[RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
I've been reading about these fire trails in Grant's writings for years. As far as I know, we don't have fire trails in Minnesota, but we have thousands of miles of rural gravel roads, and races/rides on these gravel roads have exploded in popularity. This weekend I, along with several hundred

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread John Blish
Best wishes for success in the race as well as clear sailing on the 130 mile commute to and from it. Bacon-granola powered, huh? good luck. -jb On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading about these fire trails in Grant's

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread John Blish
Also, weren't you supposed to have left about 14 minutes ago? On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:44 AM, John Blish jbl...@gmail.com wrote: Best wishes for success in the race as well as clear sailing on the 130 mile commute to and from it. Bacon-granola powered, huh? good luck. -jb On Fri, May

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread Ray Shine
] the fire trails of the upper midwest I've been reading about these fire trails in Grant's writings for years. As far as I know, we don't have fire trails in Minnesota, but we have thousands of miles of rural gravel roads, and races/rides on these gravel roads have exploded in popularity. This weekend

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 05:08 -0700, Ray Shine wrote: Jim -- Fire Roads are just really the same as farm roads but are often very steep, hilly, rolly and unmarked. Out here in the west, fire roads are cut as just that, fire breaks and for deep access for crews and equipment. They are almost

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread Ray Shine
-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 5:37:45 AM Subject: Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 05:08 -0700, Ray Shine wrote: Jim -- Fire Roads are just really the same as farm roads but are often very steep, hilly, rolly and unmarked. Out here

Re: [RBW] the fire trails of the upper midwest

2010-05-14 Thread Bill Connell
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery thill@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading about these fire trails in Grant's writings for years. As far as I know, we don't have fire trails in Minnesota, but we have thousands of miles of rural gravel roads, and races/rides on