It's kinda' cool given the problems people have with trail access/closures (looking at you PDX) that there are places that won't let you in if you bike isn't burly enough!
Dual-squish 100mm travel downhillers in full armor only, please. On 4/6/11, James Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do know two people who have gone there and said that the permit is > strictly enforced. I think they said that full sus wasn't specifically > mentioned, but the permit officer did require a "mountain bike". It would be > worth seeing what they mean by that: > > They must mean knobby tires. > > I wonder if they would discount drop bars, even if the bike they were on had > 2" Atlantis-style tires. That's the big IF for me. > > I'm pretty certain that they would not approve a permit for a rough-rider > style underbiker bike intending to go off-road with Jack Browns, for > example. > > If I do it someday, I'll try to get away with my 700x40 knobby Hillborne > with Bullmoose bars. I'm guessing it would satisfy their "mountain bike" > criteria, but I'll attempt to check with someone by phone or e-mail first. > Maybe a good way to do it would be to get in e-mail contact with the permit > official and send a picture of the bike. I'm guessing that it's fairly > common for people to have digital photos of their bikes. : ) > > -Jim W. > > > On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Matthew wrote: > >> I have been under the (mistaken?) impression that the permitting >> required mountain bikes (specifically, shocks) and that they wouldn't >> let me on the roads or give me a permit with a my hillborne. Untrue? >> >> On Apr 5, 3:08 pm, Aaron Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Has anyone done it? Would you recommend it? Any special considerations or >>> logistical things to take into account? Can anyone point me to useful >>> resources or websites? A simple Google search produced hundreds of hits >>> -- >>> not sure where to begin. >>> >>> I'm thinking bike camping on Catalina might make a nice weekend getaway >>> from >>> LA, but I've never done any bike camping, S240-style or otherwise. Where >>> to >>> begin? Recommendations for the neophyte welcome. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Aaron >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
