William Nealy drew a map of the Lower Youghigheny (95 miles of the GAP) that would come in handy.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:42:20 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Well this would be an interesting way to do the GAP! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 20, 2022, at 6:43 AM, ascpgh <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is so cool Collin! > > > I've used my bike to shuttle from the take out of our favorite white water > river (Mulberry River, AR). The take out was on our way upriver so it was > convenient to do this. One or two of us would ride back to the vehicle(s) > and drive back for the boats. Second time we did that we dropped other gear > and supplies with the bikes so those staying with the boats could cook up a > fitting lunch/dinner while we rode to and fetched the trucks. Love the > multi-mode days! > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 2:01:12 PM UTC-4 Collin A wrote: > >> Sort-of Ride Report >> >> Most of my rides during the pandemic were the same couple of loops around >> the American river in Sacramento, which does have some great trails and >> some not-so-legal singletrack, but gets old if that's all you are doing. I >> wasn't often able to (or unwilling) to make the 90 min drive to the Bay >> Area to get a greater variety of riding in - think Mt Tam area, Mt Diablo, >> Golden Gate Rec area, etc but I did head up to Auburn and truckee when I >> got the chance and it was on fire or snowed in. >> >> Fast forward a year and I recently picked up a neat little tool to help >> increase the variety of riding that I can do in a city with a river that >> runs through it - a packraft! Its a pretty cool thing to be able to bike up >> to 30 miles and paddle almost back home, or bike 35 miles and paddle into a >> boat-in campsite (sadly, the mosquito Fire in Foresthill area has closed >> most of those off for the forseeable future). I've gotten the setup pretty >> well dialed, so I can load up an S24Os worth of gear plus a raft, paddle, >> and PFD (I mostly go solo) without the Riv weighing like an absolute tank >> (its still close to 70 lbs though!). >> >> The typical route I try to do on the weekends now is to ride from my >> apartment in Midtown and up to Nimbus dam (or just a little downstream), >> blow up the raft, strap the bike to it, then paddle about 7-15 miles >> depending on how I feel and how strong the wind is (wind is much worse on a >> raft than on a bike). Its a great way to spend the afternoon, and the river >> almost always changes from day-to-day thanks to drought related water >> releases and power-requirements (the river is dammed pretty much the whole >> way, but the last stretch is the USACE Folsom dam and Nimbus diversion). >> >> Anywho, just wanted to share what is fast becoming a more typical ride >> for me, but definitely a fun and different experience to my typical local >> ride. With the colder weather setting in, I'll also have to wear something >> more than swimtrunks and sandals though :( >> >> Some sunny day photos: >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/8SjaVxY2ZNV3wJ9v6 >> >> Cheers, >> Collin in Stormramento >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8f956c7f-c1cf-4e1c-ba35-2c8141949c00n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8f956c7f-c1cf-4e1c-ba35-2c8141949c00n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4d986a1-953c-49a2-b88d-706f3fe1c7b6n%40googlegroups.com.
