll have to let her slide.
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/12 "2008-04-10T23:17:09Z")
Go Go **Quasi** Racer! Cheering you on 🙂
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/13 "2008-04-13T03:21:09Z")
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](http://d2d4wetnoses.blogspot.com/) 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.
Good luck, **Quasi** , on your final stretch home!
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### Author:  [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-does-awesome-bike-ride-for-good-cause/444692/14 "2008-04-13T13:48:20Z")
More _speedy_ wishes! Go **Quasi** go!!