Marking the route via bicycle.

[N_C]

Tonight I am marking the north route for the Tri-State Trails Tour III. Unlike the past 2 years when I marked the route I am doing this one via my bike.

I will carry the stakes, signs, staples, staple gun & mallet in my saddle bags. My wife will be staged along the route at various points for when I need more stakes as I can not carry them all in the saddle bag.

Before I mark the route though I am commuting after work to where we are staging for the marking of the routes. I am doing this because I need the miles & the place the ride starts from tomorrow is on my way home from work. It'll be close to dark by the time I am done marking the route so my wife will meet me at the end & I'll drive home from there.

[noisebeam]

Tonight I am marking the north route for the Tri-State Trails Tour III. Unlike the past 2 years when I marked the route I am doing this one via my bike.

I will carry the stakes, signs, staples, staple gun & mallet in my saddle bags. My wife will be staged along the route at various points for when I need more stakes as I can not carry them all in the saddle bag.

Before I mark the route though I am commuting after work to where we are staging for the marking of the routes. I am doing this because I need the miles & the place the ride starts from tomorrow is on my way home from work. It'll be close to dark by the time I am done marking the route so my wife will meet me at the end & I'll drive home from there.
Thats great, will it be easier with a bike considering all the stop.park.restart you have to do?
Maybe next year you can get a trailer (or large backpack) and do it completely without auto assistance.

Don't forget your helmet!

Al

[N_C]

Thats great, will it be easier with a bike considering all the stop.park.restart you have to do?
Maybe next year you can get a trailer (or large backpack) and do it completely without auto assistance.

Don't forget your helmet!

Al

It was rather easy to mark the route via my bike. Even though I was doing the stop, park, put the signs up, restart, ride to the next location where the signs go. But I only made it as far as Riverside Park in doing this. I was running out of time & daylight. My wife was already staged at the park waiting for me, after putting the signs up to get the riders through the park I loaded the bike on the Jeep & finished the rest of the route that way. I think if I had not commuted from work by bike to where the ride started & had my wife pick me up instead I could have done the whole route marking by bike. Maybe next year that is how I'll do it.

[Dchiefransom]

Too bad you didn't have enough time to do the whole thing by bike. It's not just the riding being more fun, but you definitely get a different perspective of where to put the signs while on your bike, even though you're trying to look at it as a cyclist while in your car.