> Those are definitely flatter, straighter, with more gravel and washboard than > Cal's true fire roads.
For the most part. However if you go east from where Jim will be riding, the upper Mississippi and Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan/ Ontario* Lake Superior shore line has plenty of rugged twisties. > Enjoy the ride. You'll do well. Double that. Have fun Jim. * The lake really lives up to its name considering it borders three states and a Canadian province! On May 14, 7:08 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Jim -- "Fire Roads" are just really the same as farm roads but are often very > steep, hilly, rolly and unmarked. Out here in the west, fire roads are cut > as just that, fire breaks and for deep access for crews and equipment. They > are almost always cut by the forest service. The other type of road are the > lumber roads, usually cut by companies logging a certain section of forest > land. Most fire roads are more dirt than gravel, but most are steep, with > lots of blind turns, washouts, etc. I have ridden the farm roads of the > mid-west and the southwest. Those are definitely flatter, straighter, with > more gravel and washboard than Cal's true fire roads. Enjoy the ride. > You'll do well. > > ________________________________ > From: Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 1:32:10 AM > Subject: [RBW] the "fire trails" of the upper midwest > > I've been reading about these "fire trails" in Grant's writings for > years. As far as I know, we don't have fire trails in Minnesota, but > we have thousands of miles of rural gravel roads, and races/rides on > these gravel roads have exploded in popularity. This weekend I, along > with several hundred others, will be riding the Almanzo 100, which is > a free-for-all gravel century. Technically it's a race, but I > seriously doubt that I'm in contention of finishing much better than > middle-of-the-pack. > > It's arguable that Rivendell has played a role (indirectly) in > popularizing this kind of event with Grant's advocacy of tire > clearance and riding "road bikes" on unpaved surfaces. I'll be riding > my Atlantis-inspired Goodrich, and I expect to see lots of Rivendells. > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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-bu...@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.
