Glacier NP

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

My Amtrak Rewards points have accumulated enough to net me a free ticket to Whitefish, Montana in 3 weeks. I should have a week or so of riding/camping in and around Whitefish, the Going to the Sun Road, and other attractions, on my way to East Glacier to catch a return train. Anybody gonna be in that vicinity and want to get together for a ride or socializing? I won't be riding a Riv, but a Rohloff-equipped, hydraulic-braked Disc Trucker, which is only "Riv-ish" if seen from a distance - but my heart is in the right place!

[Ray Shine]

I would love to go along, but can't. I have been following the journal of a friend of mine on CrazyGuy. They went over that road last week and had a terrible go of it due to miles of on-going construction. Better look into that lest you be disappointed.  Hsve fun. Sounds like a good trip.

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From: Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thil...@gmail.com>
To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 16, 2012 9:31:30 AM
Subject: [RBW] Glacier NP

My Amtrak Rewards points have accumulated enough to net me a free ticket to Whitefish, Montana in 3 weeks. I should have a week or so of riding/camping in and around Whitefish, the Going to the Sun Road, and other attractions, on my way to East Glacier to catch a return train. Anybody gonna be in that vicinity and want to get together for a ride or socializing? I won't be riding a Riv, but a Rohloff-equipped, hydraulic-braked  Disc Trucker, which is only "Riv-ish" if seen from a distance - but my heart is in the right place!

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[Mike]

Jim, that's great that you're going to GNP. I want to go there so badly. I'm so close, Portland, OR, and yet it's still too far. My wife likes the idea of going there but has other ideas for vacation. I'm hoping maybe next year will be the year I ride there in a week or so and take the train back. 

Looking forward to pictures of your trip (and your bike).

--mike

[Joan Oppel]

Jim - I toured with a friend around Glacier and Waterton and parts in between in 2010.  There was construction on the Going to the Sun road then and we were held up at several places (for quite a while in 2 spots, maybe 15 or more minutes).  But so were all the cars.  People were friendly and calm as they waited.  And the road crews were very accommodating to the two of us on bikes.  In each section, as we got moving after waiting for the go signal, we politely reminded the person managing the flow that we would be much slower than cars.  And they held traffic longer on the other end because of us.

Bottom-line: still a gorgeous ride, well worth it (I'd never been there, or to any of the other places we visited), and fun.

Joan