| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
I was just given "permission" yesterday to go to the the Moab mountain bike festival at the end of October. Has anyone gone there before? Would my long wheelbase Fischer Mt Tam with simple flex stem handle those trail conditions? steve
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| 2662.1 | Slickrock and Beyond | SSDEVO::LYON | Living by GRACE | Fri Aug 27 1993 20:35 | 8 |
being only 8 hours away I have been there for 3 3 day trips. I would recommend the Slick Rock and Beond book. It has a good list of trails that takes 3 other books to cover. The Trails Unlimited map was very valuable too. It would take 2 years of full time riding to cover all if the trails w/in 1 hour of Moab. I fully intend to visit many more times. mark (having fun yet) lyon | |||||
| 2662.2 | SSDEVO::EDMONDS | Diane | Fri Sep 03 1993 19:06 | 9 | |
Steve -- you might try posting your question in the PEAKS::COLORADO_BICYCLING conference. Moab is close enough to Colorado that many people go over there for long weekends & have lots of info on Moab that I'm sure they'd share. I would think a long wheel-base and flex-stem would be excellent for some of the long, jarring downhills over sand/rock combinations. - Diane | |||||
| 2662.3 | MOAB - trail recommendations? | STAR::TRNADO::BREAU | Thu Sep 23 1993 13:37 | 20 | |
My wife and I and 3 nephews are heading out west in a few weeks and are
planning on a day of riding in the MOAB area. We are looking for some
recommendations on trails to ride - but nothing as challenging as Slickrock.
None of us have much experience riding trails and we are looking for a scenic
trail that is moderate in terms of difficulty. The boys range in age from 16 to
19 and I would say we are in fair shape. Also, one of the boys has a mild case
of asthma - and he smokes!
Right now we plan to rent bikes from Nichols and we are considering a guide.
Questions: - trail recommendations?
- any experience/knowledge with Nichols?
- should we go with the guide or not?
thanks,
bob
ps - also posted in the Colorado Bicycling notes file
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