Went on my first S24O this week on my new Sam. I rode from Burlington to Jerusalem and camped in the Camel's Hump State Forest.
<https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3RjVQ7WAEVo/TlgFrCEVRNI/AAAAAAAABAU/8XF4-xFyDxI/P1020429.JPG> This is what I brought: Slickersack Trangia cookset Book to read Wiggy's sleeping bag (on top) Headlamp Coffee setup Marinated stir-fry, Eggs, bit of salami, macadamia nuts, larabar, rasberries & blueberries, dark chocolate Saddlesack Hennessy Hammock Tools Pump Fleece Jacket Ibex longies Spare shirt Spare socks Opinel knife Hozan Y wrench (as this was the first time out with this Sam and these racks, thought I may need to make adjustments, and that thing rocks for making adjustments to the nitto racks) Keven's Bag Phone Wallet Camera Pencil Crossword Puzzle Some things I learned: - The Sam is just fine handling this amount of load. No sway, felt solid underneath me the whole time. (for the record, I weigh about 220 lbs, so this is a lot of total weight. i think the marathon duremes may help with the stable feel of the ride, but it's hard to say). - Riding on the curves of the Albatross bar is 4/5 as good as riding in drops for me. It got me down out of the wind, and handling was just fine. - The Sam is so much fun on descents, it's one of the most fun things I have ever done. - Leave earlier or ride shorter. I pushed it and ended up making camp in the dark, it sucked. - Side roads in Vermont can be brutal. I am fine on long ascents, but the crazy uphill stuff on Vermont dirt roads really takes it out of me. I ended up walking the bike a fair bit on these, and ended up being way more tired than I would normally be after riding this long. - I don't need so much food. I ate like half of what I brought. - The trangia cookset is awesome. My first time using it, and it was solid. Way way better than just using the little triangle windscreen thing and then cooking in something else. - I am not much for taking pictures when I am riding. I brought the camera, but didn't pull it out. I was also really feeling the pressure of trying to make good time and beat the sunset, so that was part of it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Jix0TcqkW4IJ. 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.
