I'd sure be glad to be proven wrong about the washboard-ey dirt roads! I'd rather ride a trail anytime...B-)
Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of JoelMatthews Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:10 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Atlantis on the Great Divide Route? > Washboard. Miles and miles and miles of washboard'd dirt road. That's about > the worst you'll see from the reports I've read. If you can handle that on a > rigid bike, you're set. I have not bought the maps yet, so cannot say for sure, but at least the portion that goes through the San Juan wilderness area in Southern Colorado as well as the wilderness areas in Northern New Mexico would have to be trails. Unless there is a road by pass. But then you would be missing arguably the most beautiful part of the trail (I have not ridden, of course, but did hike the San Juans years ago. Cannot imagine there are too many places that come close in scenic beauty). On Oct 30, 7:45 am, "Frederick, Steve" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dustin Sharp Sent: > > Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RBW] Re: Atlantis on the Great Divide Route? > > >Plenty of people have proved you can do it fully rigid... > >...From the pics, it seems like most of the route is dirt road--not gnarly > >singletrack. That said, I'm sure there are a number of sections where > >suspension would make the whole adventure a lot more comfortable... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Washboard. Miles and miles and miles of washboard'd dirt road. That's about > the worst you'll see from the reports I've read. If you can handle that on a > rigid bike, you're set. > > I just got my first custom bike, a 650b-wheeled, Softtail Curtlo. I think > it'd be about perfect for the GDR (with a BOB trailer) > > It's not a Riv bike, but pics are here for the curious: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/40738...@n08/ > > Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
