Just came back from a visit to New England which included 5 days biking in Vermont on my new to me Sam. Beautiful part of the world this time of year. The hills were a bit much for this flatlander, especially self supported, but managed to have a really good time anyway.
Jay On Aug 26, 11:44 pm, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Went on my first S24O this week on my new Sam. I rode from Burlington to > Jerusalem and camped in the Camel's Hump State Forest. > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3RjVQ7WAEVo/TlgFrCEVRNI/AAAAAAAABA...> > > This is what I brought: > > Slickersack > Trangia cookset > Book to read > Wiggy's sleeping bag (on top) > Headlamp > Coffee setup > Marinated stir-fry, Eggs, bit of salami, macadamia nuts, larabar, rasberries > & blueberries, dark chocolate > > Saddlesack > Hennessy Hammock > Tools > Pump > Fleece Jacket > Ibex longies > Spare shirt > Spare socks > Opinel knife > Hozan Y wrench (as this was the first time out with this Sam and these > racks, thought I may need to make adjustments, and that thing rocks for > making adjustments to the nitto racks) > > Keven's Bag > Phone > Wallet > Camera > Pencil > Crossword Puzzle > > Some things I learned: > > - The Sam is just fine handling this amount of load. No sway, felt solid > underneath me the whole time. (for the record, I weigh about 220 lbs, so > this is a lot of total weight. i think the marathon duremes may help with > the stable feel of the ride, but it's hard to say). > - Riding on the curves of the Albatross bar is 4/5 as good as riding in > drops for me. It got me down out of the wind, and handling was just fine. > - The Sam is so much fun on descents, it's one of the most fun things I > have ever done. > - Leave earlier or ride shorter. I pushed it and ended up making camp in > the dark, it sucked. > - Side roads in Vermont can be brutal. I am fine on long ascents, but > the crazy uphill stuff on Vermont dirt roads really takes it out of me. I > ended up walking the bike a fair bit on these, and ended up being way more > tired than I would normally be after riding this long. > - I don't need so much food. I ate like half of what I brought. > - The trangia cookset is awesome. My first time using it, and it was > solid. Way way better than just using the little triangle windscreen thing > and then cooking in something else. > - I am not much for taking pictures when I am riding. I brought the > camera, but didn't pull it out. I was also really feeling the pressure of > trying to make good time and beat the sunset, so that was part of it. -- 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-bunch@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.
