[Sportsandrec] Tandeming In Wisconsin?

[Everett Gavel]

Monty said:
> Hammond wi for now moving to eau claire in a couple of months
>


Wow, Dude, you live in a pretty cool place.  Might be frustrating at times,
especially transportation-wise, but I bet it's beautiful.  Definitely not a
city, I'd say, with the closest bike shop being 12 miles away.  Can I come
visit and stay for, oh say, a month?  The probable lack of traffic and
actual sounds of nature would be such a nice change.  (smile)

That brings up another point of interest about tandeming.  I recently
started reading up on tandem mountainbiking.  It sounds insane.  I mean,
jeezowmama, how challenging has that got to be?  If it's like regular
mountainbiking, going over logs, over rocks and up and down bumps and hills
and all that, how much harder must it be to do that on a tandem?  Anyone
doing this, here?  I have yet to learn more about it but it sounds nuts.  I
just keep picturing a tandem snapping in half with all that abuse, y'know?
If anyone has knowledge or experience on tandem mountainbiking, please
share.  Inspire us, Baby!  I can't wait to learn more, and maybe, hopefully,
one day give it a go!

Anyway, Monty, below are the 20 closest bike shop listings to Hammond, WI.
And I'm assuming Eau Claire is real close to Hammond, because a search gave
me the exact same 20 closest listings, with the first one still being 12.5
miles away.  If they're not, though, and I did something wrong or
misunderstood something, let me know and I'll go again.  Or maybe I'll put
through my article on searching yahoo's Yellow Pages so any of you can
easily do it yourself.  It's pretty simple, and great for finding local
resources.

Just start calling around and gather all your local leads, Monty.  The bike
shop people usually know what's what in a town, regarding tandems for sale,
tandem groups, and whatever else.  It's their industry and life, after all.


Strive On!
Everett
www.everettgavel.com


Yahoo! Yellow Pages
 Location:   Beyond Hammond WI
Top > Recreation and Sports > Cycling
** Distances are in Miles from the center of Hammond, WI


Business Name: Address: Miles**

Route
(715) 425-8684
102 S Main St
River Falls, WI
12.5

Art Doyle's Spokes & Pedals
(715) 386-8500
607 2nd St
Hudson, WI
15.8

Russell's Sport 'n Bike
(715) 248-3644
703 Jewell St
Star Prairie, WI
16.0

Broken In Sports
(651) 439-0203    320 5th Ave N
Bayport, MN
17.2

Time Out Sports Schwinn
(651) 439-2365
Stillwater, MN
19.1

Erik's Bike Shop
(651) 259-4600
1825 Radio Dr
St Paul, MN
24.7

Bikemasters
(952) 922-0311
3540 Dakota Ave
Woodbury, MN
25.2

Erik's Bike Shop-Snowboards
(651) 730-0022
7077 10th St N
St Paul, MN
25.8

Bad Cat Bicycles
(715) 231-2453
327 Main St E
Menomonie, WI
25.9

Route Bike Shop
(651) 437-4010
200 2nd St E
Hastings, MN
26.1

Landfall Youth Bike Program
(651) 578-1483
58 Aspen Way
St Paul, MN
26.6

Penn Cycle
(651) 414-0716
6415 Lake Road Ter
St Paul, MN
26.9

Maplewood Cycling
(651) 777-0299
6028 Highway 36 Blvd N
Oakdale, MN
27.0

Gateway Cycle
(651) 777-0188
6028 Highway 36 Blvd N
St Paul, MN
27.0

Strauss Skates & Bicycles
(651) 770-1344
1751 Cope Ave E
Maplewood, MN
29.0

Route
(651) 388-1082
1932 Old West Main St
Red Wing, MN
29.3

Just Two Bikes
(651) 426-1548
Web Site    15449 Forest Blvd N # C
Hugo, MN
30.2

Bike King
(651) 457-7766
6489 Cahill Ave
Inver Grove Heights, MN
31.1

Erik's Bike Shop-Snowboards
(651) 415-1233
925 County Road E E
St Paul, MN
31.1

Bicycle Bill's Pro-Shops
(651) 457-9111
1260 Robert St S
West St Paul, MN
32.0