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Mountain Bike needed I assume? Or is it more like a dirt single track?

• flyingfences 5y ago
  I'm not familiar with this particular trail, but they're usually paved.
• exabrial 5y ago
  Not at all! I use a "gravel bike", which is sort of made for this kind of stuff (slightly relaxed road riding position, more aggressive weight balance towards rear, wide tires, beefier frame, plenty hardpoints for water). A road bike would suffice with wide enough tires (probably at least 38mm). The surface is mostly packed pea gravel, but there is some clay dirt streches and some spots that are "Kansas Road" grade... meaning chipped/rutted chert/limestone. A mountain bike would certainly work but is overkill. The upright riding position of a mountain bike catches a lot of wind and you'll expend a lot of calories/water inefficiently, and they're not made for low rolling resistance.
  • Melatonic 5y ago
    Awesome - I have an old 80s touring frame that I have completely revamped with lighter 29er wheels and 35C touring tires (usually works pretty well on gravel), wide dirt drops, full racks, etc etc. Brooks saddle of course. Probably would work great for that (although maybe even wider tires would be better - bike has cantilever brakes so I can go pretty wide if I wanted)