I really enjoy seeing all the variations of folks' trips and iterations of outfitting on this route. I'm fortunate to be a twenty minute bike ride from the Pittsburgh end and frequent the GAP portions and points along that way that are fun detours and sightseeing.
I started riding on the GAP with my Rambouillet which doesn't have a load capacity for self supported travel but as a result I've refined my options for refreshments, meals and accommodations. My favorites are two day rides from home, either out to Ohiopyle for the night and back or to Cumberland with a overnighting in Ohiopyle and Amtrak home from Cumberland at 7pm. It is the use I patterned my custom bike to support. Last year I rode several centuries out and back on the GAP to take advantage of the crowd thinning weather, my familiar trailside resources and the relatively level grades. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 12:12:57 PM UTC-4 Bikie#4646 wrote: > While I have done unsupported multi-day trip from Pittsburgh to DC (GAPCO) > a number of times, this time I accompanied friend, Dan on his 7-day trip > from east-to-west in the opposite direction. A bit of a new perspective on > the trails along the C&O Towpath in Maryland and the Great Allegheny > Passage in Pennsylvania. > I was on my Sam Hillborne, which is my dedicated touring bike, mostly. It > serves me very well for this sort of thing. I have a Homer Hilsen I use for > mixed-surface riding day trips and love it. It could probably handle > touring, but I suspect the slightly stouter Hillborne is more reliable for > multi-day loads. > We chose to go a bit early, the end of April, and were met with a variety > of weather conditions, from sunny (even hot) days to cold (down to freezing > one night) with a bit of rain thrown in for fun. We were prepared for it so > the cooler temps were welcomed. > The benefits - especially this year when many more folks will undoubtedly > be out riding these trails - were fewer trail users and more available > campsites and fewer bugs along the Potomac River. (Not that is usually a > big problem for us, even in the summer.) > My Flickr trip album of the trip is chock full unfortunately - for my own > memories - so I apologize in advance. This time around, however, I tried > not to duplicate photos of the numerous and more recognizable landmarks for > the GAPCO, which I have done before. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/albums/72157719131492162 > Happy trails to all, > Paul Germain > Midlothian, Va. > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0784b125-37f6-49a1-ac0d-0db9c65c79den%40googlegroups.com.
