Clif, No I'm in Arizona (Tucson). I appreciate the suggestion of the Mineral Wells State Trailway, I'll try to check it out. I have some relatives living in Texas, so I occasionally visit them.
Jim Cloud On Mar 8, 10:54 am, Cycletex <clifwrightpho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Are you in Texas? You might already know about it but the Mineral > Wells State Trailway, while not as long, is a great trail. Super well > kept, it rolls though the Cross Timbers between Mineral Wells and > Weatherford. > > On Mar 8, 10:20 am, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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.
