Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Our focus in 2017 has been one thing, getting in shape to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Our hike is mid November, then I can start thinking about bike stuff. In the meantime, everything is doing stairs (100 flights up and down) along with doing longer high elevation hikes. Fortunately, we are close to the Blue Ridge Parkway where we can do hikes at 6000 feet (but not 7300 feet like the south rim of the Grand Canyon).
I did this hike over 42 years ago......