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Routes / Re: Gravel roads/ alternatives on the Pacific Coast Route
« on: June 06, 2017, 07:04:43 pm »
Indians road between Arroyo Seco (east of Carmel Valley) and Fort Hunter Liggett.  Epic amazing gravel with a few landslide hike sections.   No cars!

from Fort Hunter I'm not sure where to go but it isn't west since Hwy 1 is closed south of there between Gorda and Ragged Point.

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Routes / Re: Pfeiffer Bridge at Big Sur work around
« on: June 06, 2017, 06:56:36 pm »
I wanted to do a ride down Big Sur this spring too but decided to postpone until 2018 when- hopefully- the bridge AND slide will be fixed. 

This is by no means as spectacular but one can ride inland.

And even take a gravel "short cut" which is absolutely stunning, running from Arroyo Seco via Indians Road.  it is 20 plus miles of nice gravel with several landslides that require a few minutes of hiking.  The road drops out in the area north of Fort Hunter Liggett with BLM campgrounds and creek water.  It is best a spring ride - likely fairly hot later in the summer.

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Gear Talk / Re: Anyone here use Rok Straps?
« on: June 08, 2016, 04:35:05 pm »
A plug for Titan Straps. Very strong. Found mine at my local Ace Hardware

http://titanstraps.com/


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Gear Talk / Re: saddles and sores
« on: June 08, 2016, 04:30:13 pm »
Try Glide?   I've thankfully never had a problem like the one you describe but I did start getting an abrasion rash in the nether region but, here's the weird part, only from riding my fixed gear bike. I swapped saddles with a few of my other 'regular' bikes and that made no difference; something about the forced spinning and resultant bobbing I suspect.   I don't ride the fixiie that much or that far so it's not been a big issue but I started applying Glide before each ride and the cleared it right up.  Available in most sporting goods stores. 

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Gear Talk / Re: One Bike to Do It All
« on: May 28, 2016, 09:15:54 pm »
It's going to be a compromise, but I ride mostly road and some cyclo-cross & recently reentered mountain biking with a full suspension 29r bike.   Then I got bit by the Great Divide tour bug and sold the mountain bike (had best resale value of my collection) and got a Salsa Fargo .  That thing feels smack between the mountain bike and my cyclo-cross bike (Bianchi Axis):  so much fun!   Has tons of attachment points for racks and bottles.  And can run a wide tire -  unlike most touring and cross bikes. 

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Gear Talk / Re: A folding bike for touring?
« on: August 26, 2015, 08:57:48 pm »
The Bike Friday company will be the first to admit that their standard frame bike is not really a 'folder' but rather a travel bike - one that breaks down and fits in standard suitcase (aside from their traditional bike they now have a real folder for commuting now called the Tiket").  You can do the same with a standard road or cross bike if you get the frame builder to add those aluminum connectors and related hardware for the cables.  (See the Ritchy Breakaway for a retail example).  I loved my Bike Friday Pocket Rocket (drop bars, 8sp x2) until some jerk stole it.  Was my daily commuter ~7 years and I rode a 500 mile loaded tour on it up the Sierra Mountains here in CA.  The bike handles like any other road bike with the exception of feeling a bit quicker (but not twitchy).  And due to 20-inch wheels I do agree with a previous post that the tires seem to wear out a bit faster than expected.  I would buy another one in a heartbeat but I already had an old and unused cross bike.  Oh another nice thing about BF: they are not only designed but actually made in the USA.

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