Do yourself a favor and use headphones or listen to this one in a quiet place. Our connection to Ted wasn’t the greatest. 
Our ads of the week (in order discussed):
Dare You To Read It In One Breath
What do you buy for Todd for Xmas next year? A taco cart trailer!!!
Our special guest this week and the final guest for 2011 is Ted Simon.
Credit: http://www.jupitalia.com/
If you don’t know who Ted Simon is, you need to stop and load up your reading list:
Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
Dreaming of Jupiter
Riding High
Dreaming of Jupiter: In Search of the World–Thirty Years On
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Short story version, Ted got on this 500cc Triumph Tiger 100:
Credit: David Merrett
Back in 1973 and rode it for 64,000 miles around the world over the course of four years. To contrast, Chuck rode his Ulysses about 200 miles when it decided to try and die and Todd rode his Ural about 400 miles and wanted to die. Ted took the Big Trip that I think everyone that takes a liking to the words ‘Adventure’ and ‘Motorcycle’ together dreams about. It’s VERY interesting to hear his perspective on the whole thing. Both of us here have a whole new appreciation and I think a new outlook for the next time we throw legs over our bikes and go somewhere ‘over the horizon.’
Don’t forget about our official Wheelnerds Disorganized Unpaid Correspondent Program. Basically, we want to hear some stuff from you! Ridden a bike (like your own) and got an opinion? Got a cool piece of gear or farkle? Got a story? Know some jokes? Record an MP3 (or whatever) and email it to us at wheelnerds@gmail.com. We’ll throw it on the air and talk about it, too. That’s right, you can be the first on your block to be openly mocked by the Wheelnerds. Alternatively, you could call our google talk # to the right there and leave us a message if you’ve got no way to record something. Or, even cooler, (to me, anyway), you can now also leave us a voicemail via Skype! Our skype ID iswheelnerds. Just go ahead, call, and leave us your story there! (We still read your emails, too, and will answer them on the show). If you got something really cool, shoot us a line and maybe we’ll talk to you live, too.
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