Molly - the enabler of new experiences

[Al T from Alberta]

Sher and I purchased our Elite II last Sept. One of our key hobbies are cycling old rails converted to trails... and Molly helps us do this.

Using post to test my signature line.

[Patriot]

Welcome to the forum! My wife and I also ride rail trails and both really enjoy cycling whenever we can.
We look forward to hearing about your cycling and camping adventures.
Your signature line looks great! 
 

Pedal On!! 👍🏻
 

 

 

Edited June 27 by Patriot

[topgun2]

AI T from Alberta -

Welcome (even though a bit late) to the Family!

Our Ollies provide so many opportunities to do and see so much of our world.  Many here on the Forum are also into biking - in all its forms.

Pictures are always welcome!  Let us know if we can be of help.

Bill

[Mike and Carol]

Al and Sher, welcome to the group!  You’ll find lots of fellow bikers here.  Post pictures of your adventures!  Mike

[MAX Burner]

@Al T from Alberta - Welcome to the Oliver family, Al and Sher!  We're into biking as well - lot's of common interests among the forum's owners.  OBTW:  You'll love towing Molly behind your Tundra!

Cheers!

A & D

[CRM]

11 hours ago, Al T from Alberta said:

Sher and I purchased our Elite II last Sept. One of our key hobbies are cycling old rails converted to trails... and Molly helps us do this.

 

Welcome to the forum! My wife and I are big fans of rails-to-trails riding too. I ride 10-12k miles per year and the vast majority is done on rails-to-trails and MUP trails.

[Al T from Alberta]

Truck/trailer living up to their promises. Here's pics of our mounted bikes (test fitting carriers before paint), the vinyl wrap we dressed our trailer up with and our trailer at...the physical location captured on the wrap!

[topgun2]

Molly is one of the very few Ollies that have been "wrapped".

Looks great.

Bill

[Steph and Dud B]

Wow. That wrap looks very cool! 2 tandems? Trail and road?

[Mike and Carol]

Your wrap looks great!

[MAX Burner]

Awesome wrap!  Fantastic!

[Al T from Alberta]

On 6/27/2024 at 2:37 PM, Steph and Dud B said:

Wow. That wrap looks very cool! 2 tandems? Trail and road?

Thks. Our road tandem has 1.1" (28mm) wide tires...great for asphalt but that's it.

The gravel bike has 2.15" wide tires. This allows us to ride on loose gravel with great stability.

[Al T from Alberta]

On 6/27/2024 at 8:15 AM, CRM said:

Welcome to the forum! My wife and I are big fans of rails-to-trails riding too. I ride 10-12k miles per year and the vast majority is done on rails-to-trails and MUP trails.

Wow! 10-12k miles annually is fantastic. Nothing beats gliding through a canopy of trees along an old railbed ...while imaging the original train passengers of a century past doing the same...but in rickety passenger car pulled by a steam locomotive

[Steve Morris]

@Al T from Alberta I missed this when originally posted. Beautiful wrap on the Oliver, and beautiful bikes! Are those Santana titanium? I tried for years to get Deb to ride a tandem, since we ride at such disparate speeds. She's a slow gawker, and I try to at least get my heart rate above couch mode. After getting the Oliver, we got a pair of Gazelle bikes, so now she at least keeps up with the folks walking trails... 🤣

The same applies when kayaking, but there's no way I'd get in the same boat with her, else the sobriquet "divorce boat" would definitely apply. That is, if we both made it to shore alive! 🤬

Edited July 5 by Steve Morris

[Cameron]

Wow. Tell us more about that wrap!

[Steph and Dud B]

3 hours ago, Steve Morris said:

I tried for years to get Deb to ride a tandem, since we ride at such disparate speeds.

 

3 hours ago, Steve Morris said:

The same applies when kayaking, but there's no way I'd get in the same boat with her, else the sobriquet "divorce boat" would definitely apply. That is, if we both made it to shore alive! 🤬

So true with us on both counts!! (When we were dating Steph and I tried a tandem canoe trip once, with her trying to steer from the front in rough water. A miracle we didn't flip, honestly. Now we have separate kayaks.)

[CRM]

3 hours ago, Al T from Alberta said:

Wow! 10-12k miles annually is fantastic. Nothing beats gliding through a canopy of trees along an old railbed ...while imaging the original train passengers of a century past doing the same...but in rickety passenger car pulled by a steam locomotive

Nothing better than riding and enjoying nature without the worries of automobile traffic. I compete in 12/24 hour races and recently started chasing records so a minimum of 10k per year is pretty much necessary for me to perform well. Was lucky enough to set a cross Florida record back in May, and still paying a price for it so mileage a little lower since then.. 😂 

[Al T from Alberta]

On 7/5/2024 at 8:58 AM, Steve Morris said:

@Al T from Alberta I missed this when originally posted. Beautiful wrap on the Oliver, and beautiful bikes! Are those Santana titanium? I tried for years to get Deb to ride a tandem, since we ride at such disparate speeds. She's a slow gawker, and I try to at least get my heart rate above couch mode. After getting the Oliver, we got a pair of Gazelle bikes, so now she at least keeps up with the folks walking trails... 🤣

The same applies when kayaking, but there's no way I'd get in the same boat with her, else the sobriquet "divorce boat" would definitely apply. That is, if we both made it to shore alive! 🤬

Santana bikes not titanium - mid 90's aluminum. 
Once we tried tandem...we're not going back. Like you referenced, we can both contribute to our capability yet we're still together...game changer.

[Al T from Alberta]

On 7/5/2024 at 10:04 AM, Cameron said:

Wow. Tell us more about that wrap!

We knew we wanted to do something unique so we asked Oliver not to place any decals during fabrication. 

We then played around with different themes/ideas/sketches until we landed to the chosen scene (Morant's Curve in Banff) which is not too far away from where we live in Alberta. (Original high quality SVG pic purchased from Shutterstock)

First two vinyl wrap businesses we approached refused to engage because of the challenges of wrapping compound curves and many surface protrusions.

After assuring a third business that we didn't expect absolute perfection, they took on the challenge. A forgiving feature of the image chosen was the subject matter. There were very few straight lines that had to be matched / kept straight and trees/sky/mountains can be blurry.

Time will tell on its durability

[SNY SD UP]

AI T, from Alberta,
We saw you headed south, as we were headed north a few weeks ago.  We did not recognize you as an ‘Ollie’ as you approached because of your wrap.  
But as we passed we did, and we loved it. 

Almost did a U-T to chase you down for an introduction & picture… but a saner mind prevailed and we kept heading north.

Bryan, Maggie & Willis (aka Kamper Kat)