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General Discussion / Re: Colorado: bike maps?

« on: July 08, 2016, 05:11:19 pm »

Thank you for your reply. I'm not necessarily looking for only gravel roads -- maybe county roads without a lot of traffic, forest service roads, etc.

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General Discussion / Colorado: bike maps?

« on: July 08, 2016, 09:07:18 am »

I'm thinking of bringing my "gravel" bike on my trip to the Rocky Mountain National Park area (Estes). Are there maps or other resources that show good roads for biking? I'm not touring from A to B, just riding around to see good scenery, etc? I don't ride "single-track" so have been skipping web-sites that advertise mountain biking routes.

Thanks..

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Gear Talk / Re: "Adventure" bike for short rider?

« on: April 29, 2016, 06:47:52 pm »

Thank you to everybody who replied. The Trek 920 came in and the standover height was fine, so I ended up buying it! Looking forward to long ride on it this summer.
 

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Gear Talk / "Adventure" bike for short rider?

« on: March 12, 2016, 07:15:26 am »

I'm looking at "adventure" bicycles. I'm currently waiting for the bike shop to get the Trek 920 small frame (on backorder) to test. Trek advertises that small frame has a stand-over height of 72.2cm while my inseam measurement is 71.1 (28"), without shoes. I realize that until I test ride the bike, I won't know exactly how that will play out. In the meantime, do you have recommendations for other similar type bikes that I could consider that have frames for short riders (I am 5' 2")?

Thank you.

Trek 920: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/road-bikes/adventure-touring-bikes/920/920-disc/p/1432999-2016