[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-30 Thread Marc Irwin
I'm not too surprised at the lack of CF on the trip. Western Michigan is a huge tourist area, a lot of cyclotourists and other vacationers are around in the summer and most of the destinations will be populated with touring or hybrid/trail bikes. I can assure you, if you stayed in one place a

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-29 Thread Frank Brose
We were there for three days last summer. Never locked our bikes. Great place to visit. Not the cheapest place we've been but it sure was fun. On Thursday, August 29, 2013 10:45:13 AM UTC-5, Kelly wrote: > Perry > > I don't have any knowledge of theft incidents. we didn't bother locking > ou

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-29 Thread Kelly
Perry I don't have any knowledge of theft incidents. we didn't bother locking our bikes. :) On Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:13:14 AM UTC-5, bobish wrote: > > Kelly, really enjoyed these pics. That's a place I'd love to visit. I > noticed very few bikes locked (or even carrying locks) so I im

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-28 Thread Michael
> > Looks like a fun place to live if you like bikes. > T-t-too c-c-c-old for me in winter... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-28 Thread Kelly
Marc Actually, any myself included ferry their bikes across to visit and explore the island. I mentioned the carbon fibre as reference, as in the past I had mine and viewed several more. After thinking about it though I noticed a lack of carbon fibre sittings along the entire two week perio

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-28 Thread Marc Irwin
The bikes on Mackinac Island are transportation bikes. CF bikes would be kinda useless since they are made for racing. The five mile loop might be a good place for a race but I haven't heard of one. Marc On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:09:21 PM UTC-4, Kelly wrote: > > Well I'm home and grateful

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-27 Thread Kelly
Patrick We camped I'm state parks almost every night. We also had a full day to ride nothing but Mackinaw Island. We detoured a but along the way as well ending up with 645 miles over two week or 11 days of actual riding. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

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2013-08-27 Thread Kelly
I never saw the streets clear... :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, sen

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-27 Thread Anne
Nice trip! Great place to get away from things. It's a great place to visit and do some riding too. Would Bar Harbor in Maine be similar on the bridal trails? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-27 Thread eflayer
Did you notice that when the streets were clean of horse droppings, fudge was available at sales prices in the fudge shops? :) On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 11:09:21 AM UTC-7, Kelly wrote: > > Well I'm home and grateful for another great tour. I'm still attempting > to figure out what to do with

[RBW] Re: Mackinaw Island -

2013-08-27 Thread Deacon Patrick
Beautiful! Did you get out to any of the park areas? With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 12:09:21 PM UTC-6, Kelly wrote: > > Well I'm home and grateful for another great tour. I'm still attempting > to figure out what to do with photos but that will happen in time. > > One thing