Shakedown trip- 4 weeks to go!
Getting close to time to head for Banff, but first a real test ride:-). 3 days, 2 nights camping at remote sites up in the Adirondacks. About 30-35% gravel, with 3-4,000' of climbing over 40-70 miles each day. It should be a pretty good test of both bike & body! I started out about mid-day Saturday May 6 from Port Leyden on the Black River. My route ran north along the Black River valley about 20 miles, then northeast into the Adirondacks Park to Stillwater Reservoir. I got to the reservoir at about 5pm, and decided to catch a real dinner at the Stillwater Inn, where I enjoyed a really great burger and fries and a beer- Meier's Creek IPA even from back in Cazenovia;-) After dinner, I rode another 3 or 4 miles until I found a great campsite on a bluff overlooking the reservoir. Camp went together pretty easily for the first time out in the wild, and I even enjoyed a pretty nice campfire before sleeping like a log. Sleeping bag and air mattress