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Gear Talk / Re: Bicycles for off-road riding

« on: March 25, 2010, 10:06:02 am »

Draco - Check out the Salsa Fargo.  I don't have one but it seems geared for off-road adventure travel.  I have a Surly Karate Monkey 29er that I run single speed that I love & I'm only 5'6.5".  The thing w/ the Karate Monkey is you've got options.  Run it single-speed or geared, racks for panniers, rigid or suspension fork, etc.  Imo, unless you're riding a lot of gnarly, technical single-track, you don't need suspension.  I ride the monkey full rigid over plenty of northern New Mexico rocky/tech trails - no prob.  The km climbs great, corners great and cruises really nice on the smooth stuff - even pavement.  Alright, enough of the Surly commercial...just my 2 cents.

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Routes / Re: Great Divide New Mexico Secitons (5+6) - MTB required?

« on: March 18, 2010, 09:24:26 am »

Scot,

Check out the tour divide website - it's geared for the race but provides loads of info, resources and pics:

http://tourdivide.org/

Also, bikepacking.net is another great resource.  Our group is based out of Las Vegas & you're more than welcome to join us - we're still in the early planning stage.  More details to follow.

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Routes / Re: Great Divide New Mexico Secitons (5+6) - MTB required?

« on: March 16, 2010, 11:46:43 am »

mhavey - A small group of us are also planning to do the NM portion of the Divide Route, probably in mid-June.  My understanding is that there is zero technical singletrack which has me convinced of riding my Big Dummy that I'm currently building up.  I've never ridden the Divide route but I'd say if you're used to riding your LHT on dirt roads, it should be fine w/ beefy tires, imo.  Right now the plan is to start up in Del Norte & ride north to south to the border.  The big question I have is how much snow will there be up on Indiana Pass south of D.N.  Maybe south to north would be better but I like the idea of the definitive "end" at the border.