I'll be riding H-N-H for the first time this year too. Thanks for all the advice from the posters above!
I'm in SoCal so I'll be flying in and borrowing a bike from a friend for the ride. I did plan on using my Camelback, but after reading the notes above . . . maybe not.
I'm not too worried about endurance since I've ridden 4 double-centuries this year, but the heat/humidity has me concerned. I dehydrated to a dangerous level on a double in Death Valley once, but that was high temps (106-108 deg.F) plus almost no humidity, i.e. my sweat would evaporate before it was visible.
Looking forward to it though. It's been on my bucket list since the 70's. In fact it's the last ride on my bucket list from the 70's, all the others have been done!
Now Triple By-Pass is the only ride on my new bucket list and that didn't exist in the 70's.
Rick / OCRR
Last edited by Rick@OCRR; 07-13-10 at 09:11 AM.