August Scramble Update

08/23/2008 | Author: Johnson | Posted in ...because finnish people know what's up., bitch bitch...bitch?

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So.  The scramble is just around the corner.  I’ve started to finalize the route, with tons of help from the dirt road database, and Joe over at single speed outlaw.  Joe even took me out on some of the trails he thought would work well.   Let’s just say that if you have a geared bike, you should bring it.  If you have two geared bikes, bring the one that can clear the fatter tire and has the lower gear spread.  at least 30 percent of the ride will have less than stellar road surfaces.  Bring spare tubes.  Bring a patch kit.

Possible route sections include mink farm road, and the climb from fishing creek to tower road via gambrill park road.  there will also be some jeep trails and some mellowish single track.  i’m thinking that everyone except Joe and Cory’s magical spirit will have to walk at least 2 times.  Also, the roads are really dusty.  Wear glasses or dirt road goggles, and bring a full sized bandana that you can wear on your face to keep dust out.  Its gunna be old school.

8 Responses

  1. John Switzer August 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    How’s it going? We met at Cara’s last week. I dig the blog. The scramble sounds like a killer ride, I’ll definitely bust out the Gunner! See you Sunday.

  2. Johnson August 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Sounds good John. We’ll see you there! bring spare tubes. a ten pack. not really. but some.

  3. eric August 29th, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Hi there. Don’t think we’ve met, but this ride looks really interesting. Ridden the watershed some, but mostly the trails & avoiding the fireroads (ha!). Can I tag along on a Surly KM with fat road tires? I know the areas well enough to bail if I can’t keep up.

  4. johnson August 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am

    we dont drop folks, unless they want to be dropped. we’d love to have you. did you read the original post about the scramble and what to bring? the address is there too.
    here’s the address, but its not a link, soooo

    http://ridelugged.com/2008/08/17/august-scramble-sunday-the-31st/

  5. johnson August 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    oh my god it turned into a link

  6. eric August 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Grub, water & blinky no prob. I’ll probably skip the beers & bring something edible to share. Looks like I head east on 7th from Rt 15, and then look for bikes?

  7. johnson August 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    yeah we’re right next to the ‘lucky corner’. easy. cross market st and you’re there.

  8. eric August 31st, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    Super ride, great posse. Smiled all day long. Thanks for putting it together!

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