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Routes / Atlantic Coast Washington DC area

« on: April 10, 2013, 11:27:43 am »

Years ago I rode all over FL and then north to upstate NY via a wandering self-defined course... On that trip, from Williamsburg, VA I swung out west through Maryland and PA rather than go through DC and NJ.  This coming summer my 15 year old son and I will be tentatively riding from Jacksonville, FL to upstate NY. The theme of the coming trip is east coast history. We will probably be using the Atlantic Coast route for part of the trip, I'll retrace the route I used in the past for other parts, and some parts will be newly self-defined.

Regarding the DC area on the Atlantic Coast route, how congested is it in the summer and how easy is it to find reasonable accommodations and camping in that area?  I don't want to subject my son to a high stress riding environment... this is supposed to be fun! My 2011 trip through the Rockies on the Transam and Lewis & Clark routes with my other son (then 15) taught me that more certainty is better than less certainty, and less congestion is better than more congestion!

Thanks for any information on your experiences.

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Gear Talk / LHT Fenders - specific

« on: August 06, 2012, 05:52:56 pm »

I've scoured the forums and see Planet Bike and SKS Long Board fenders receive good recommendations. I am unsure of which specific model, in black, of each would fit on my LHT with the stock 37X700 tires.  Can someone(s) identify the proper fenders from the 2012 QBP on-line catalog for me?

This link gets you to roughly the correct page in the catalog. 

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a8e5bd2a#/a8e5bd2a/1234

I've got Trek Interchange Nebula fenders on our Trek 520s. They work well as fenders but the rattling at the quick release studs and stay/fender connections is annoying. Thus far a permanent solution to that problem has not been found--rubber electrical splicing tape worked for a while but that breaks down--so I want to try something different on the LHT.

Thanks

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Gear Talk / Stoves in Rockies

« on: May 18, 2011, 04:01:15 pm »

I'm wondering if I'm going to have trouble cooking with a Coleman Peak 1 stove in the Rockies on my trip along the TransAm... Does it light, burn, and boil water at 5-11,000 feet of elevation?  Any other stoves to consider for this trip?