Sounds like a great ride. I will warn people that the climb from Ohio Pyle park to Falling Water is about 3 miles of 300% grade. At least that is how it seemed the year we tried it on a tandem with the wrong gearing and an out of shape team.
Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > From: thomas.alling...@skadden.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:42:39 -0500 > Subject: RE: [RBW] Riv Rally East 2012 > > I'm in, Bobby. And if anyone feels like flying in sans bike, I've got > loaners in the 59cm to 61cm range. > > Pics on the Flickr group make it look like a GREAT ride. > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Montclair BobbyB > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:24 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Riv Rally East 2012 > > OK, it's a new year, and I'm starting to get excited about Riv Rally East > 2012. Here's the quick skinny on this year's plan (so far): > > This year I'm planning the 2-day Rally to ride along the Great Allegheny > Passage, from Frostburg, MD to Connellsville, PA. > > To get you psyched up, here are a few links: > > http://www.atatrail.org/index.cfm > http://www.flickr.com/groups/great_allegheny_passage/ > > This beautiful stretch of the GAP trail takes you through long mountain > tunnels, over high viaducts, though beautiful country along 2 scenic rivers > (including through the Youghigheny River Gorge). The plan is to converge in > Frostburg, MD on Friday evening, Apr 20th, and ride to Confluence, PA (47 > miles of mostly smooth downhill to the > North) on Saturday, where we will enjoy a nice dinner and comfy bed (although > there is camping nearby for the hardcore). Sunday we will roll into > Ohiopyle, PA, home of the famous Youghigheny Gorge, where we may take an an > optional short excursion out of town to visit the famous Frank Lloyd Wright > house, FallingWater (a trip WELL WORTH taking). We will finish day off in > Connellsville, PA, where I am making arrangements to shuttle ourselves, bike > and gear back to Frostburg. This will be a self-supported, credit card type > of tour, which means that unless you have a buddy, spouse or otherwise hired > person to meet you in Confluence PA on the first evening, you'll need to > carry a change of clothes, toothbrush and other essentials to get you through > 2 days of riding. A small duffle on a rack shoud suffice, or go all out with > front and rear panniers... up to you. Me, I hope to toss a duffle in my big > Wald basket... that's how I like to roll.. > > I have put out inquiries on shuttles and lodging; more on that shortly. > > In the mean time, if you are interested, please let me know. We had a fair > amount of interest early on for the 2011 Rally, but quite a few dropped off. > I hope we can get the same crew from 2011 returning this year, along with a > few of you who couldn't make it last year. 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