It is a beautiful ride, there are a couple of long (12 mile) gradual grades but
my 68 year old body can make them all. I live only a few miles from the trail
so ride it often on a 650B Bleriot, the trail is mostly hard packed granite
chips. Good ride, beautiful scenery, good food, it is not o
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 15:12 -0400, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> I was on a bike tour in the Black Hills a couple of years ago. We ran
> into the Trail Trek riders at one of the trail entry areas on our last
> day. We had a Saluki, a Bleriot and a Riv All-Rounder, all tires around
> 38mm, and we did
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 12:34 -0600, J. Douglas Way wrote:
> The hills are very mellow because they used
> to be railroad grades.
"Mellow," yes that's what I thought. How tough could a 2-3% grade be?
Ha! If you're from rolling country and your big hills are 0.6 miles
long, 6 miles of 3% grade on
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 12:16 -0600, Timothy Whalen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone ever ridden the Mickelson Trail Trek in SD? This is a ride of
> about 110 miles on a rail trail spread over three days and centered
> around Custer that looks like fun. I am thinking about doing it this
> weekend and e
Hey Tim-
Debbie and I rode the Trail Trek a couple of years ago. I rode my
Atlantis with 26 x 1.75" tires that are about 38 mm wide. Deb rode her
Heron with the same tires. The hills are very mellow because they used
to be railroad grades. I never got into my triple the entire ride. We
Hi all,
Anyone ever ridden the Mickelson Trail Trek in SD? This is a ride of about
110 miles on a rail trail spread over three days and centered around Custer
that looks like fun. I am thinking about doing it this weekend and
especially looking for other's experience regarding bike choice. The
