Katy Trail ride

[indysteel]

Thanks for the info. I imagine it would be doable as a self-supported ride. The issue for us--at least for the near term--is that we both don't have bikes that could be set up for panniers, and we don't plan to get touring bikes for some time, if ever. So, the fact that there is at least one company out there that would carry our luggage makes the Katy doable. We're pretty sure my road bike will accomodate up to 700 x 30 cc tires.

In any event, I think I have my DH talked into it, so it's just a question of when. I think we already took this year's big trip, so maybe next year. Any thoughts on which month? I'd like some warm and dry weather (don't we all?), so maybe mid to late September. The tours I've done thus far in Tennessee have been in that time frame, and the weather has been ideal.

[SLash]

Thanks for the info. I imagine it would be doable as a self-supported ride. The issue for us--at least for the near term--is that we both don't have bikes that could be set up for panniers, and we don't plan to get touring bikes for some time, if ever. So, the fact that there is at least one company out there that would carry our luggage makes the Katy doable. We're pretty sure my road bike will accomodate up to 700 x 30 cc tires.

In any event, I think I have my DH talked into it, so it's just a question of when. I think we already took this year's big trip, so maybe next year. Any thoughts on which month? I'd like some warm and dry weather (don't we all?), so maybe mid to late September. The tours I've done thus far in Tennessee have been in that time frame, and the weather has been ideal.

If you decide you to do a self supported ride there are still businesses that you can use for an emergency pick up for that additional peace of mind. I believe there is info about them on the Bike Katy Trail website. A couple of people mentioned this, but I'm not familiar with the name of them.

Katy Bike Rentals rents trailers you can pull behind the bike.

Regarding when, May is apparently the rainiest month. During our week rain was predicted nearly every day but it actually only rained the one day. The summer is very busy from what we were told so that nixed it for us. October is supposed to be a great time because of fall colors, I can tell you early May is beautiful because of all the flowers, another plus being the very light traffic on the trail.

[indysteel]

I picker up my Jamis Aurora yesterday. DH is waiting for the 2011s to come out so. I really like how the bike rides, although I only went for a short test ride. We're planning on signing up for the end to end Katy Trail trip sometime in September. I generally find it to be a pretty dry but comfortable month. Yay!