ZVINOGONA KUITA BHIKESI: MASHOKO CHEKUTANGA-NGUVA (MUZVANDAKA, ZVISINA ZVISIKA!)

Munyori anokwevera kutarisa (iwo matai!) uye anowana matipi ekuti ungafuta sei bhasikoro munguva yechando, yakadzika muMaine Woods.

Mabhasikoro ane mafuta anokwevera pfungwa.Akanyengedzwa nematayi ane bulbous anoyera 3, 4, kunyange 5 inches paupamhi, iwo anorema dune buggy kupfuura bhasikoro remugomo.Uye nepo matayi aya achibvumira vatyairi vemabhasikoro kukunguruka pamusoro penzvimbo chero ipi zvayo, vanopawo mhinduro kubva kune vanomira.Zvinoreva kuti ndiri kunyanya kuzvidzora pandinogadzirisa chigaro paTrek Farley yangu yandakarenda (kufara kwetai: 4.5 inches) munzvimbo yekupaka yeAMC's.Medawisla Lodge & CabinsmuMaine Woods.Yakasungwa muzvikamu zvechando uye bhutsu dzechando dzakasimba, ndinoona mukana wakanaka wekunyadziswa pamakumbo makumi mashanu echando pakati pangu nemusoro wenzira.

“Ndiwo matai makurusa ati ambovapo!”mumwe mukadzi anodaidzira achidzvanya achipfuura nepandiri akapfeka majombo eku skii.Mumwe mutsikidzi anofamba pamusoro kuti anyatsotarisisa uye anoti akangoedza mafuta bhasikoro kekutanga svondo rapfuura.

Seti yechigaro nengowani yakasungwa, handichanonoki.Ndinotsveta gumbo pamusoro pebhasikoro, ndokugara muchigaro, ndokutanga kuumburuka.Pane chokwadi mune cliché kuti haumbofa wakakanganwa kuchovha bhasikoro, asi iyo inopenya pamusoro pekuti bhasikoro rega rega rinonzwa rakasiyana.Iri bhasikoro rine mafuta harina kuita senge bhasikoro rangu remumugwagwa.Ini handisi kuveza chero majana akasimba patangi iyi, asi inotinhira ichipfuura nechando isina kana kutsvedza.Ndakanyahwaira ndichipinda munzira ndokusimudza speed zvishoma nezvishoma.Mutsikidzi anomira kuti andione ndichipfuura."Hei, zvinoita sekunakidza!"anoti.Ehe.Ehe iri.

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Imwe tsananguro yekukura kwekuputika kwemafuta matayi bhasikoro ndeyekuti aya emakatuni anotasva mavhiri anozadza kudiwa kwevanoda mabhasikoro.Ndakanzwa vatasvi vashomanana vachitaura nezve “goba” ravo remabhasikoro, sekunge vapfuri vakapakata miseve yakawanda, imwe neimwe ine huremu uye ine minhenga yemamiriro chaiwo.Bhasikoro remugwagwa wepavement, bhasikoro remugomo remakwara, imwe-speed yeguta.Mabhasikoro ekutenga, kushanya, matombo, uye kufamba nechikepe.Mutyairi webhasikoro anotarisisa anogona kuve nechaicho chekuchovha mwaka wega wega, pamusoro, uye kushandisa.Asi kutozosvikira bhasikoro rekutanga remafuta rakasungwa pamwechete, pakanga pasina sarudzo yakagadzirirwa chando kana jecha.

Imwe tsananguro yekuzivikanwa kwemabhasikoro ane mafuta?Dzinongonakidza kuchovhacheropamusoro.

Ndine mabhasikoro maviri akatetepa: bhasikoro remumugwagwa uye bhasikoro rekufamba.Panotanga kunaya sinou hombe, vanokwira danda riri pavharanda vorembera, vasingatarisirwi, kwemwedzi yakawanda.Saka pandakava nemukana wekupedza kupera kwesvondo raKukadzi ndichichovha muMaine Woods, ndakadhonza matinji angu ekuchovha bhasikoro kubva kuseri kwedhirowa, ndikarongedza mabhegi angu, ndikadaidza Erik daSilva, murongi wechirongwa chedzidzo yechikoro.Bicycle Coalition yeMaine.Hofisi yeAMC's Maine Woods yanga ichitaura naDaSilva nezvekuita dzidzo yebhasikoro uye zvirongwa zvekuchengetedza zvevashandi vepa lodge, uye kushanya kwangu kwaive chikonzero chakanaka chekuti atyaire kubva kumba kwake kuOrono, Maine, kwezuva rekuchovha muchando.

Goba raDaSilva rinobata mabhasikoro mapfumbamwe, anosanganisira retro matatu-kumhanya, recumbent, uye tandem.Paanofamba nebhazi, daSilva anowanzo misa bhasikoro munzvimbo inotakura zvinhu kuti akwanise kuchovha kusvika kwaanogumira kubva kuchiteshi.“Chimwe chandinotenda ndechekuti chero mukana watichapihwa wekubuda mumotokari tokwira bhasikoro ndinoubata,” anodaro parunhare.Kwaari, kuchovha bhasikoro harisi basa rezuva chete.

Kunyangwe zvazvo daSilva anga achichovha bhasikoro hupenyu hwake hwese, bhasikoro rake rakafuta rakakurumidza kusunungura mamwe matavi ake mushure mekunge aritenga makore mashanu apfuura.“Harisi bhasikoro rangu randaivimba naro chete asiwo bhasikoro randakanyanya kurova naro,” anodaro.Anorishandisa kutakura nhumbi dzokumisa musasa nomusango riri kure kwemazuva akawanda;anofamba nechikepe achipoterera nzira dzake dzemugomo dzemabhasikoro;uye, zvirokwazvo, anoitasva nguva yose yechando.Anotsanangura nzira ichangoburwa yaipfuura nemapaki akawanda nenharaunda, ichipfuura dzimba dzeshamwari munzira.Mufananidzo uri mumusoro mangu hausi wevakuru vari parwendo rurefu asi boka revana mukati.Stranger Things, vachiparadza taundi ravo duku, vachifarira rusununguko rwavakapiwa nebhasikoro.

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AMC's Maine Woods land-75,000 acres, matatu ekugara, 140 mamaira enzira, zvese zviri mukati menyika.100-Maira RenjeConservation corridor — yanga iri nzvimbo huru yekukwira makomo, kukwasva, kuredza nenhunzi, uye kuyambuka-nyika ski nzvimbo kweanopfuura makore gumi.Asi vanochovha mabhasikoro vakawana mufaro wenzvimbo nguva pfupi yadarika, apo AMC yakavhura 80 mamaira enzira imwe chete yemabhasikoro paTrout Mountain, anenge mamaira matatu kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yayo nyowani, Medawisla.Wedzera izvo kune AMC's 90-odd mamaira eakagadziridzwa ski nzira, uye inoita imwe yemakuru makuru muMaine akavhurika kubhasikoro munguva yechando.Imwe rwendo kuno kwezuva rekutasva.Vamwe vanobhuka pekugara uye pedal lodge-to-lodge.

Kunyange zvakadaro, muimba yokudyira kuMedawisla, ndakawandisa.Skiers inorongedza matafura.Vari pamusoro pegwayana nemagirazi ewaini, vanorondedzera zviitiko zvezuva racho uye vanotaura vachifara pamusoro pedutu rechando riri kuuya rakafanotaurwa kuti richadonha imwe hafu yefiti.Kazhinji ndaivapa mufaro wavo, asi pamberi perwendo urwu, ndakanga ndaudzwa kakawanda kuti mamiriro akanaka ekufambisa bhasikoro akaipa uye zvakasiyana.Saka kana maneja welodge anogadziridza fungidziro kusvika pa1 kusvika 2 inches uye vanotsvedza vakaregedzera kugomera, ini ndinotsvedza kubva patafura ndodzima e-mail kuna daSilva.Iye anopindura nokukurumidza, kuti: “Ndirinizve patingazofara zvakadaro nechando chakashata?”

Kubva kuMedawisla, vanochovha mabhasikoro uye vanotsvedza zvakafanana vanogona kupinda pakati pemutsara wemakabhini kuenda kuLakeside Trail.Kubva ipapo, sarudza yako wega mutambo.Enda kuruboshwe kuti uongorore nzvimbo yakaomeswa nechando yeSecond Roach Pond.Ramba wakananga kumhepo uchitevedza mahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kwedziva.Kana kuti tendeuka kurudyi upinde muzvikomo nemakomo, mhiri kwaunogona kuwana dzimwe dzimba dze AMC, Little Lyford uye Gorman Chairback.Kana daSilva asvika kuMedawisla mangwanani anotevera, tinotarisa nekukurumidza pamepu uye tinosarudza sarudzo yechitatu.

Tinonanga kumabvazuva, kure nelodge uye pakati pemakabhini.Kunzwa kusinganzwisisiki, kutasva bhasikoro rakafuta.Matai mahombe, asina kumbokwirwa zvachose, anosvetuka zvinyoro nyoro pandinenge ndichitsika, achikwenenzvera mapundu ari munzira.Kunyanya kupfava kwechando, ndiko kuderera kwesimba remhepo rinodiwa, saka ndiri kutasva makirogiramu mashanu paskweya inch (psi).Kana tichienzanisa, ndinopomba matayi ebhasikoro rangu remugwagwa anosvika 120 psi uye ndinogona kunzwa matombo ose uye kutsemuka munzira.

Ini naDaSilva tinochovha padivi nepadivi, tichikurukura nezvemakuriro atakaita mabhasikoro.Zviri nyore kuenda pakutanga, negwara richikwira nekudonha zvinyoro.Ipapo tinosvika pakutendeuka kwedu kuShaw Mountain Cutoff totora mujinga mezvikomo.Nzira inotanga kukwira.Nenguva isipi ndinotanga kunzwa kutsva, kusingagadzike mumakumbo angu.Kuchovha uku kuri kuda kuoma.

Ndinomira kuti ndimbofema, uye daSilva nemutsa anoburitsa mweya mudiki kubva pamatayi angu kuti arege kunyura kusvika kure muchando.Isu tinotsika, daSilva ndiye ari kutaura zvakanyanya manje.Anondiudza nezvemazuva ake emujaho wemumugwagwa, paakaburitsa mazino ake epamberi patsaona.Kumhanya-mhanya kwekumhanya kwebhasikoro mumugwagwa kunoratidzika sehama iri kure kune zvatinoita ikozvino.Ndiri kufambisa zvine hasha asi ndichifamba makiromita mashanu paawa.

Kudzoka kunzvimbo yekugara, Shaw Mountain yakanga yaita senge chigunwe pamepu, ine topographical whorls dzakanyatsoungana dzakatenderedza mapatya epamusoro (2,499 uye 2,641 tsoka).Tinokona kuruboshwe pane imwe forogo inotevera, uye Skyline Trail inotanga kufamba nechokuchamhembe kwegomo.Ndinofanira kumira kuti ndibate mweya wangu zvakare.Kudzorerazve simba rangu hakusi mhepo, zvakadaro.Ndinopomba mapedals nehasha uye ndinoumburuka kumberi semwana mudiki ari pamavhiri maviri, ndichienda kure neruoko rwemubereki rwakadzikama kekutanga.

Muenzaniso unodzokorora zvakare uye zvakare.DaSilva parizvino idoti rakasviba kure.Pakupedzisira ndinokanda mapfumo pasi ndofamba nebhasikoro ndichikwira kumawere.Ndinotora nyaradzo mukufunga kuti kwakafanana nekureruka kweskiing: Ndiri kungowana majana angu.Kuti 600 tsoka dzekukwirira dzinowana pamusoro pemamaira yekupedzisira?Basa rose iri richabhadhara kana ndazobhururuka ndichidzokera pasi.Asi kutanga tinoda kubata pamusoro.DaSilva anondimirira kuti ndibate ondikurudzira kuti ndidzokere muchigaro.

Mushure memakiromita mana ekutasva, tinosiya mabhasikoro edu uye tinokwira kota yekupedzisira kusvika kumusangano.Zvino yave nguva yekudzika.DaSilva inotora nzira yakatwasuka, kupfura pasi yakamanikana tambo imwe chete.Ini ndinodzokera kaviri pane yakakura ski trail yatakanga tangokwira nekunakirwa nemhepo kumeso kwangu ndichisimudza spidhi.Ndinonzwa kushevedzera kuchiitwa nomumiti—“WOOOO-HOOOOOO!”—kuchiteverwa nemabhureki.Ndinofara kuti ndasiya technical riding kuenda kuna daSilva.Ndinobata mahandbars angu ndorova pasi penzira, ndichirovera mabhureki kuti fishtail ichipinda mugedhe rimwe nerimwe.Hazvishande uye zvinonakidza.

Ndichingotanga kuchovha futi daSilva paakarova nzira kuti asangane neni.Ari kutamba."Zvandichangobva kuita yaive nzira imwe chete yepamusoro yebhasikoro ine mafuta echando andati ndamboenda!"anoti."Yakapfava, inokurumidza, inotsvedza zvishoma: Yakanga iine zvinhu zvese."

Nekufarira kwake uye nekumhanya kwekudzika kwangu, kukwira-kutsva kwechidya kunokanganwika.Adrenaline pumping, tinodzokera kulodge kunodya kunopisa.

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Vatyairi vemabhasikoro uye vanotsvetera vachigovana nzira zvaizoita kunge zvisina musoro kwete kare kare.Yakanga isiri iyo kusvika kuma1980 apo vamwe vanotyaira mabhasikoro vakadzoreredza kukwira kwavo kune chando uye nejecha mamiriro.Sezvakangoita bhodhi rekutanga rechando rakagadzirwa nekusunga maskis maviri pamwe chete, aya ma tinkerers akasonera mavhiri echinyakare kuti apemhi mavhiri maviri.Nekugadzirisa izvo zvakajairika, vakagadzira shanduro itsva yemutambo.

Kukwira bhasikoro kwakafuta kwakabuda mumhomho ye-do-it-yourself kuti uwane vateereri vepamusoro makore gumi apfuura.Muna 2005 Surly, mugadziri weMinnesota-based, akaunza yekutanga mutengi mafuta bhasikoro, inopenya yepepuru Pugsley.Kutengeswa kwakaputika mukati memakore mashoma.Quality Bicycle Parts, muridzi weSurly uye mumwe mugadziri, Salsa, yakaona kukura kwe187 muzana muna 2010 ichiteverwa ne246 muzana yekukura muna 2011. Vagadziri vakuru, vakaita seTrek uye Specialized, vakatanga kugadzira mamodheru avo uye, maererano neBicycle Retailer uye Indasitiri Nhau, kutengeswa kwemabhasikoro emafuta kwakasvetuka 44 muzana mugore rimwe chete, kusvika kumabhasikoro anoda kusvika 37,000, muna 2014.

Kutengesa kwabva kwadzikira, asi nemakumi ezviuru emabhasiketi ane mafuta ari kushandiswa, haasisiri akanyanya kudaro.Vatyairi vemabhasikoro vanoakwira gore rose, munzvimbo dzose—kwete chete pajecha nesinou asiwo munzira dzechinyakare dzemabhasikoro emumakomo uye mumigwagwa mumamiriro ekunze akaipa.Unogona kutenga imwe paWal-Mart nemadhora mazana maviri negumi nepfumbamwe kana kudonhedza zviuru zvinomwe zvemadhora pamusoro-yepamusoro-inyanzvi Yakagadzirwa zvachose kubva kabhoni.

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Kudzoka mukudziya kwemba yekuroja, ndinodonhedza ndiro mbiri dzetomatisi soup ndodzingirira nemasangweji echizi akakwana kuti ndirase kuverenga.Ndapererwa.Asi nzira dzinokwezva, uye munguva pfupi tave kusvetukira muchigaro chechigaro.

Panguva ino tinotendeuka kuruboshwe kubva kuLakeside Trail tonanga kuSecond Roach Pond.DaSilva anopopotera vhiri uye anoedza kutsika pavhiri rimwe chete.Paanotadza kugadzikana ndokutsveta kumusana, anochema nekuseka, achiri kuchovha bhasikoro raange akabata mudenga pamusoro pake.

Nenguva isipi tinopfura chikomo toenda padziva rakaoma nechando, umo mugadziri wezvikomba akaisa nzira inoenda kune mhiri kwegungwa.DaSilva anoona sumbu rematombo ari kubuda muaizi uye anomhanyisa.Anochovha akananga kudombo riri pedyo zvikuru uye, achirishandisa senzira, anokwira mudenga.Anotsauka kuti asvetuke kubva kune inotevera uye inotevera kusvikira aedza dzose.

Patakazosimuka takananga kumhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe, tinofuratira nzira yacho zvachose, tichirukana pakati pemazaya echando anopeperetswa nemhepo uye tichiputika nomumazaya echando.Isu tinokwira takafanana kuenda kune peninsula kusvika daSilva yaona kuvhurwa.Anogezera mujinga resinou oenda pashinda ine shinda imwe chete inoenda mumiti.Kana tabva pane yakavhurika ice, isu tinofanirwa kutarisisa pakukwira mutsara wakatwasuka.Upfu hwakadzika hunotyisidzira kutidya sejecha rinokurumidza kana tikatsveta masendimita mashoma kurudyi kana kuruboshwe.Tinonyura pasi pemapazi akarembera, todzika tichienda kumagiya ari nyore, toumburudza matombo nemidzi zvichibuda muchando.

Ndizvozvo.Uyu ndiwo mufaro wekukwira bhasikoro.Ndichiyambuka chando chichibva chaumburuka musango.Ndiro bhasikoro rezviroto zvangu zvehudiki: rori ine mavhiri maviri monster inokwanisa kukunguruka pamusoro pechinhu chero chipi munzira yayo.Chimbofunga kaviri usati waedza kukwira gomo.

DZIDZA ZVAKAWANDA: HAPANA KUDIKIRWA

Kuchovha bhasikoro remafuta nekuchengetedza kwakafanana neaya echinyakare mabhasikoro emugomo, ane maviri akatanhamara akasarudzika: iwo matai mahombe, ayo anoda kudzika-kupfuura-anowanzo mhepo.Dan Meyer, munyori wevashandi weAdventure Cyclist,anotasva bhasikoro rake rine mafuta gore rose munzira dziri pedyo neMissoula, Mont., Uye inopa nhungamiro dzinotevera dzekuputira nekudzikisa:

Pavement: 8 kusvika ku10 pounds per square inch (psi)
Yakazara tsvina: 5 kusvika 8 psi
Sinou uye jecha: 2 kusvika 3 psi

Mamiriro echando anosiyana zvikuru, zvichienderana nekupisa uye kushambidzika, uye ungada kugadzirisa pane nhunzi.Chenjerera kana uchiswedera kune yakakwirira uye yakaderera migumo yeMeyer's scale, zvakadaro.Kudzikisa kudzvanywa kwako, njodzi huru yekukuvadza marimu kana ukarova chimwe chinhu chakaoma.Kune rumwe rutivi rworudzi, kudzvinyirirwa kwepamusoro mumatai makuru aya kunoisa simba guru pamarimu, izvo zvinogona kukonzera kukuvara.

Hapana huwandu hwekugadzirisa hunogona kudzivirira dzimwe nzira kubva kumatairi ako."Kana iwe uri munzira yakawanda, inodziya, uye mamiriro akapfava, uchakuvadza," anodaro Meyer.“Kana ukaona wava kunyura muchando uye wave kurwira kukwezvwa, pamwe kunenge kuchidziya zvikuru kuti uchovhare.”

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