Mike - how much weight on the Hilsen? Was it wobbly in specific situations? Interested in more detail as I'll be doing this sort of thing with a Hilsen. BTW - great trip photos. Looks like it was a great time!
Brian On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yesterday my friend Dylan and I finished up 8 days of cyclotouring > through WA and OR. We managed to roll through portions of Gifford > Pinchot NF, Mt Hood NF, Deschutes NF and the Willamette NF. We totally > veered from our planned route which would have kept us in and around > the GPNF but due to poor weather we changed plans and headed south. > The hight point of the trip was day 6 when we took back roads from > Madras to just below the summit of McKenzie Pass. I had been wanting > to climb the pass ever since moving to OR and was not disappointed. We > stayed at a beautiful and serene campground--Lava Lake. The next day > we got on the road at 7am and summited McKenzie Pass where we had epic > vies of the surround mountains and lava fields from the Dee Wright > Observatory. > > My Hilsen handled well although next time I tour like this I'll be on > a dedicated touring bike. At times the Hilsen felt a little too > noodly. I was absolutely floored by the performance of my Schwalbe > Marathons (700x41)--they were great. I expected them to feel dead but > they were fine. > > We averaged like 82 miles a day. Our shortest day was like 65 miles > and the longest 107. I can't wait until the next tour. Although we had > poor weather which was a bummer the GPNF seems to offer endless > cyclotouring opportunities for people living in Seattle or Portland > and everywhere in-between. > > My camera crapped out for part of the trip so I don't have photos from > day 5 and only a few from day 4 and 6. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41335...@n00/sets/72157622065862878/ > > --mike > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
