I did follow the ACA route; in fact, it was an ACA-led trip. To do that trip loaded is HARD. We did avg 3000 feet of climbing a day for two months.
The climb to Tehachapi was the only time I had to walk, and I walked for about an hour. The climb is not steep, but the headwinds were so ferocious I couldn't keep the bike going in a straight line; if I tried to ride, I was afraid I'd be blown into traffic. One of the others of us, the strongest, did ride the pass, but he was blown off his bike twice, fortunately away from traffic. There's a reason those windmills are there. On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:58 AM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Anne: > > Did you follow ACA's route? A group of us are pondering that & I agree > that south of Tehachapi it's quite the challenge. > > dougP > > > On Sunday, May 26, 2013 9:32:44 AM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > >> Last summer, as part of a Mexico-Canada ride through the Sierra and >> Cascades, I rode the Angeles Crest highway. Even in the summer, even though >> we were entirely on paved roads, even though we were close to a metropolis >> of ten million people, it was almost deserted, and absolutely gorgeous up >> there. I'd like to go back there some time and ride the dirt, provided I >> didn't have to ever, ever go back to Palmdale or Tehachapi. >> >> >> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Andy Smitty Schmidt <54c...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> As a former Southlander... I'd love to see a map of the route. >>> >>> --Smitty >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:49:37 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> You may think your Rivendell does good on the back roads, excels at >>>> city riding and really shines when you throw a little dirt into the mix. >>>> But did you know they can also be ridden on honest to goodness mountain >>>> singletrack? Yes, I'm here to tell you it's true! In fact, I would >>>> encourage you to hop on your lugged steel bicycle and ride it in your local >>>> mountains. You would be amazed at what it can do. >>>> >>>> Photographic documentation of just such an adventure in the San >>>> Bernardino Mountains of Southern California: >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**c**yclotourist/sets/**7215763370264** >>>> 9228/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/sets/72157633702649228/> >>>> >>>> Thanks to everyone that came out and enjoyed what can only be described >>>> as a perfect day in SoCal. Just doesn't get any better! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> David >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-**US<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> My hovercraft is full of eels >> > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
