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Post by salmon401 on Aug 18, 2016 22:23:23 GMT -7
Heading up to Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday night for a full moon ride. Riding up the old Fall River gravel road for 13ish miles, up to the main road, then like 18 miles down the paved road. Should top out at about 11,700 feet.
Should be pretty damn cool.
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Post by goodtimes on Aug 18, 2016 22:26:10 GMT -7
Wow that sounds amazing.
you going to use a headlight or night vision?
Have fun. Do you have like a cross bike or whatever it is
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 18, 2016 22:40:12 GMT -7
I've got a ridiculously bright HID light, that will be on my head, small LED on the bike, big red blinky on the back.
Group of guys going, most will be on mountain bikes, I will take my cyclocross bike. Like a road bike with fat tires, triple crank up front, plenty of climbing gears.
Going to need to watch for elk on the way down. Got to carry a change of clothes, get all sweaty going up and then freeze going down
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 5:14:40 GMT -7
That's an amazing loop to do the views on Fall River are pretty amazing, should be awesome if you get a clear night.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 5:26:21 GMT -7
That sounds fun. I want to get a cross bike. I did just shy of twenty miles on the fixie yesterday. I'm starting to think that I need to get a geared road bike so I can switch it up. Fixie is starting to bother my knee a little I think.
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Post by ferd on Aug 19, 2016 5:27:03 GMT -7
That sounds pretty spectacular Salmon. Have a great ride!
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Post by ferd on Aug 19, 2016 5:27:31 GMT -7
I'm in the market for a bike rack that attaches to a trailer hitch and can hold 5 bikes. Any recommendations?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 5:32:05 GMT -7
I've never had a hitch mount but Thule makes nice stuff.
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Post by ferd on Aug 19, 2016 5:33:04 GMT -7
Yeah. I was thinking Thule or Yakima, but they are really spendy. Maybe I can find one on craigslist.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 5:50:39 GMT -7
Yeah I prefer Thule over Yakima but that's mostly because my dad always had Thule stuff. Check out saris too. Look on eBay. Five bikes is a big rack so you probably don't want to cheap out too much. Plus if you get a good one it will last forever and have some resale value if you find yourself not needing it.
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Post by ferd on Aug 19, 2016 6:22:11 GMT -7
True enough. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 19, 2016 9:16:28 GMT -7
I have a Sportworks hitch rack that carries 2 bikes, they were bought out by Thule, which last I saw just copied their design and put their name on it. I've had it maybe 10 years and it is solid as fuck, heavy too, if someone ever rear ends me (!) while its on the 4Runner, it will probably punch though their radiator. It was spendy back then so I assume it is more now, especially if you extend it to carry more. I'll try to find a link.
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 19, 2016 9:22:12 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 10:18:40 GMT -7
Just got back from a thirty mile ride. I was hoping to improve my avg speed over yesterday but I was a tenth mph slower. I guess that's not bad because I only did 20 yesterday. I might have been able to do it if I had grabbed a snack halfway through. Started to bonk on the last few miles and was shaking a little when I got to the car.
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 19, 2016 19:55:28 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 7:40:30 GMT -7
Oskar blues and the bike farm are putting on a mtn bike festival at the end of October. Demos, guided rides, pump track, music and beer. Going to try to go.
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 21, 2016 0:22:42 GMT -7
Heading up to Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday night for a full moon ride. Riding up the old Fall River gravel road for 13ish miles, up to the main road, then like 18 miles down the paved road. Should top out at about 11,700 feet. Should be pretty damn cool. Just got back. To use an over-used word, it was "epic". 3 of use did it. 30 miles total, with a little over 4,000 ft of climbing. We hit the Alpine Visitors Center just as the sun was going down, great orange and pink sunset. It was cold up top, in the 30s, over 11,000 ft and I was still wearing basically a summer kit, jersey and bibs, we still had a couple of miles of climbing, decided to wait to change until it was all downhill. Knocked that out, put on all the clothes I had and started the downhill portion. On on top of the world, going 30-35 mph, downhill for 19 miles. Very surreal, all the world was what you could see in your headlight, after about 5 miles we saw the rising moon, out over the plains of eastern Colorado, fat and orange. It looked like Tattooine. Got pretty cold but we were holding 30-35 down to the tree line, through a tunnel of evergreens, around crazy hairpin turns, no cars passed us on the downhill. Bucket list ride. Felt solid the whole time, could have maybe done it faster but enjoyed the company I was with and everyone smiled a lot. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 6:42:34 GMT -7
That sounds awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 7:30:25 GMT -7
Nice work Salmon
no critter encounters?
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Post by salmon401 on Aug 21, 2016 7:54:21 GMT -7
Surprisingly very few critter sightings. Saw some mountain goats on the drive up there, up above tree line we saw two elk and a pika chirped at us one time when we stopped to take pictures. That was it.
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