Originally Posted by
eofelis
We did an out the door 1 week tour a few years ago in the spring. First day was going to Gateway, CO. We saw a lot of road riders on the road that day riding Hwy 141 through Unaweep Canyon. It's a strange canyon with a divide in the middle. As we went over the divide and down the other side we saw road riders heading the other way. My bf remarked that he wished he had brought armwarmers for the trip. A short while later we rode past a set of armwarmers laying in the road. Obviously lost by a road rider. No way we would be able to catch up to those riders to return those armwarmers. So he put them on and used them and still uses them for mtn biking and commuting. (They have sponsor logos all over them)
I happened to follow on the same route as the RSVP (ride from Seattle to Vancouver). It was like the retreat from Stalingrad. Equipment scattered everywhere....arm warmers, bottles, jackets, panniers, lights.