[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-17 Thread J. Burkhalter
Great shots Mike! Thanks for sharing the adventure. My GF and I will definitely be borrowing from your route when we make it over to the NW for some bike rambling one of these days. -Jay Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" gro

[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-16 Thread doc
Great shots and it looks like a wonderful expedition. Here on the other side of the country we have Gifford Pinchot State Park (He was Governor of PA a few years back). We did an S24O back in April. http://gspiess.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/s24o-04-10-11-10-pinchot/ On Sep 15, 11:31 pm, Mike w

Re: [RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-16 Thread Brian Hanson
Please do post the loop - I need to do this one. I may try to drive down to the Riv Ride on October 2nd - this would be a great diversion if I have some extra time. Brian Seattle On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Mike wrote: > Hey Patrick, that was my second time up and over Old Man Pass and in

[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-16 Thread Mike
Hey Patrick, that was my second time up and over Old Man Pass and into Randle from the South. I gotta say, I'm super impressed with folks, such as you and your pals, that have come up from the other side. There is some serious climbing from that way. That said, I really want to do this whole loop i

[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-16 Thread LouisvillePatrick
Mike! Great work. I felt the exact same way about the route from Carson to Portland. You've characterized it perfectly. Funny that you saw another Bomba! I don't have to tell you that my Bomba (64cm) was absolutely rock solid on every road/path type we encountered, even with my size and weigh

[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-16 Thread Mike
I'm not sure why the front end was so wobbly. I don't think I had too much weight on it. I had the front loaded a little different each day in order to deal with the wobble and nothing seemed to help. The first day I had just my tent and poles, the second my tent and Vans, the third my tent and Tev

[RBW] Re: 3 days in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

2010-09-15 Thread Michael_S
another trip with incredible scenery! I am so jealous of the terrain you have access to. why was the front end wobbly... too much weight? ~Mike~ On Sep 15, 8:31 pm, Mike wrote: > So no big tour this year but I did get in a 3 day ride in Gifford > Pinchot NF with my friend and coworker John. Th