Clif, I'd seen your photos on the "Tall Riders" Flickr group. That's a nice looking Quickbeam! I don't really anticipate any possibility of going to the Caprock Canyons trailway anytime sooner than late spring, and maybe not until fall. At this point, my impression of the trail is that it's pretty gnarly. I'm not sure that my bike(s) would be very suitable for a ride on the trail, since they're more road oriented. It appears to me that the Canyon trailway would probably be more suitable for a mountain type bike, or maybe a 650B shod with really wide (and tough!) tires.
If I go, I'd probably be most interested in hiking some of the Caprock Canyon trails, with a secondary opportunity of riding portions of the trailway. Jim Cloud On Mar 7, 7:41 pm, Cycletex <clifwrightpho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I've heard the same sketchy reports on trail conditions. Have you > tried calling Caprock Canyons? 806/455-1492 > > I passed through Estelline a couple of years ago and did some quick > riding on that end aboard my Quickbeam. Lots of stickers. > > http://tinyurl.com/5r2f2r6 > > http://tinyurl.com/6ylf72x > > Granite pack was kinda loose but not too bad. As you can see in the > second pic the trail is kinda overgrown but not unridable (where I > rode it). > > I'd love to get back up there and try and do the whole thing. If I did > I think I'd go 50c Big Apples at about 45-50 psi on the Atlantis and > maybe take some time and make it a two day ride. Please keep us > updated what you find out and if you decide to ride it. > > Clif Wright > > On Mar 7, 3:15 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone in the RBW group ridden on the Caprock Canyon Rails-to- > > Trails trailway? The trailway runs for a distance of 64 miles between > > South Plains and Estelline Texas (east of Lubbock Texas). > > > I've seen a few on-line comments, but they don't look very encouraging > > in terms of this trail's condition for cycling. If the trailway is > > reasonably accessible, with a "Country Bike" style bicycle (e.g. > > Rivendell A.H. Hilsen, Sam Hillborne style with Jack Brown tires or > > the like), I'd like to try it out. The area sounds interesting also > > for the possibility of hiking in the Caprock Canyons area > > > Here's a link to a website with some information about the > > trailway:http://texaswildnetwork.com/north-texas/parks/caprock-canyons-trailwa... > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ -- 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-bunch@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.
