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On 4/6/11, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > sorry David but 100mm travel Mountain bikes are for XC racing. > Downhill bikes have more like 8 inches (200mm) of travel. > > I'm sure your rigid KM would be fine for those rough trails over > there. > > ~Mike > > On Apr 6, 1:02 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It's kinda' cool given the problems people have with trail >> access/closures (looking at you PDX) that there are places that won't >> let you in if you bike isn't burly enough! >> >> Dual-squish 100mm travel downhillers in full armor only, please. >> >> On 4/6/11, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I do know two people who have gone there and said that the permit is >> > strictly enforced. I think they said that full sus wasn't specifically >> > mentioned, but the permit officer did require a "mountain bike". It >> > would be >> > worth seeing what they mean by that: >> >> > They must mean knobby tires. >> >> > I wonder if they would discount drop bars, even if the bike they were on >> > had >> > 2" Atlantis-style tires. That's the big IF for me. >> >> > I'm pretty certain that they would not approve a permit for a >> > rough-rider >> > style underbiker bike intending to go off-road with Jack Browns, for >> > example. >> >> > If I do it someday, I'll try to get away with my 700x40 knobby Hillborne >> > with Bullmoose bars. I'm guessing it would satisfy their "mountain bike" >> > criteria, but I'll attempt to check with someone by phone or e-mail >> > first. >> > Maybe a good way to do it would be to get in e-mail contact with the >> > permit >> > official and send a picture of the bike. I'm guessing that it's fairly >> > common for people to have digital photos of their bikes. : ) >> >> > -Jim W. >> >> > On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Matthew wrote: >> >> >> I have been under the (mistaken?) impression that the permitting >> >> required mountain bikes (specifically, shocks) and that they wouldn't >> >> let me on the roads or give me a permit with a my hillborne. Untrue? >> >> >> On Apr 5, 3:08 pm, Aaron Thomas <aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone done it? Would you recommend it? Any special considerations >> >>> or >> >>> logistical things to take into account? Can anyone point me to useful >> >>> resources or websites? A simple Google search produced hundreds of >> >>> hits >> >>> -- >> >>> not sure where to begin. >> >> >>> I'm thinking bike camping on Catalina might make a nice weekend >> >>> getaway >> >>> from >> >>> LA, but I've never done any bike camping, S240-style or otherwise. >> >>> Where >> >>> to >> >>> begin? Recommendations for the neophyte welcome. >> >> >>> Thanks in advance, >> >>> Aaron >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> >> > -- >> > 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. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> David >> Redlands, CA >> >> *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would >> probably benefit more from >> improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS- Hide >> quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- 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.
