Originally Posted by
ca7erham
I love that trail, sadly I've only hiked parts of it (Part of the section just out side of Cumberland), but I want to ride the whole thing.
I haven't even been up to Great Falls on it before (usually ride the Capital Crescent on my road bike instead). I went with a bunch of others to see off a friend as she left for a cross-country year-long bike tour:
http://abikeablefeast.blogspot.com/
Originally Posted by
joetronic
I love that picture. What that during the flooding last year? nice bike btw.
That one with the Schwinn was the remnants of the surge from Hurricane Isabel way back in '03. We had the day off from work, so I took the bike out (back then, it was my only bike) and rode around town to get some pics of the aftermath.
Originally Posted by
joetronic
I just rode from Shepherdstown to a little south of Cumberland on my fixed gear roadie with cross tires last weekend. Was a nice ride. That area is beautiful this time of year. Was also my girls first ride on the yo betty I bought for her, and set up SS. Its a nice SS ride, and the roadie did great on it. We are planning a trip this fall to ride the whole thing, and stay at some B&Bs on the way.
Yup, a cross bike would do fine. I wanted a more plush ride than I'd get on a rigid bike, and since it was only about 15 miles each way (not counting the 3-4 it took to ride to mile marker 0), I figured I could put up with the extra weight and fewer hand positions of the Rush. And besides, it was still good for over 20 mph on the cruise back to Georgetown..
