That's the plan for now. We'll be taking off next week and I'll post pictures for sure. What are your thoughts on charging with a loaded Hillborne? Cheers, Adam
On Apr 4, 9:33 am, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd love to get a report on that thirty miles of Mule Trail fire road. > It looks challenging. Am I reading the map correctly that you head out > from Livermore on Mines Road to San Antonio Road, just as if you were > heading for the back side of Mount Hamilton, then turn left at the > Junction? That far is standard. > > Then it looks like you climb over a steep ridge with false summits, > then down into a very empty valley (flowers would be absolutely > spectacular this year), then climb again very steeply to a ridge on > the edge of a steep canyon and follow that canyon around to San Felipe > Road. > > If anyone does that route or has done it, please post pictures and > description. It looks like an adventure. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Adam <oceanm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here would be the access from Pleasanton Bart: > >http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Pleasanton+BART+Stat... > > > Though now I am second guessing our choice of adventure as neither of > > us ride knobbies. Wondering if a fully loaded hillborne with 40's is > > up to the task? > > > Are there fire roads that run through and are less extreme? > > > Cheers, > > Adam > > > On Apr 3, 2:54 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Thinking about accessing it from either San Jose amtrak or more > >> > excitingly from Pleasanton Bart on 88 miles of country rode including > >> > 30 on fire road. > > >> San Jose Amtrak to Henry Coe is straightforward. How were you thinking > >> about riding from Pleasanton, if you did it that way? > > >> Expect the riding in Henry Coe to be beautiful and difficult. I > >> recommend knobbies and good brakes. While I like riding my Atlantis > >> off-road on smooth tires, Henry Coe is the kind of place where I'd > >> want knobbies (and a suspension, if I had a suspension bike). > > >> -- > >> -- Anne Paulson > > >> My hovercraft is full of eels > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
