So... we sold our tandem. Yup. She's gone. No, she wasn't behaving badly, this is just what made sense. We're taking off to go hike the Overland Track in a few hours... then we have a few more days in Aussie, and we'll be off to New Zealand. Where we'll be mostly hiking. So she's gone... we can hardly believe it.
Oh, and her full name was "Bellabimbi"... we didn't really have a good name for her at the start of the trip, and we were inspired (mostly by Aussie town names) that we had a new name for her every day for the first few days of the tour... here are some...
- Truly de Vyne
- Croajinaglong (Kim doesn't know, but this is gonna be the name of our first kid..."Croa" for short...)
- Walla-Bie
- Pure Magic
- Self Reliance
- Minkus
note: we're thinking, after our "backpacking/diving" portion of our trip, to go to Bangkok and buy another bike for touring Japan... any recommendations for a good place to pick up a bike in Asia? 2 single bikes, not tandem... just cuz we probably won't wanna deal with transport.
Coming Soon... "Cycling the East Coast of Tassie"
And not so soon... "The Over(priced?)Land Track"
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Hey Yu-
Great blog! I have friends that lived in Bangkok for a couple of years and they're bikers. They suggested: There are two great bike shops in BKK one is called ProBike and is a bit more expensive but they speak english and most likely even have a website the other is called Siam bike and are much cheaper for the same stuff.
Hope that helps!
Wow! The tandem is gone. No more tandems? I was looking forward to seeing the two of you biking to my house on your tandem in Japan. Well hope you find good bikes. When do you think you are coming?
Thanks for the comment Kelly! I'll look into it. And for all those that have asked... selling the tandem was an option we have always thought of. We were very happy with it, and have felt naked with it some days... like 2 days ago when I stood by the side of the road trying to hitch a ride out of Derwent Bridges... MAN, I missed Bella then.
But, as it goes, it looks like we're going to be buying a van in New Zealand... and doing some island/country hopping on the way up to Japan... which isn't very easy to do with a tandem... and not worth it, especially if we aren't going to use it. BUT... rest assured... I have promised Kim that we'll get another tandem when we get back... someday.
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