I'd be happy to suggest some routes but it would be helpful to know what your idea of "shorter" is in terms of mileage and whether or not you'd want to try a climbing route. If you like to read, this little book <https://smile.amazon.com/Guide-Bicycling-Roads-out-Boulder/dp/0964620901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469038115&sr=8-1&keywords=terry+struthers>is really terrific in describing all sorts of routes around Boulder/Denver. That has remained my go-to when I need new ideas.It is very accurate about difficulty, road conditions, etc. It covers all the popular routes from easy to hard.
Val in Boulder, CO On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 11:57:24 AM UTC-6, John Stowe wrote: > > My family (me, wife and 3 year old) will be visiting my brother in Denver > to for two weeks at the end of August. We're thinking of staying in Denver > for a week and then traveling somewhere else nearby like Boulder or Fort > Collins to access the mountains more easily for a few days. I'd love to > hear from any locals about suggestions for rides (or other "must-do" > activities) we could do out there. As with other recent riding-with-others > threads, we have one reasonably strong rider and one eager but a bit less > ambitious rider, with the added bonus/weight of a toddler and higher > altitude (we're at sea level here in Alexandria VA), so I think we would > skew toward shorter routes with good scenery or other interesting places. > Breaking up a longer outing with lunch/museum/fossils/frogs/whatever would > help keep the toddler happy! > > The other question I hope list members can help me with is about > equipment: it looks like if we want to do more than about 4 days of riding, > it's cheaper to ship our bikes than to rent. When we've traveled with our > bikes before we've driven, so flying and shipping is an unknown to us. Any > tips or perils to watch out for would be appreciated. > > I'm especially unsure about what to do with the rear child seat, as it's > pretty bulky and likely won't fit in a box with one of the bikes. I think > my preferred solution, if I can make a connection with somebody, would be > to leave the seat at home and borrow a WeeHoo or other trailer bike. My son > is reaching the age where we are thinking about getting one of these and > this seems like a good opportunity to the one out. If anyone has one we > could borrow, or knows someone who does, I'd appreciate speaking with you > off-list. The rental places around us are loath to rent trailers unless > they're connected to one of their bikes and I imagine I'll run into a > similar issue out there. > > Thanks in advance, I appreciate any suggestions! > John > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
