Ahhhhh, Chris. I’m trying to find a charitable way to respond to: “I don't know anything about continental divide singletrack, but I challenge the notion that it's not rideable.” How cute.
Now, if you want to learn ... Bikeable? Absolutely. Ridable? Not all of it. Folks riding the Continental Divide Trail (not to be confused with the Great Divide MTB Route, which is mostly backroads), the Colorado Trail, and other similar trails, have a fair amount of LCG (lowest common gear, aka hike-a-bike) for the uphill and even some downhill sections, no matter the human powered bike they bring. Note that this is reflected in the overview of routes on Bikepacking.com in their “Ridable” category. The CT is 92% ridable, by time. Guess where most of that 8% LCG comes in. Near the Divide. They say the CT is 13 travel days. 8% of 13? A day. That’s a day of LCG, though of course broken up throughout the route, mostly on the climbs and mostly near the Divide. http://www.bikepacking.com/routes/bikepacking-the-colorado-trail/ A 2.1” 29er Hunqabeam is underbiking for this. A 2.4-2.8” Boots is more spot on, and a 29er sounds to be the prefered wheelsize, so I agree with you there. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- 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.
