Mark: As an Atlantis owner, I follow your adventures with interest. I esp. like you slogging thru the snow with your buddies on fat bikes. I got an Atlantis because I needed (wanted?) a touring bike but only in the most general sense. I've done plenty of paved road tours, camping, etc., but nothing off-road epic. It's wonderful to read exploits of people taking touring bikes where no one ever expected them to be. Any photos, reports, etc., will be much appreciated.
dougP On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:44:55 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Oh indeed I do. If I'm not using up time away to ride my bike, it's pretty > much always spent scrambling and hiking in the mountains. I've done a few > snow traverses which required ice axes and such for self rescue in the > event of a fall. However, lugging a loaded bike across with me will > be.....erm......interesting at best. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Right on! You no doubt know this, but just in case ... snow slopes are >> very different from snow fields. Slip on a field, you fall. Slip on a >> slope, you slide and it all depends on where you are as to what happens >> next. I've crossed some amazingly drifted trails and roads that had one >> wild ride waiting if I misstepped, whether I had a bike with me or not. >> Sardonic grin. >> >> My two eldest daughters and I are in the process of plotting our Colorado >> Super Loop (which for us will be at most Leadville - Aspen - Crested Butte >> - Mt. Princeton Western). They are learning the whole process of reading >> someone else's (incomplete) route notes online, matching those to maps, and >> then eventually how that all pans out on the trail. Fun stuff! >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:23:23 PM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: >>> >>> Resurrecting this old-ish thread just to share the news that I've booked >>> my flights and will be riding the Atlantis, or should I say Fatlantis, from >>> Jasper to Missoula from July 6-17. Locals tell me there is much more >>> snowpack than is typical this year, so I'm hoping by early July that will >>> have melted down a bit. That said, I am certainly no stranger to pushing my >>> Atlantis through deep snow for hours on end... >>> >>> Now on to the fun part, planning the trip details! >>> >>> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:51:18 PM UTC-6, Mojo wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Anne. I am used to Chupas and like them a lot. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/uopO51_cUn0/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
