monthly gravel bike camping weekend

[patrick]

hi everyone,

i'd be really interested in monthly bike camping trips following
gravel routes. anyone else interested? great way to test equipment and
set ups. i'm thinking early saturday - late sunday type of trip.
approximately 120 miles both ways.

is there a resource for gravel routes? or even better, gravel routes
to state parks?

[Sean Scanlon]

I'm interested and already have plans for this weekend
-s

[Bill Connell]

I'm definitely interested. I don't know a good resource for gravel
road finding other than scanning the online maps, maybe Jim will chime
in on how he finds his gravel routes? When are you thinking of
starting? The weekend of 8/14 would be the next best time for me, if
we're trying to schedule ahead.

Bill

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Bill Connell
St. Paul, MN

[patrick]

August 14th would work for me.

Yeah, Jim knows all. Hey Jim how did you route our ride to Almanzo?

Sean where are you riding to this weekend?

[Sean Scanlon]

>Sean where are you riding to this weekend?

Minnecycle on Fri & my company's summer picnic @ Parkers' Lake park off the Luce Line on Sat.

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:13:24
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[patrick]

ahhhh. i see. i thought you meant you already had a bike camping trip
planned this weekend. jim? you there buddy? i will facebook message
jim. i'm going to try to come up with a route this weekend and then
post it. we'll see the interest level once there's actually a plan.

[Sean Scanlon]

No, I wish! Next time.

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[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

I just use gmaps pedometer to plot routes. The thin little gray roads
tend to be gravel.

On Jul 28, 2:02 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm definitely interested. I don't know a good resource for gravel
> road finding other than scanning the online maps, maybe Jim will chime
> in on how he finds his gravel routes? When are you thinking of
> starting? The weekend of 8/14 would be the next best time for me, if
> we're trying to schedule ahead.
>
> Bill
>

[patrick]

found out I have to leave for Hong Kong on the 19th, but if things
aren't too hectic and I think I can pull off a bike camping trip, this
is what I'm thinking:

leaving at 5:30 a.m from Hard Times to St. Croix State Park Saturday
August 14th. Riding Gateway to Gandy Dancer to St. Croix State Park. I
think it's 120 some miles. Coming home Sunday different route about
110 miles.


On Jul 31, 11:59 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery

[Sean Scanlon]

Interesting Patrick.

While I know I could do that distance loaded for camping I also know I would be significantly slower than you. And I may already have a camping trip that weekend so I'll have to double check when I get home.

-s

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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:20:39
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Subject: Re: monthly gravel bike camping weekend

[Bill Connell]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:20 PM, patrick <tsai.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> found out I have to leave for Hong Kong on the 19th, but if things
> aren't too hectic and I think I can pull off a bike camping trip, this
> is what I'm thinking:
>
> leaving at 5:30 a.m from Hard Times to St. Croix State Park Saturday
> August 14th. Riding Gateway to Gandy Dancer to St. Croix State Park. I
> think it's 120 some miles. Coming home Sunday different route about
> 110 miles.

I'm out for camping this weekend after all, ironically i'm going to
spend Saturday doing a brake job on my car. I'll watch for other
possibly camping weekends later this summer.