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Routes / TX Hill Country minus Austin

« on: February 24, 2024, 01:45:44 pm »

I'm looking at going to TX in the next few days to ride the TXHC route. I would likely park around Fredericksburg and I would like to avoid the sprawl and traffic of Austin. Any routing advice would be appreciated! (My first tour in FOREVER so I'm a bit nervous)

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Routes / Re: GDMBR

« on: February 10, 2024, 11:34:54 am »

Quote from: John Nettles on January 21, 2024, 12:47:09 pm

What Beef (BTW, welcome to the ACA Forums Beef) said about a front suspension is wise. In your case, you might consider getting something like a Red Shift stem as I have one and while they do not take all the bumps out, it does reduce it. A Thudbuster seat post might be advantageous also. Whatever you decide, have a great ride!

John,
Would you prefer a Thudbuster over the Redshift seatpost suspension?

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Rocky Mountain / Re: Vehicle parking near Missoula

« on: January 12, 2024, 10:09:20 am »

I used a storage lot. Paid the attendant $20 for 10 days and he gave me the code. Easy peasy.

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General Discussion / Re: C 2 C

« on: December 20, 2023, 09:53:21 am »

Interested. Do you know if there is a .GPX file I can load in the gizmo to give me directions one way or another?

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General Discussion / Re: camera choice

« on: November 29, 2023, 10:21:45 am »

Get a used Olympus EM10 mk3 and the kit lens. Small footprint and great image quality. Or, if you are ONLY going to post pics on the webs then use a phone. If you will need to blow up and crop and post process, go with a camera.

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General Discussion / Re: Advice on likely my last bike

« on: November 15, 2023, 12:36:42 pm »

for an upright riding position, look at the Stack/Reach ratio. Check out the geometry of the Salsa Fargo. I tried to mimic that when I bought my Lynskey Backroad and it is a nice upright ride.
Also, Redshift has a big sale going on right now. They make a highly regarded parallelogram seatpost that relieves some of the back issues. I just bought one for my hard tail mountain bike as, even with 2.4" tires, it seems to be hurting my low back. Haven't installed yet.

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Pacific Northwest / Re: How to find camping spots

« on: September 30, 2023, 09:55:13 am »

Quote from: daleswindler on June 22, 2023, 09:40:00 pm

AllStays did discontinue their Android App back in 2017.

Well, doggonit!

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General Discussion / Re: Barge and Bike in the USA?

« on: July 31, 2023, 04:35:21 pm »

My wife and I did that in France for our 20th anniversary. VERY posh and, yes, pricey. So posh that I can't imagine it wasn't comfy enough to have everyone interested!
I would love it if someone did that here! Say on the Hudson River or the Ohio!

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Routes / Re: Southern Tier - East to West Timing

« on: July 25, 2023, 10:48:21 am »

I think it depends on how many miles a day you plan on shooting for, given that days are shorter and mornings are colder. I'll be following the replies here since I'm thinking of the same thing!

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Routes / Re: Underground RR elevation

« on: June 21, 2023, 09:56:23 am »

No kidding! That is a TON of climbing... ugh. My buddies want to do it all in 5 days so that would be some long, loaded days.

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Pacific Northwest / Re: How to find camping spots

« on: June 21, 2023, 09:53:08 am »

Hmm, are you using an iPhone or Android? I can't find Allstays on my Android Samsung.

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Routes / Re: Underground RR elevation

« on: June 16, 2023, 11:26:25 am »

Thank you John. You say 3000'+ per day but what mileage is a "day"? 100? 50? I have been asked to join a group of guys on a weeklong tour and I am intimidated by their cycling prowess!

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