Ooooh, no. It's 35 miles of country road; seventeen of them are BAD roads, dirt, seven-percent grade.
Keeps out the riffraff. But no, a bicycle ride up that way would be a "challenge" kind of event and feat.
I choose pain
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Keeps out the riffraff. But no, a bicycle ride up that way would be a "challenge" kind of event and feat.
So in other words, it'd whip your butt into shape in no time at all.
Sounds like "win" to me. Lol
By the time I got there, I'd have to turn around and head back.
That's IF I got there. Even allowing a rider was in good enough shape, what about a flat tire? These are not country dirt roads. These are MOUNTAIN dirt roads, with granite pushing through the hardpan. Often sharp-edged...road-grader blades causing rock breakage, and the jagged ends work up, over time.
You'll get a little quicker each time, therfor eventually leaving time to actually shoot some before you gotta leave.
That just means you'll get really good, and fast, at fixing flats.
Again, sounds like a "win" to me. Lol
Tougher tires with liners go long way toward preventing flats.
Yes, I suppose so.
....and I was just havin' some fun with this. I realize a 35 mile ride up a mountain is prolly not realistic for you, or probably anyone not extremely used to riding in such conditions.
It's been a little while, but I once went mountain biking in Colorado at Copper mountain, and I rode all the way up their dirt rode to as close to the summit as I could get.
Edited add: looked it up. That's 2600 feet vertical.
They shut the lift down about two hours before the rented bike had to be returned and I wanted one more run down the mountain.
So I rode up. It was hard, but I made it.
....and I barely made it back in time to return the bike.
Also rode up the mountain at Winter Park resort a few years later.
.....and after a full day of riding, had my friends drop me off at Berthoud Pass about an hour before Sunset and I hiked over Flora peak (13,131') and down into the valley on the other side of it to where I re- met my friends at their campsite.
The wimps went around and drove up from the other side of the Continental Divide. Lol
....and I was just havin' some fun with this. I realize a 35 mile ride up a mountain is prolly not realistic for you, or probably anyone not extremely used to riding in such conditions.
It's been a little while, but I once went mountain biking in Colorado at Copper mountain, and I rode all the way up their dirt rode to as close to the summit as I could get.
Edited add: looked it up. That's 2600 feet vertical.
They shut the lift down about two hours before the rented bike had to be returned and I wanted one more run down the mountain.
So I rode up. It was hard, but I made it.
....and I barely made it back in time to return the bike.
Also rode up the mountain at Winter Park resort a few years later.
.....and after a full day of riding, had my friends drop me off at Berthoud Pass about an hour before Sunset and I hiked over Flora peak (13,131') and down into the valley on the other side of it to where I re- met my friends at their campsite.
The wimps went around and drove up from the other side of the Continental Divide. Lol
Are there any downhill mountain bike trails near you in Montana? I'm kinda thinking there probably are.
If you've never tried downhill, it's a ton of fun, and will help get you into shape.
Or even just regular cross country type of bike trails. That stuff will help a lot towards lower body muscle toning and help improve your balance.
It will also help to sharpen your cognitive abilities.
Mountain biking requires fast and constant mental work.
.....and cognitive slowing is another issue we face as we age.
Learning new stuff and forcing your brain to have to process things faster, helps immensely with putting off the cognitive decline seen in many aging people, as it reinforces existing neural connections, as well as creating new ones.
....and anything that can help stave off things like Alzheimer's longer, is a good thing.
If you've never tried downhill, it's a ton of fun, and will help get you into shape.
Or even just regular cross country type of bike trails. That stuff will help a lot towards lower body muscle toning and help improve your balance.
It will also help to sharpen your cognitive abilities.
Mountain biking requires fast and constant mental work.
.....and cognitive slowing is another issue we face as we age.
Learning new stuff and forcing your brain to have to process things faster, helps immensely with putting off the cognitive decline seen in many aging people, as it reinforces existing neural connections, as well as creating new ones.
....and anything that can help stave off things like Alzheimer's longer, is a good thing.
I just did it after reading your post.