Going up from Gunnison was hard, descending down the other side to Salida was even worse. Probably the toughest descent I’ve ever done—miles and miles of hanging onto the brakes to keep from going too fast (and keeping my cadence at a safe level).
Pikes Peak looks fun. I hope to try that sometime. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > On Jul 26, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > > Here's my furtherest ride up Pikes Peak (I did two rides, never made the > top). Average grade of 8-9%, regular boutes of 10%, and one wee hair pin turn > with stunning headwinds above tree line at 15%. I used my bail out rear of > 22t. Grin. After doing this, everything is sane. > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7gA1WBylsz4/V5fzJ0mekTI/AAAAAAAAAro/vnXHp94Du2E3YrIZ92aD8fLkyMD7PsWOwCLcB/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-07-26%2Bat%2B5.28.43%2BPM.png> > > Monarch Pass is brutal for it length of climb and the volume of high speed > traffic including high % of RV's, tourists, and semi trucks. Well done, Eric! > My brain has blown up just trying to ride the Monarch Crest trail AWAY from > the top of Monarch crest, because of the traffic noise. My poor family drove > us 2 hours just for me to get messed up with all my bikepacking gear, turn > around and go home. Talk about disappointed daughters who didn't get to go > bikepacking. That is a busy corridor! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 5:07:43 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: > Quickbeam on Mt Diablo? Barely crazy. Quickbeam over Monarch Pass? *That’s* > crazy! > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Pass > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Pass> > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com <http://www.campyonly.com/> > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/> >> On Jul 26, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> I think not. The two sorta-singlespeeds they tried to sell didn't, and only >> a crazy-person would ride one in the area RBW is located. (Yes, I've seen a >> Quickbeam on Mt. Diablo. That guy was crazy). >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch >> <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
