DI said:"Bill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Callistus Valerius said:>> ----------
> I ride 80 pounds of water and food for the 80+ mile trips that I am
> totally on my own. I do have a fresh creek for water (pre-housing) but
> we all have to eat. Pedaling the bike and me to 3,000 feet burns off a
> lot of that food and water weight.
> Bill Baka
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Forget eating In&Out burgers while riding, I usually eat KFC, much
easier. Just tie the bucket to your stem and drape the bucket over the
front handlebars.
I should have said I load up a 50 pound bike to about 80 pounds with all
the food and water I take along. Nearest KFC to my rides is about 35
miles. Sounds good, but I ride way back in the boondocks.
Bill Baka
30 pounds of food and water just for a bike ride? That's enough for an
entire tour, come on Bill get real.
Picky.
I mean the food, water, Ice Chest in the left rear, 1 gallon water
thermos in the right rear, tools, 3 water bottles (1 one the front fork)
and other things like maybe my camera. On a 95-110 degree F day in
California it is easy to sweat and drink that much in the mountains, and
food to keep the energy up is consumed at every 10-15 miles. Think 40
miles of paved road, half flat, half hills, then the rest is either
really bad gravel road, trail (barely bikeable), or trail carrying bike.
15-20 miles east of Beale AFB is no pavement, no traffic, no people and
no services and a lot of carrying the bike. It isn't just a ride.
Google California's northern section, find Beale then just try to find a
paved road or even a building. There aren't any. No cell service or
anything where I go. Find the gravel road (Waldo) and use the
satellite/map composite and you will see there is nothing there.
I like to explore the remains of the gold rush country and have found
machinery from the 1850's to 1890's time period, rusted, but still
identifiable. Almost all the buildings have collapsed or burned so the
iron and steel tools are all that I find now.
Bill Baka
