[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

On Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:04:13 AM UTC-7, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote: > > Cecily, > Not quite a trek in America's Last Frontier, but my wife rode her Betty on > our recent 6-day family trip along the Oregon Coast. Betty is certainly a > contender in the touring > world.

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Hugh, Funny - I spent the summer of 1990 in Delta Junction, AK, working on an archaeological dig. Maybe we crossed paths that summer. Alaska will never leave my consciousness, either. The place really makes an impression. I remember seeing a guy that summer travelling through on a bicycle bound

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Cecily, Not quite a trek in America's Last Frontier, but my wife rode her Betty on our recent 6-day family trip along the Oregon Coast. Betty is certainly a contender in the touring world. --Smitty On Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:07:06 AM

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Oh, thank you for sharing these! I see so many touring reports in this group for all other Rivendell bikes, but so few that show what the Yves/Betty is really capable of. It looks like you had a great time! On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:14:30 PM UTC-7, Keely wrote: > > I recently rode my Yves Gome

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Awesome! As in... I'm in awe. What a cool trip. --Smitty On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:14:30 PM UTC-7, Keely wrote: > > I recently rode my Yves Gomez (fully loaded) from Haines AK though Haines > Junction YT, Whitehorse YT, and finishing in Skagway AK. It was an > incredible trip, and while pe

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Jbu...thanks for posting the correct link for me, not sure how I messed that up. And yeah it was an incredible trip and we really lucked out on the weather (only getting rained on once). I have toured on my Yves Gomez before and it has always worked out well, this was the most weight I have

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

thanks for the trip - I'd have to pack a fly rod On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:22:43 PM UTC-5, hsmitham wrote: > > Keely, > > Most excellent tour. Now I have another on my tour wish list. Back in 1990 > I voyaged up the inside passage on the Columbia sleeping on the solarium > deck. I stopped off

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Keely, Most excellent tour. Now I have another on my tour wish list. Back in 1990 I voyaged up the inside passage on the Columbia sleeping on the solarium deck. I stopped off in Ketchican, Petersberg, Sitka, Juneau and finally Skagway. I then journeyed over White Pass up to Whitehorse then Daws

[RBW] Re: Haines to Skagway on the Yves Gomez

Fantastic! And great to hear. My wife want's a Betty (after we're done getting another Hilleberg tent and Scottish rainwear for the lot of us) and I've wondered how they fair with touring. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:14:30 PM UTC-6, Keely wrote: > > I recently rode my Yves