I will continue adding to this list as I find more sites.

Dahon Folding Bikes

Downtube Folding Bikes 

 Bike Friday

    Today you have filled me with rage fueled by disappointment and unmet expectations.  I was not sure what to do with my feelings, so I figured I would take a cue from my cousin Jessica and write you an open letter that you cannot read.

   After years of watching richer, cooler people whiz past me at stoplights on more expensive Go Bikes and Dahon's, that I could not afford, I was so happy and excited to find you!  Within minutes of discovering your beautiful $180 price tag, I googled the SEPTA regional rail map to determine if purchasing you could fulfill my bike commute fantasies. I watched your demo video on your website, and underwent scorning from my friends when I showed them the link.  I even wrote you a blog post!

   I was so happy and excited when I ordered you, and had you delivered to my friend's house.  I loved you so much, I would not have you delivered to my door, where you could be stolen if I was at work or napping.  I sent you to the friend I trust the most: Fredda. This is where the blindsiding began from you dear folding bike.   I endured hours of teasing at a BBQ at her house, from my friends who mocked your unique style.  I defended you valiantly, proclaiming how my butt would soon shrink, while my friends got fatter in their SUV's. 

   So, while the timbuk2 messenger bag I ordered to match you came ASAP in the mail, you arrived to Fredda's late!  On top of that, when I arrived to pick you up, you came damaged!  Your beautiful box was full of holes, and you were so damaged in shipping that I had to return you! I took so much care to deliver you to the proper place, and you took no care in wrapping yourself for shipping so you would be ready for me to ride you.  While I carefully choose my clothing in which to bike, you carelessly choose to dress yourself for shipping!

  This was very problematic for me folding Bike!  My return meant I had to endure my week at the beach without you! While my in-laws exercised on their bikes, with a refreshing breeze in their face, I was forced to burn off my fried seafood by running in the hot southern sun! While I was running (when I should have been riding you) I fell into quicksand up to my waist and fell over in front of a high rise condo filled with hundreds of people! Even small children and old people laughed at me! They should have been watching with awe and envy as I unfolded you on the sidewalk, but instead they were pointing and laughing.

   It only got worse from there folding bike.  I was so excited when you arrived for the second time, and I took you on a test ride to the train station, but my excitement soon turned to embarrassment when your chain fell off, and I could not get it back on.  All of the fat rednecks in their trucks and air brushed conversion vans viewed me with mockery while I pushed you back to my house in my walk of shame.

    My husband, who has yet to fail me this horribly, fixed you and taught me how to make up for your deficiencies.  This was wise, as your chain has fallen off FOUR MORE TIMES! We had two or three fun days in the sun as I brought you along as my SEPTA buddy and rode you to my office, but then you began to fail me again.  Even though it was 95 degrees outside that day, I did not want to let you down, so I decided to ride to work anyways.  

   As it turns out, this was a ridiculous decision because as I was riding down Market st. with your orange paint glistening in the sun, YOUR PEDAL FELL OFF!  I, in turn, fell off of you, and smashed my stomach into your handle bar. Once again, I was the subject of public scorn as hung over Drexel students laughed at me while I dragged your frame in one hand, and your crank in the other.  I was mocked so severely that I hid behind a tree to put your pedal back on.  I woke up the next morning with a hideous bruise on the stomach fat I thought I'd lose by commuting with you to work.

   When I realized I could not finish riding you to work, I had to call my boss/friend to leave a meeting to pick me up.  But, you know what? HER PHONE WAS OFF! This meant that the secretary had to YELL what my problem was up a flight of stairs, on the first day of new staff orientation.  She was in a meeting with her boss, so she had to send her assistant to come and rescue me. 

    I dragged you home again, and my husband fixed you again, as we began to patch up our relationship. I continued to ride you faithfully, even twice with strep!! BUT TODAY YOU FAILED ME AGAIN! This time, I was riding you in front of a group of my clients on Lancaster ave. in West Philadelphia, and as soon as I waved, YOUR PEDAL FELL OFF AGAIN! I again, crashed my bike, and was almost hit by a trolley and a car!  Now, not only do hung over drexel students laugh at me, so too do my clients whom I am supposed to supervise. I was so angry at you while I pushed you to 30th street, that I considered throwing you into the river.  I blissfully considered this thought while near the bridge, and you should know that the only thing that saved you from your watery doom was a bored police officer standing nearby.  

   Consider our relationship over folding bike! Once a hater, always a hater!  You have hated on me by embarrassing me, and treating my feelings with disrespect. Oh well, I guess I will unload you to an unsuspecting environmentalist on craigslist, and get a Dahon for Christmas. And BTW, mother earth hates  you too, because since you cannot control your components, I will be forced to spew fumes into her atmosphere.  This further complicates things, because it is giving John McCain more reasons to drill for oil for my car in a WILDLIFE REFUGE! Your lack of coming through for me is increasing demand, and giving that DRILL, BABY, DRILL crowd more fuel for their fire. Thanks, but no thanks folding bike, for your wheels that got me nowhere.

A video by Marc van Woudenberg of Amsterdamize fame, it's a professional, snappy and entertaining. And only a bit over 29 seconds...:-)
Even in a bike loving city like Amsterdam a folder can be useful.

First off, I had my big concert this weekend.

It was the 10th Anniversary of the band in which I play.  We even commissioned a piece for the occasion and gave the "world premiere" of it!  This was also the piece where I had a solo.  (Small solo- but still!)  Truth be told, I had numerous little solos throughout the concert.

Yes- INTENTIONAL solos, you catty bitches.

For those band geeks who are curious, the lineup for the concert was as follows:

• American Fanfare
• Children's March (by Grainger)
• Arutunian Trumpet Concerto
• Down a Country Lane (Copland)
• Spring Divertimento
• Gavorkna Fanfare
• Mozart Flute Concerto
• Milestone (the commissioned piece)
• Toccata Marziale (Vaughn Williams)
• Circus Bee

Oh, and remember the Asian dude who was going to steal my thunder and play in the concert and "help" me on first chair?  Yeah, well he didn't feel "comfortable" with his preparation level, so he bowed out of the concert.

Yeah!  You got SERVED, bitch!

According to the feedback that I received, the concert went VERY well.  Evidently it was the best concert of the year.  Kyle was there, along with his friend Scott.  Jim was there with his nephew Matthew.  Cable Access was there recording it.  And my MOTHER came up for the occasion.

Of course having mom here meant several things:

(a) I had to 'defag' the place before she arrived

(b) I didn't get to whore online

(c) I didn't get to work out

(d) I ate like crap

(e) I slept on the couch

Having mom in town also meant entertaining her- making sure that we had "activities" to do rather than just sit on the couch watching Lifetime.  On Saturday we explored the unique shops on Grand avenue.  And on Sunday, I took her to Ikea.

She'd never been.

GASP!  I know!  Never been in an Ikea!

Once there, she fell in love with the place and found a table and several other items that she wanted.  And I found this chair.  In the As-Is section, no less!

I call it my "Wonder Woman" chair.  Because it reminds me of her invisible jet.  I use it for my desk chair because the style totally compliments my Mac.

I was going to pay full price for the chair-- but they didn't have any in stock.  When I found ONE of them in the As-Is section (marked down 25 dollars), I took it as a sign and scooped it up.

***RECORD SCRATCH SEGUE***

I also fixed my bike this weekend!

After mom left on Sunday afternoon, it was all of 10 minutes before I was getting dressed to go on a bikeride.  I needed to burn off some serious pizza and beer calories.

Unfortunately I've still been having occasional derailleur trouble with my folding bike.  I have been forced to make several cable adjustments during my previous rides because the gearing tended to skip some.  I would fix the issue mostly, but would still have intermittant issues, especially with 3rd gear for some reason.  And I never quite solved the issue which royally pissed me off.

Well- before my ride today I flipped my bike upside down and tried to cycle through the gears to verify that all was working well.  It wasn't.  As I got up to 7th and 8th gears I noticed that nothing happened with the derailleur when I changed between the two.

Which caused me to start poking around back by the derailleur hub.  That was when I found this:

Yes- the yellow arrow and the red/yellow lines are the "derailleur adjustment setting" marks that were described oh so poorly in the instruction packet.  And naturally the alignment was NOT close when I started.

Those bikeshop fuckwads didn't know how to set the goddamn thing.  It took ME to figure it out-- and I'm GAY!

(Here, I am using the term 'gay' in a stereotypical context which assumes that I am mechanically incompetent and more inclined to call repairmen to watch them bend over rather than attempting repairs myself.  Which of course I am.)

On the bright side, all of my bike's gears are working now, and my ride was quite enjoyable.  Here are some pictures from my bikeride:

This is the view from the top of the Mounds Park trail.  As you can see, spring is JUST starting to sprung up here.

I have never seen sculling on the Mississippi before.  The current must be a real bitch.

One of the things I kept was my bike.

I currently own a Giant Iguana (with the smoke chrome earth-killing paint job).  Its a mountain bike and its a sturdy fucker.  I bought it new back in 1991 when I started Grad School.  It was identical to one of my best friend's bikes (because I had always coveted his).

While the bike is still excellent- it has some drawbacks.  For one thing its entirely made of steel and is heavy.  For another, it has no suspension components so the ride is rough.  And lastly, the damn thing won't fit in a MINI Cooper, unless the top is down-- and I'll be DAMNED if I get a bike rack for my car.

This got me thinking (dangerous I know) about getting a new bike.

Aluminum technology has come a long way, so I could get one made of Aluminum!  With SHOCKS!!  And the cool, funky-angled, lower crossbar so I can avoid racking myself-- FUCK YEAH!

And then I remembered this couple that I used to play volleyball with in NC.  They were very hippy-granola types and they had 'foldable' bikes that they rode absolutely everywhere.  Made by Bike Friday out in Oregon.  Cool fuckin' bikes, and they folded up to where they could fit in a suitcase.

A foldable bike would work in my MINI just fine!  And how flippin' cool, right??

Well, Bike Friday bikes cost roughly $1000 as it turns out.  For the BASE model.  Shit, like I can afford THAT.

But there are other foldable bikes out there-- I did my research.  I am in love with this one; it won design awards and even comes in my signature color orange.  But it doesn't appear to be available anywhere (other than Europe possibly) and I couldn't figure out how to order it.  Plus you just know its expensive as shit:

Then I looked into Dahon.  They make a crapload of models and seem to get favorable reviews.  I found a couple freakin' cool bikes on their website (all in the $700- $800 range unfortunately).  This one caught my eye though and I was nearly sold on it, until I realized it was a Chinese company and the paint would probably be lead based or something.

Did you know that there are even FULL-SIZE folding bikes out there??  I sure didn't.  The coolest one of these looks to be the Montague Paratrooper.  In a camo green color, no less!  It is still in the running as it not only offers the benefits of a regular mountain bike (26" wheels, sturdy frame, suspension, 18 or so gears) but it also folds into a compact 3 foot by 2 foot by 1 foot bundle which could fit in a MINI back seat.

But then I found "Downtube" bikes.  Made in America.  Much less expensive than other folders.  Tend to get okay reviews online.  And fairly cool looking to boot!  I started thinking (I know... again!) that if I'm gonna go with a fold-upable bike, why not go all the way and get the 20" wheel crazy kind?

Its not like I'm an intense biker anyway-- just exercise and exploring.  And this one would most DEFINITELY fit in my car... possibly even in the boot!

I think I may have found my bike.  It has alloy folding pedals, and a no-derailleur style gear shift mechanism.  Plus full suspension.  And the real benefit-- the price.  I can get one of these babies for around $400.

If you’re in need of inspiration for the big day, head over to shirt.woot. The theme of this week’s T-shirt design derby is consumption, and there are some pretty rockin designs posted. I’m not such a fan of the current top four, but it’s fun to look.

Despite appealing T-shirts and etc., the idea of not-buying sounds real good sometimes. Especially when I’m not in a store. Yes, susceptible me: avoiding stores dramatically decreases my inclination to purchase. I grew up in the woods, where there wasn’t anything to buy, and the result? A lot of the time, I bought nothing. Then I moved to the city and was corrupted by commerce. But that’s another story. . . .

The same is true of having a variety of good food in the house/garden: that makes me a lot less likely to want to bike over to Ye Olde Harris Teetere and buy something unhealthy—or drive, since consumption so easily breeds carelessness, at least for me.

If you can’t avoid buying a lil thing or two on the 23rd or 24th but would like to participate, consider designating another day as your very own Buy Nothing Day. Oh, and to get ideas for Buy Nothing Day actions (such as having a buy-nothing shopping cart conga line at Wal-Mart—hmm, maybe I can convince my parents to do this with me when they visit on the 23rd. . . .), check Adbusters.

To paraphrase the old favorite Rowland Alston, Happy nothing, everyone!

There’s only one industry trade show left: Interbike. We’ve got a love hate relationship with it, in large part because it’s hosted in Las Vegas. And well, Vegas isn’t our idea of a good place to have a bike show, but it’s always been there, and at the rate we’re going it will always be there. The good thing is that we get to ride all the new bikes and try out the new stuff, and all that jazz before we order it. You know, to make sure we actually like what they’ve got to offer.

Tip of the Ice-Berg: Interbike Style!
In John’s Post-Vegas fuzziness, he’s only coming up with a few of the things he’s seen. The rest are momentarily lost to that “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” thing. And we don’t want to ask. And the rest, well, I can’t read his notes, and neither can he. When the translation is done, we’ll let you know.

• Mobiky: So a few issues back, I mentioned that there was a new folding bike in town, and whet everyone’s whistle, and then told you nothing about it. Well, here it is: We’re now Mobiky dealers. You might have seen them at Sharper Image, you might not have, but they’re great folders. They told in seconds, feature a 3 speed internal hub, with a double/idler gear like the DaVinci tandems, so the small wheels aren’t a penalty. They roll when you’re done, and stand on their own. (great for leaning on if you’ve got a bad knee…) They unfold in another three seconds. If you dawdle.
• New DaVinci Tandem: DaVinci has a new tandem for 2008, the Grand Junction. At around $2850, it’s the least expensive tandem DaVinci has ever offered. John rode the prototype in Vegas, and it ROCKED. I mean ROCKED hard core. With Shimano equipment and the same tube set as her more expensive cousins, the Grand Junction is just that, grand, and IPS makes this one sweet deal. The bike comes in two colors, red or blue, and three sizes: small, medium and large/small. We’ve got six bikes on order. If you want to get in line, $500 covers your spot in line and tandem clinic. And while this is the ‘entry level’ DaVinci, there’s nothing entry level about it.
• Lake Shoes: We’re constantly in search of a better winter shoe, which means we’re constantly in search of the next winter shoe from Lake. No one does warm comfortable winter cycling shoes like them, and we’re happy to say they’ve gotten even better than before. With a segmented upper so it lays better and a Vibram sole so it lasts for near forever, the Lake MX Z302 is probably the best we’ve ever seen. And for those who prefer to do their winter riding indoors or at a spinning class. We have the Lake I/O (indoor/outdoor) 1. At just around $100, these shoes are great for recreational riding and spinning. The I/O1 features two Velcro straps, non-marking Vibram soles, and a super breathable mesh upper.

Unicycle.com
Unicycles are growing in popularity, who would have ever thought of downhill racing on a unicycle? Well, not me, but someone did, and we’ve been seeing more and more of them. So, in honor of the growing demand for a better selection of unicycles, we’ve become a Unicycle.com dealer. Anything they’ve got on their website, we can get. We aren’t going to stock anything right now, but we’re certainly hoping to connect more people with the perfect unicycle. And those strange parts they are sometimes in need of. So, if unicycles are your passion, or you’d like them to become your passion, check out unicycles.com and we’ll get you whatever it is you’re looking for. (They’ve got instructional videos and whatnot, for those of us who have never had the guts to actually try riding one.)

Nite Hawk is Here!
Its officially fall. And the weather is beautiful, if a little chilly. And its getting darker ever earlier. Just because its dark, doesn’t mean you’ve got to stop riding though. It does mean that you’ve got to be prepared. One great way to be ready is a Nite Hawk Phoenix Helmet Mount system. They feature a one touch power button, 4 hour charge time, helmet and handlebar mount, and it only weighs a pound. Most other lights like this weigh a lot more. The Nite Hawk battery fits nicely Velcroed on to the frame, or in a jersey/jacket pocket. They usually retail for $149 (139.00 + 10.00 shipping from the manufacturer) but we’ve got them for $100! We’ve got a bunch, but they won’t last long. If you’ve got to have one, give us a call and a deposit and we’ll put your name on one and set aside for you.

Dahon is committed to creating green mobility solutions for people who live active, environmentally friendly lifestyles.

Of Note: This is the first of the weekly WebSite glories. I will be posting sites that I think deserve to be looked at. WebSite of the Week will come every Monday.

That said, if you know what you're looking at, these babies are going to be bargains!

There are a couple of flatbar roadies a tourer, a limited edition 20 inch wheel Birdy folding bike, Daves full suss mtb (almost new), and a few singlespeed frames by Surly and On One

All participant men and women, must wear suit jacket and tie. Sportive clothng not allowed.

Check out the photos from last year website

by the way, we sell Brompton folding bikes and accessories in colours too from $1365!!

Slowly but surely, Georgina St is starting to look like a bike shop (Cheeky style). Dave and John and Nick are awesome. By this afternoon we should have a workbench to be able to start repairing stuff, and building some cool bikes. We had enquiries on 4 Surly builds yesterday, really nice people too. Dave, the Electra bike man, came in and spoke to Dave our man, about some cool cruisers and 3 speeds for getting around town on. I want to have a lounge and a couple of stools in front of the counter for people to hang out in the next couple of days.

Sol demonstrating the effectiveness of Schwalbe Marathon reflective sidewalls at our friday night drinks.

We have started stocking respro pollution masks, which are getting more comfortable with the cooler weather

AAand we have finally got in some non vegan Brooks saddles. We will be getting some saddlebags at some stage, but now we have a few B17s (from $100!) and a pro and saddle coevers and maintenance kits
And in very limited stocks we have Tubus German Cromo racks. (basically the best racks for expedition touring) We have 4 Cargos, 2 Flys, 2Tara fronts and 1Duo. There is more on the way apparently, but the last time we could get any was about 12 months ago, so if you want one get in soon.
And more form Germany are the latest Birdy folders. We have and Orange and a Blue and one of these babies coming in a couple of days.
The Orange Blue and Silver in the classic frame design have good stocks. The new monocoque frame is slightly lighter and there is 1 Anthracite and 2 Silvers left in the country for a few months or so.

And that's a pump inside that seatpost !!!

My first chance to take stock this week. Except i have a busy saturday ahead of me!

This week I had the good fortune of building andrew's rohloff equipped birdy this week. Mudguards, racks and the sweetest battery operated commuting light i have ever seen; the light and motion vega. It is a seriously cool bike, it oozes practicalility in a very shmick form. Look out for photos.

Welding at tafe is going pretty well. On monday we did some oxy cutting and gouging, on thursday we were doing outside corners on 1.6 stainless steel, then some fillet brazing. I have to get practicing so as not to let all this learning go to waste. Finding the correct equipment for torches and tips for bicycle specific brazing is proving quite difficult.

Tomorrow i will be off to sydney pitt st vegetarian restaurant for a dose of vegan yum-cha, sunday ritual.mmmmm. greasy.
later
david

We did not stay to party, the bubby had to get to bed. We did see a great tandem with a babyseat which was ridden very skillfully by a couple who looked like they were enjoying themselves. I hope to make critical mass a regular family/friend activity.

Race for Jase July 31 Penrose

was a huge success.$5000 raised for the cancer council, 95 riders on a sweet trail. Nice speech by Stevo to remember Jase by.

Photos are here

Davy's framebuiding adventure.

I have just begun my journey to framebuilding fame and am learning Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW or TIG) at tafe. I had wanted to learn ox-acetylene but it is no longer offered. I wanted to get some experience with welding and brazing before i shelled out more silly amounts to do the UBI lugged framebuilding course.

It is pretty cool to be learning how bicycle frames are put together, reading descriptions on the internet can not provide the practical experience of the assembling equipment, striking the arc and heating the metal.

 So, this week we actually did some welding. Pretty scary first up to be handling a 6000 degree arc dabbing your filler rod uncoordinatedly into the edge of the molten pool trying to avoid the tungsten tip lest you contaminate it. People who are good at this must have very steady hands. We also did some oxy-acetylene welding on Monday night which was fun. Basic stuff but it is all complicated to me so takes a while to get the hang of heating the base metal enough, applying flux to your filler rod, tapping filler rod onto metal and then heating up the metal so the filler flows all the way through between the two plates.

I am intending to focus on City bikes, Holland style bikes, and touring bikes whatever else i have the ability to create will be a bonus. I think custom framebuilding has largely been priced out of contention in the consumer's consideration of a new bike. I am refusing to believe that quality cannot be offered at a reasonable price. Maybe i will eat my words when i realise the cost of setting up a workshop, insurance and the return on hours worked doesn't stand up. However, i feel like i have to find out. Offering quality products to enable cycling as transport to a broad range of people appeals as a job description to me.

We have just received some new shimano dynamo hubs, (lighter and more efficient) well priced at $150 (hub only) and the schmidt's are going strong for the ultimate dynamo solution.

The new B and M LED supravision light from lumotec was recently installed and tested and absolutely blew the oval plus i had been using out of the water. This light is incredibly bright, when angled correctly it gave me a broad light with a great beam directly in front. They are pricey and at the moment require a bit of modification to use with dual pivot brakes but i was very impressed. They reach maximum brightness somewhere around 5km/h which is great when climbing. It is on my commuting bike so you can check it out at the shop.

Cool new items in stock: Nitto bars (moustache, track and touring)

Calendar of cool events is UPDATED

Cool folding bike display care of paddy

Fuji touring with deore cranks and euro trekking bars

We've got some mad surly's in stock: steamroller, long haul trucker and 29er frame and fork the karate monkey.

We are also fully equipped for fork and rear shock servicing.

We can also service shocks.

Marzocchi and Manitou will be soon to follow.

How cool is this event ?

You can  now buy folding bikes and accesories online !!!

click here to go to our new site

 foldingbikes.com.au

 Got a new shipment of Dahon folding bikes recently

including my new favourite, the Speed 8

8 Speed, nice light frame, big cushy fat tyres, adjustable stem with comfort grips, and only $800.

This is going to be a very popular bike I think.

Also arrived are the new Boardwalk 7, Impulse 7, and Vitesse 7.

and of course, we are the exclusive distributors for 

Racks for front suspension,

 rear suspensionand roadbikes with no mounts

Our good friend Laszlo has got some great PR in the Sydney Morning Herald today (Tuesday) in the Eco section. Laszlo picks up all our used tyres and makes belts out of them and then sells them back to us.

Dave and I have discovered these great new Ergon grips. Yep, they look Kooky, and yep they are pricey but boy do they feel sweet! There are mens and womens models with or without barends, and they bolt on.

On a brighter note, here are some nice bikes we have built recently

has a new updated cool website

The next wave in Lighting has begun !

Just in, is The Light and Motion Vega for $300, with an LED light which can run for up to 8 hours , up to 12 watts equivalent light, with a 2 hour  charge time. The battery is in the light unit and it also has a flashing mode !

Here is a little report from Dave's trip to Colorado's Barnett's Bicycle Institute to become a Certified Advanced Bicycle Technician

Here are a couple of photos of Ben Wilson who kicked ass at the Singlespeed Worlds earlier this year in VIC, beating many faster riders due to his excellence in beer drinking

messenger bags, little handbag type bags, pouches, strap pads, tshirts. This stuff is so damn cool. AND WATERPROOF tarp lined like all work bags should be

Courier section updated with some cool links and info on Sydney's successful bid for the Cycle Messenger World Champs in 2006. Before this years worlds there is a messenger stage race from Boston to NY with 3 alleycats, 3 road stages and a timetrial.

 Excellent Cycling proficiency and commuter courses are run by the Sydney Community College

Exciting news! There is a new distributor for BOB trailers, which means that there will be excellent availability, and the prices have dropped dramatically.

They were $850, but the YAK, at a special introductory price is $500 and the Ibex suspension model is $650

I'm gonna get one myself !

and this fantastic  gift

It's that time of year when everybody is coming in stocking up, nor for Xmas, but for panniers and racks and touring supplies, making me jealous with their plans.

We have heaps of Ortlieb handlebar bags and panniers

Dave has also been getting into Dynamo lights, and we now stock B and M lights, Schmidt and Shimano Dynamo systems.

And we have heaps of flashers and rechargables.

Imagine having this on your handlebars.

Dennis is back from riding around Australia over a year on beautiful Fuji Touring bike now $1600. British racing green, racked up. Lucky Bastard.

Singlespeeds are ticking along, and there is a fantastic new hub from White Bros called the ENO which allows you to put a single cog or freewheel hub into a normal bike with vertical tips. No chaintensioners ! Awesome. And pretty too.

Check this out for an adventure ( read some of the reports)