On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Larry Powers<[email protected]> wrote: > A friend and I just spent four days touring in the Adirondacks on our > Atlantis's. We had 3 days of mixed weather and the final day was sunny and > we ended up hiking in the High Peaks. The Adirondacks were beautiful, I had > backpacked here several time but had not been here in about 20 years. The > area has some tourist towns but many of the towns shown on the map are just > cross roads with no services. Depending on where you plan to go it may be > best to plan this as a backcountry trip and come prepared with all the food > you need. Otherwise good research is needed to be sure you know where you > can expect to find groceries, restaurants and lodging. If you like riding > in remote and rugged country this is a great place and the scenery is some > of the best in the North East. > > This was the first time I had been loaded touring on the Atlantis. I have > used it for day rides and did a 200k brevet on it earlier this year. While > the bike was fine for the lighter rides it showed it's true colors on this > ride and excelled as a loaded tourer. I was probably carrying 25 to > 30lbs and the bike handled it without a problem. We encountered wet and > rough roads so having the bike set up with 35mm tires and fenders was > perfect. The drive train on the bike was Suntour 7spd Friction shifting > with a 13-34 freewheel and 46/36/24 chainrings. This gear range was perfect > for this trip. > > Photo's: www.flickr.com/photos/14277...@n02/sets/72157621558980556/ >
Great pictures - do you have the route posted somewhere? It looks rather peaceful. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
