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General Discussion / Re: Is "Companions Wanted" no longer available?

« on: March 24, 2024, 07:50:03 pm »

Yes, it seems to be taking ACA awhile to fix their website. Speaking again about the Experiences section, the route maps are back in for each guided tour, but on the main Guided Tours page, the list of 2024 tours grouped by month is still not there. This doesn't seem like it should be a difficult item to fix.

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General Discussion / Re: Security - locking your bike

« on: March 15, 2024, 12:02:10 pm »

Once, at a c-store, I asked a woman in a car if she could keep an eye on my bike while she waited for somebody in the store. It was really busy, so it took awhile for me to get in and out. I was pleasantly surprised to see the woman (and now her son) still sitting in the car waiting for me to come out. I have also asked the person at the cash register (if it's next to the window) to watch my bike while I dash in to use the restroom.

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General Discussion / Re: Is "Companions Wanted" no longer available?

« on: March 11, 2024, 07:20:34 pm »

ACA must still be working on the web site update. The "Experience" sections (ie Guided Tours) are a mess. Main page used to list all of the tours for the season. Right now, none are. Individual sections (Inn to Inn, Fully Supported, etc) are inconsistent-some list the tours, others do not. Also, for each tour, there is no route map and the tour leaders are no longer listed.

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General Discussion / Re: 29er tire search

« on: October 01, 2021, 07:45:55 pm »

I have the Rene Herse Oracle Ridge (700x48) and absolutely love them! I find them great on both pavement and gravel. Highly recommended!

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Gear Talk / Re: Trek 920 Disc vs Trek 520 Disc for touring? Help!

« on: May 25, 2017, 12:39:38 pm »

I own a Trek 920 which I love. I used it for a 3 day gravel tour (credit-card touring so not a heavy load) last fall! I haven't done a lot of touring in general though, mainly a lot of gravel rides around my home. A few weeks ago, I swapped out the 2" tires for 700x40 Clement MSO tires which are great.

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General Discussion / Re: bike racks for car (trunk style)

« on: August 29, 2016, 09:11:50 pm »

Thank your for your suggestions. The top tube adaptor didn't work since the sway cage wouldn't fit between the adaptor and the top tube. Couldn't find an easy way to modify the cradle (that left me confident that it would hold).

I ended up buying the Saris SUPERbones 3 bike trunk rack.

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General Discussion / bike racks for car (trunk style)

« on: August 23, 2016, 12:45:00 pm »

I have a Thule bike rack that is about 4 years old which works fine for my road bike. But the cradle won't accomodate the larger top tube of my Trek 920. Do you have suggestions for car bike racks that will accept the larger top tubes that I'm seeing in newer bikes (adventure, mountain, etc)?

Thank you!

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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