I carry three 28 oz bottles in my Hunqapillars bottle cages, and one empty 100oz. water bladder which I've cut the outbound hose very short on. I've done sections of various trails that have a day or two between water, and am very thankful I don't go through very much compared with most folks. What is really challenging is when a water spot your were counting on in dry for whatever reason (despite checking as much as possible online and using guides). That makes for a long 15 miles slog up and over the next pass.
The most challenging section I've done was a section on the Great Divide MTB trail. I misread the map (and was using a very poor one without too lines at that) and thought I followed a stream up a valley. Instead I climbed a ridge that dropped to a stream way below, with no access. That led to an entire area with plenty of water, but none of it potable because of natural heavy metal deposits. I did get water after riding many steep miles and hours dry, though I don't remember exactly how (because I met someone who gave me water, I believe), then ran out again the next day until I was out of the non-potable area. A solution presents itself and is part of the adventure. Plan ahead as much as you reasonably can, then go anyway! Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:55:17 AM UTC-7, ted wrote: > > I am intrigued by the route but hough the trip sounds very appealing, it > also sounds very daunting. > For example this from http://velodirt.com/the-oregon-outback/: > ... At the longest no-water section we each carried 2+ gallons of water. > ... > > Yet Jan Heine did it on a rando bike, and several riders did it in about a > day and a half. > > In another thread several posters say they are planing to do the ride next > season. If some of them would comment on how much stuff they plan to carry > and how they deal with water I would appreciate it. I am not sure how I > would go about hauling 2+ gallons on my bike. Grocery panniers and a milk > jug on either side? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
