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No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun... "TIME" by Pink Floyd
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Hi Jay...hope to see you and the rest of the family. We missed you this spring
Javaman, I appreciate your reply, it is exactly the kind of info that I was looking for. I live a 1.5 to 2 hours away. I believe that it would be wise for me . To take a day and drive over that way for visual recon of the route and conditions for myself. Then after doing that I can make a decision as to whether or not I want to try it. After reading your post I realize that getting the bike up to the hang site will not be any easy task. Leaving it in the parking lot in someones vehicle is another option. And I appreciate the offers that have been made. But doing that presents it own set of problems. I would need a backpack to get my gear into the hang site. Which would mean lugging it along through out the bike tour. When doing a bike tour I rarely stick to a tight schedule. I ride at whatever pace feels right. I try to take the time to enjoy the scenery. I would hate to hold someone up waiting on me if for some reason I would be running late. As I sit here typing this. I am starting to think that I should just plan on driving to the hang and plan my C&O Canal / GAP tour at a different time. Combining the two may be just to ambitious an undertaking. Hum? I've got some serious thinking to do.
Poppabear.. another wrinkle is the fact that the tote road trail is signed as closed to mt bikes. That would probably only present a problem if you were caught with your bike on the trail. Up to you if you wanted to take the risk rather than stash your bike in someone's vehicle.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
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Taking a look at the roads and the park ahead of time sounds like a good idea. I don't think getting your stuff up to the camp site would be impossible, with or without the bike, but you're the best one to decide that. If you stash your bike at the parking lot, I've got a Molly Mac Pack I won't be using, except perhaps to gather firewood once we're all set up. It would be the pack of choice for carrying panniers (or almost anything else - you could probably carry a bike with it.)
Good point! However I would take that sign to mean the trail was closed to riding bikes. If I were to opt to take my bike in. I would be pushing / carrying it. Which in effect would not be much different than say using a Dixon Roller Pack. So I could not see how any park official would object to that.
WV - thanks for the offer. Using your Molly MAC Pack would definitely be a very viable option. I have been intrigued by them for quite awhile now. I will keep it mind as a possible option.
hehehe... you'd think that and would probably be true. However when I was almost cited for using a body of water without the proper permit I was told the presence of my boat and the dampness on its hull was proof that I had been out on the water and therefore in violation. I don't know how I managed to get past that train of logic. It all depends on the mood and decision of the authorities... if they around at all. Just saying.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
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