strongbad being a hobo thread

[strongbad]

Oh also to finish up my boyah bike blog

I ended up finding a different bike shop in todos Santos to buy a new tube which was SICK because the next day I got a flat that would have sucked to fix. Thank God.

Our host Kevin wanted to take us to this cool beach through some trails, and just as we were about to go it started to downpour. We were sitting on his deck drinking energy smoothies while it happened. We waited it out (rain lasts for like an hour here) and trekked on. I was immediately a little bitter since I had just thoroughly cleaned my bike in la Paz and here I was riding it through newly wettened mud. And it got worse. Apparently itd been rainining even harder in the mountains and there were certain sections of this trail that were flooded with a freaking river of rain water to the point where we had to dismount and carry our bikes over. After a few crossings like this I was not happy (it was a rest day for Christ's sake) but I held my tongue. We made it to the beach and Ben got a flat tire but luckily we had everything we needed to fix it. Didn't even spend time at the beach because it'd taken so long to get over the floods that the sun was almost down and we had to get back. We took an easier route back with less flooding and I went to a pizza place. The three if us split three large pizzas and a lot of beer. The last pizza had bananas on it lmao.

I hosed my bike off in the morning at Kevin's and regreased my chain. Good as new. We made breakfast and coffee and said goodbye to Kevin and left for Cabo San Lucas. Was going to be a 48 mile day with good scenery along the coast. My last longish day. We wanted to find a restaurant at about the 20 mile mark to chill at but nothing ever appeared so we rode straight to Cabo which was a long stretch with no breaks. Coming over the last large hill and seeing Cabo San Lucas in the distance felt amazing. We checked into our hostel downtown and spent the evening drinking beer and eating tacos. I got a little drunk for the first time in the trip really. Ended up at a bar full of Saints fans watching the game vs NY and we ended up getting roped in and riled up with them. Ended the night on the roof of our hostel talking to a photographer from Canada who was here for a wedding. He showed us a great taco spot nearby and then we all retired to out air conditioned rooms.

The next day was 18 miles to San Jose Del Cabo, which was the end of it for me. We did the cycling in one stretch, only stopping at a beautiful viewpoint to watch the surfers that Kevin has recommended us. Made it to a bike shop that I'd called a week prior and they were able to sell me a bike box and pack my bike for ~$20 which was great. I was not looking forward to doing that myself. Kind of sad packing it away but I'm really looking forward to giving it a hardcore clean and reassembling in the states.

We're in a "surf hostel" on the beach for $16 USD/night. And have been lazing around since yesterday. My girlfriend flies in today and I'm going to meet her at the airport with all my shit and we'll head to our Airbnb near town center. San Jose Del Cabo is much less perpetual spring break like San Lucas. I'm excited to spend time with her until we fly home Friday (which I'm also excited for).

And that's pretty much the end of my trip! Was a weird way to spend a couple months but I'm so glad I did it. I've wanted to do an extended tour for years and I am alreay planning my next one

Also I think boyah got more info on my trip then any other network which was unexpected lol. It was fun writing paragraphs for y'all. Thanks for reading

[C.Mongler]

okay now bike to washington dc ill make u a cheeseburger

[strongbad]

I would like to do a cross us ride at some point but I've decided that the next ride I'll do will be the great divide mountain bike route in the summer of 2020

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divide_Mountain_Bike_Route

[C.Mongler]

north south again? boooo hissss

[strongbad]

I know lol

That ride was already on my radar and it's what the Belgium guy we rode with had done prior to Baja and he made it sound so sick

Plus I could fulfill my dream of building up a vintage no suspension 26in steel mountain bike for ~bikepacking~

[C.Mongler]

American Discovery Trail or bust ya lil

[strongbad]

Lmao maybe that'll be summer 2022

[C.Mongler]

apparently a good 800 miles of the trail aren't surpassable via bicycle but there are 'alternate routes' lol 

[strongbad]

Ok I'm down let's do it mongler

I can still build up my dream bike for that ride

Here's some inspiration of what I have in mind btw:




It's tight because Craigslist is flooded with these mountain bikes and you can get a quality one for under $200. Then it's just $100-200 more to replace parts and put on drop bars (you don't want the flat bars that are default for mountain biking because you'll want more hand positions for long rides).

But man they look so fucking fun to ride around and the steel frames from the 80s and 90s will last forever bcuz steel is real

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Also I think boyah got more info on my trip then any other network which was unexpected lol. It was fun writing paragraphs for y'all. Thanks for reading

thx for sharing it was fun

having read through this thread, i am most certainly going to be preparing for the 2020 boyah biking adventure

[strongbad]

PLS UNSTICKY

[C.Mongler]

pls resticky i will be haunted by ghosts if not

[YPrrrr]

David wanted it this way

[strongbad]

thank u for respecting my wishes

[C.Mongler]

dang i've never been so haunted before