Thanks for the warning, Larry... It may not be practical to do the FallingWater side trip... it is quite a house, though isn't it?
BB On Jan 13, 7:13 pm, Larry Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a great ride. I will warn people that the climb from Ohio Pyle > park to Falling Water is about 3 miles of 300% grade. At least that is how > it seemed the year we tried it on a tandem with the wrong gearing and an out > of shape team. > > Larry Powers > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:42:39 -0500 > > Subject: RE: [RBW] Riv Rally East 2012 > > > I'm in, Bobby. And if anyone feels like flying in sans bike, I've got > > loaners in the 59cm to 61cm range. > > > Pics on the Flickr group make it look like a GREAT ride. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Montclair BobbyB > > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:24 PM > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Subject: [RBW] Riv Rally East 2012 > > > OK, it's a new year, and I'm starting to get excited about Riv Rally East > > 2012. Here's the quick skinny on this year's plan (so far): > > > This year I'm planning the 2-day Rally to ride along the Great Allegheny > > Passage, from Frostburg, MD to Connellsville, PA. > > > To get you psyched up, here are a few links: > > >http://www.atatrail.org/index.cfm > >http://www.flickr.com/groups/great_allegheny_passage/ > > > This beautiful stretch of the GAP trail takes you through long mountain > > tunnels, over high viaducts, though beautiful country along 2 scenic rivers > > (including through the Youghigheny River Gorge). The plan is to converge > > in Frostburg, MD on Friday evening, Apr 20th, and ride to Confluence, PA > > (47 miles of mostly smooth downhill to the > > North) on Saturday, where we will enjoy a nice dinner and comfy bed > > (although there is camping nearby for the hardcore). Sunday we will roll > > into Ohiopyle, PA, home of the famous Youghigheny Gorge, where we may take > > an an optional short excursion out of town to visit the famous Frank Lloyd > > Wright house, FallingWater (a trip WELL WORTH taking). We will finish day > > off in Connellsville, PA, where I am making arrangements to shuttle > > ourselves, bike and gear back to Frostburg. This will be a self-supported, > > credit card type of tour, which means that unless you have a buddy, spouse > > or otherwise hired person to meet you in Confluence PA on the first > > evening, you'll need to carry a change of clothes, toothbrush and other > > essentials to get you through 2 days of riding. A small duffle on a rack > > shoud suffice, or go all out with front and rear panniers... up to you. > > Me, I hope to toss a duffle in my big Wald basket... that's how I like to > > roll.. > > > I have put out inquiries on shuttles and lodging; more on that shortly. > > > In the mean time, if you are interested, please let me know. We had a fair > > amount of interest early on for the 2011 Rally, but quite a few dropped > > off. I hope we can get the same crew from 2011 returning this year, along > > with a few of you who couldn't make it last year. To our West Coast > > buddies, I'll bet we could get a few loaner bikes if any of you would care > > to join us... 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