Daniel, Thanks. This goes on my list of ' epic dream' rides. Now if I can only find a way to retire before I'm too creaky to ride...
Or maybe it will become the 'what I did during the de/p/recession' plan B. -JimD On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Daniel Molloy wrote: > > I flew to Calgary on July 29, and rode west to Banff, where the route > officially starts. From there I headed south and on the first night > out of Banff had my first bear encounter. It walked up to me as I was > setting up camp filtering water. It was as startled as I was, and it > steered clear of me when I stood up straight and stared it down. > > The trip lasted almost exactly three months, including a week visiting > family in Colorado, and rest days spent flyfishing. I brought a small > fly-rod and used it whenever I could. I met a lot of other great > people doing the route, and others who offered their amazing > hospitality along the way. Grant was kind enough to let me use a > prototype Bombadil for this trip, one of the first and an early > version with only one top tube. I set it up with a nitto flat bar, > marathon xr 50mm tires, v brakes, and special order 180mm cranks. The > bike usually weighed about 100 pounds, including the weight of the > bike, all my gear, a weeks worth of food and usually 10 or so liters > of water when it was scarce. > > I arrived at the Mexican border in late October, and from there rode > east to El Paso, where I flew home on October 29. My trip was almost > exactly 3 months long. > > Let me know if you have any specific questions about the bike or > the route. > > Daniel > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:18 PM, JimD <rasterd...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Daniel, >> Your Great Divide Ride is inspiring. >> >> How far did you go, how many days were you on this adventure? >> >> Did you meet any critters other than deer and what I guess are >> otters? I >> mean how big (and hungry) were the bears. >> >> Please tell us more? >> >> Cheers, >> JimD >> >> On Apr 1, 2009, at 10:14 PM, dmolloy wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmolloy/sets/72157606879827070/ >>> >>> I still have some photos to upload, but there are some raw shots >>> there. All photos shot with a voigtlander bessa r with a 35mm f2.5 >>> lens >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> On Mar 31, 3:38 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dmolloy, you got any pictures posted of your ride? That sounds >>>> epic. >>>> And on a Rivendell no less. >>>> >>>> --mike >>>> >>>> On Mar 31, 1:47 pm, dmolloy <danielmarkmol...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's a great bike, I rode a prototype on the entire Great Divide >>>>> Mountain Bike Route and put it through absolute torture with no >>>>> ill >>>>> effects. This isn't a bike to fondle and flutter eyelashes at, >>>>> it's a >>>>> purpose designed user with even heavier tubes than the >>>>> Atlantis. I'm >>>>> sure you'll like it a lot. >>>> >>>>> yagen...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all - a complete noob here, but I just have to tell >>>>>> somebody who >>>>>> will >>>>>> understand: I finished picking out all of the components for my >>>>>> Bombadil >>>>>> tonight, and it will be on its way *this week* (AAAHHHHH!!!). >>>>>> I asked >>>>>> to >>>>>> have the frame and parts shipped to me so I can do the build >>>>>> myself. >>>>>> I'm >>>>>> not a cheapskate trying to avoid the $210 build fee, I just >>>>>> have all >>>>>> the >>>>>> tools and want to be one with the bike. (OK, I am a cheapskate >>>>>> but >>>>>> that's >>>>>> beside the point right now. A true cheapskate would be happy >>>>>> with the >>>>>> $450 "race-designed" Fuji he has out in the garage.) >>>> >>>>>> Any advice from Bombadil owners? Setup suggestions? I got fat >>>>>> tires and >>>>>> fenders, for all-around road and light trail use. Also a brown >>>>>> Cardiff >>>>>> saddle, because it will look nice with the green frame. And Nitto >>>>>> noodle >>>>>> bars, which may portray the wrong image for a rough-and-tough >>>>>> bike, but >>>>>> I >>>>>> just don't like the moustache bars. Do people prefer front >>>>>> racks or >>>>>> rear? >>>>>> Is it fun to ride? Did I pick the right color? Do I deserve a >>>>>> Riv? >>>> >>>>>> This is going to be a long week..... >>> >>>>> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
