[OrRando] 2008 400k's

[joel metz]

thats the downhill to the highway, once you get to what was the end 
of the "bike path" (which had actually petered out to dirt 
singletrack by that point) - i was on 700c x 28s... :) sign advises 
you to walk your bike down it...

-joel

>isn't that the Banks-Vernonia trail?  I tried it once on my Lemond 
>(23mm tires) with fenders, and had to stop and pick the pine needles 
>out of the fender well every so often so I could make forward 
>progress.  Much better luck on my mtb, but I suspect the Bleriot 
>(650b) would handle it just fine.  And it is a nicer climb to 
>Tophill than the one on the road!
>
>Lynne "but I'd still walk the climb up from Tophill" F
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: joel metz <magpie at blackbirdsf.org>
>>  a candidate, you say? for your perusal, an idea of what i
>>  enthusiastically consider rideable on my rando bike, from last years
>>  birkie alternate route bag...
>>
>>  http://www.blackbirdsf.org/randonneuring/2006_200/2006_200_43.jpg
>>
>>  :)
>>
>>  -joel (the guy whos still haphazardly trying to figure out an unpaved
>>  scapoose-vernonia route...)
>>
>>
>>  At 21:01 -0700 10.31.2007, David Rowe wrote:
>>  >Gravel roads you say .... Kramer-san... I believe we have another
>>  >candidate for 'Raid Tillamook' ... mmmwwwaaaahahahahaha ....
>>  >mmmwwwaaahaaaahaaaahaaaa!
>>  >
>>  >:-))
>>  >
>>  >On Oct 31, 2007 5:56 PM, joel metz <magpie at blackbirdsf.org> wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  At 15:21 -0700 10.31.2007, Michael Wolfe wrote:
>>  >>  >Holy crap.  Just went to The Kramer's blog, and saw what he has in
>>  >>  >store for the 400k next year:
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >...the ride to Lost Lake, the climb up Lolo Pass, the Marmot back
>>  >>  >road to Sandy, the ride out to Eagle Cliff, the climb up Government
>>  >>  >Camp and over Bennett and Barlow passes and the ride up Sevenmile to
>>  >>  >The Dalles and maybe up Dry Hollow to gawd knows where.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >If he means to send riders over Lolo Pass from the east, then that's
>>  >>  >a pretty good long climb up a gravel road.  The climb up over The
>>  >>  >Devil's Backbone on the old Barlow Road is a pretty good pitch, too.
>>  >>  >Not sure where Eagle Cliff is, but then to throw on top of that a
>>  >>  >climb up over Summitt, Barlow, and Bennett passes is pretty brutal.
>>  >>  >Yikes!
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >My 400k is no walk in the park, but it'll be easier than that!
>>  >>  >Folks who are used to the Covered Bridge 400 are going to have a bit
>>  >>  >tougher time earning their SR next year, that's certain.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>
>>  >>  oh man. i might even be tempted to do a 400k outside of a pbp year if
>>  >  > he manages to sneak this one past the censors :) more gravel!
>>
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                                 after she got that bicycle...