I think the longest stretch without water was about 40 miles, maybe a bit more during the night. I think the organizers carried a lot of water because they camped in places with no water. If you want to cook dinner, you'll need some extra water.
I carried three large cycling water bottles. That meant that I could skip the first two places where I could have got water on or near the route. (It was an overcast day, so I didn't sweat a lot.) I refilled my bottles for the first time at mile 120. I think the ride is doable for most riders with just three bottles, even if you go slower and sweat more. You should use every opportunity to top off in some parts of the course, but it's never so remote that you'll die if you are stranded. Cars use those roads (or the one's paralleling the trail), even if infrequently. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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.
