After Thanksgiving Tour

[7rider]

brrrr....somehow, Deb, I just get chilled reading about this trip (rain, 50's....).
I remember fondly our C&O tour (and am glad the weather was warm and rain free then!).

Sorry to hear about the job. I hope you can line something up. Glad tho' to hear your mom is doing better.

[Crankin]

Well, my new bike is sort of "relaxed road geometry" with very low touring gears. Right now I've got 25s on the bike, I know it can take 28s, but not sure about 32s. It would have to be light touring, as the bike is not set up to take a ton of weight. But, with planning, I think 2 panniers would be fine for a 3 day trip.
Something to think about. Of course, we'd have to combine it with a trip to visit my B-I-L (big sigh).

[DebW]

Crankin', before shlepping all the way to Missouri to ride the Katy, how about the Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, MD? Similar unpaved rail trail, but a better surface and very nicely graded. I think you could use 28 tires on that trail. The Katy was about 90% nice firm surface, but some occasional soft patches and ruts or gravel, lots of twigs, etc. If you do hotels or B&Bs and the weather isn't too cold, you can easily get by with 2 small panniers. I carried my 2 larger panniers on this trip due to cold weather and needing more warm clothes.

[Crankin]

Thanks, Deb.