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Forums / Question and Answer / What road tire will fit on Stan´s Flow rim?
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on: February 24, 2015, 04:08:41 PM
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I was thinking of riding my bike 500 miles down the road, then changing to fat tires, and riding 500 miles down a trail. Road tires are difficult to get onto flow rims. Am I able to force them on, sure. I had the beads give out on a couple of Marathon XR tires. I suppose from forcing them on tight rims. Perhaps a 40mm folding tire would be good, one that fits Flow rims more easily.
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: February 21, 2015, 07:52:41 PM
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from pnt home page Many of our Pacific Northwest Trail Association members—or at least their kids or grandkids!—are bikers. The United States Congress made this statement The Pacific Northwest Trail is open to bicycles. Only an act of congress can change that I have room on my bicycle for a shovel as well. Idaho sounds like good place to do some shoveling. let me know. I e-mailed the PNT organization to look into the N. Idaho section and see about volunteering. Looks like cyclists need to be more active in volunteering and advocating for bikes on this route. Maybe we can find some more volunteers who are interested here on the forum... I will post the response: "The PNT is not known as a mountain biking trail, although there are sections where Mountain Bikes are permitted. It’s pretty much up to the landowner as to whether they are permitted or not. Some short segments, that are on rail grades, are open to road bikes; probably less than 5%. The trail is mainly a hiking trail and equestrian wherever possible. We would love to have you as a volunteer and maybe form a volunteer group in your area. The PNTA can assist with some trail tools! We’re are not sure at this point where the Trail corridor is going to be from the Kootenai to Priest Lake, as the Idaho Panhandle NF is still trying to come up with a route they can agree to. We’ll be starting the Advisory committee meetings this spring and hope to have the route determined within the next two years. Feel free to call me, or email me any questions! Thanks, Jon Knechtel Jon Knechtel Director of Trail Operations Board Member-Partnership for National Trails Pacific Northwest Trail Association 24854 Charles Jones Memorial Circle #4 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Office: (360) 854-9415 Fax: (360) 854-7665 Cell: (360) 391-0788 The mission of the PNTA is to promote, protect, and maintain the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail in a manner that make a lasting contribution to the recreation, education, and enjoyment of present and future generations. Happy Trails and Keep on Hiking! The PNTA needs your support, vist us at www.pnt.org and find out how you can help!" |
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: February 21, 2015, 07:28:59 PM
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I like the idea. Until such a place on the PNT website happens, here is a list I compiled for the 2015 edition of the Pacific Northwest Digest: Recent Videos The Pacific Northwest Trail, Oroville, Washington to Glacier National Park, Montana, by Zed Nek, posted 12/21/14, 13:06; vimeo.com/115093202 Legend's Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) thru hike 2014, by Jeff Garmire (aka ‘Legend’) Eastbound, posted 10/1/14, 11:19; youtu.be/u05l_DILIl8 Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT), by Seattle SirHikesALot, posted 9/22/14, 13:13;
PNT 2014, by Stephan Berens (Section hiker from Germany), three videos, vimeo.com/user31481372 Pacific Northwest Trail 2013, by Dbirdyurtdog, posted 1/10/14, 10:59; www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3GtOPl33K4 (External Embedding Disabled) Pacific Northwest Trail, by Glaucoma Patient, posted 8/18/13, 2:25;
Creating the 1,200 Mile Pacific Northwest Trail – Ron Strickland – Pathfinder, by Better World Films, posted 5/29/12, 9:57 ;
Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) 2012 – August – September, by backpacker1964, posted 10/12/2012, 50:22;
Nimblewill Nomad - Odyssey 2010 - PNT - Part 1, by Nimblewill Nomad, 8/8/10, 9:33;
Pacific Northwest Trail, by Sam Haraldson, posted multiple videos for 2007 thru hike; www.youtube.comI got this from the PNT forum edit http://pnta.proboards.com/thread/356/videos-journals-all?page=1&scrollTo=1640here is the link guess I did not copy it right |
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: January 17, 2015, 04:02:51 PM
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I can't speak to the whole route, but some of that is wilderness. I have backpacked the Lost Coast Trail in the Sinkyone Wilderness, and it is my all-time favorite backpacking trip.
California state wilderness does not show up on the link http://www.wilderness.net/map.cfm?xmin=-13885188.4162&ymin=5707429.4217&xmax=-13015378.2846&ymax=6274849.7374Plenty of roads into there, or so it appears on the map. Do you have any bike routes between Redwoods National and State Parks, or out to Kings Range National Conservation Area? I was looking last summer at doing the north Idaho section. From what I can determine by looking at maps and talking to a couple of locals there really not a trail around lion's head ridge east of Priest lake. And it is quite remote. Not even a hiking trail. It is more a line drawn on a map. You may be able to do it, but might have to carry the bike out of necessity and bushwack. We never made the trip ourselves. Wondering if anyone has more information on this section.
This is a young trail. Any room for a shovel on your bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntt3wy-L8Ok |
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: December 14, 2014, 06:01:40 PM
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Not that I would encourage anyone to break the law, I've done this carry twice and the first time I didn't know it actually says not to posses rather then just not to ride. ç anyway. The amount of HAB would be ridiculous.
Parts of this trail look incredible might it make more sense to try to figure out a way to use parts of it to make a couple of good loops? It looks like a full trip may involve major detours. Also a couple of 250 loops might make for a more user friendly concept. Just my .02
The fed interprets laws differently in different places. In Florida they confiscated my tomato entering the country. In California they allow tomatoes into the country. This was 3 days apart. In Washington, they said using a machine in the wilderness is against the law. Possessing a machine is not against the law. They said using my front wheel as a walking stick could be illeagle. Northern Washington is a good place to be in July and August. A week or 2 into September expect, well, winter to begin. In June winter snow is still blocking passes. There are some very remote areas up there. And it takes effort to get in and out of the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr00FBpNqSQLoops sound good. But. http://www.wilderness.net/map.cfm?xmin=-13885188.4162&ymin=5707429.4217&xmax=-13015378.2846&ymax=6274849.7374pedaling your bike to the loop could be a 250 loop in it self. How about the PNT, to the Idaho Centennial Trail, and back to Seattle on the rail trails of the old Milwaukee railway. Because of all the wilderness, there are few choices. A couple of years ago I went electricity free in North Cascade National Park for a few weeks. The Olympic Peninsula is a good destination as well. |
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: December 13, 2014, 06:45:53 PM
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The biggest detour, (western Washington), could be handled by going into Canada. The kettle valley railway trail into Vancouver perhaps.
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: December 13, 2014, 01:05:05 PM
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Pacific Northwest Trail Digest by Tim Youngbluth http://www.amazon.it/Pacific-Northwest-Trail-Digest-Edition-ebook/dp/B00C326M6EThe 2015 updated edition will be out around March. Written by a retired Colonel with military precision. Or, go to the PNT forum and buy it direct from the author, (Bravo on the forum). $14? I don't have the maps with me. There is a dirt road from West Glacier MT traveling NW to the PNT. There are multiple dirt roads traveling SW around the Pasayten Wilderness to Ross lake and hwy 20. In 2013 I told some forest rangers in Stehekin, WA, about the guys carrying bikes across the Grand Canyon on their backs. After thinking about that for a couple of days, they like the idea. Don't cheat the line! I have seen maybe 25% of the PNT. I probably should not admit this. Last July I washed my train ticket to West Glacier. Amtrak would not replace it, I did not go. 2015? Do you have any sense of who it was that cared about this long distance trails, enough to keep it open to bikes?I do know who planed to ride their bike on the PNT 10 years in advance Very important to talk to the correct person about these things |
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Forums / Routes / Re: Pacific Northwest Trail
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on: December 12, 2014, 09:01:02 PM
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Basically you are looking at Ross lake, WA and east. The Pasayten Wilderness can be bypassed on dirt roads. From Ross lake West there is no easy bypass, and multiple wilderness and National parks. Perhaps South to Twisp WA, and the Methow Valley where trails exist. Then a 10 mile hard carry, to Stehekin, WA. Then a Ferry ride on lake Chelan, and a flag stop and trails and forest roads to Leavenworth, WA. Whidbey Island is a road ride. No real reason to rejoin the PNT West of Ross lake Plenty of places to ride your bike though. San Juan Islands. Olympic Peninsula. The Olympic Discovery Trail, a work in progress, is open to bikes in its entity, even if it crosses into Olympic National Park. The PNT in closed to bikes in ONP. The PNT is open to bikes by order of the United States Congress. Only an order from them can change that. Most trails are closed to bikes, because of horse riders doing a lot of bellowing. Bike riders remain silent to many times. And get kicked of trails because of their silence. The PNT is open to bikes because someone asked the correct person to make it that way. The Congress followed the recommendation of the person in charge of the Department of the Interior, to the letter. Lobby for bikes it works ONP boundary  The fog is on the inside of the camera lens  bring your rain gear on the PNT the beach walk is my favorite part  recommend a tent, because of brown spiders  I bought a $40 bicycle to stash in the woods  while hiking the PNT where it is closed to bikes  -  |
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Forums / Question and Answer / Re: 26 vs 29 touring internationally
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on: November 11, 2014, 08:48:05 PM
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 the number of 29 inch tires for sale here 0 forget about a mail drop, they fail more often than they succeed what happens when you put a 26 inch wheel on a 29 inch bike? bottom bracket is lowered, and pedal strikes the ground. they will put your bike on the top of the bus and transport you to who knows where or you can walk 2 blocks and buy a 26 inch tire it is up to you |
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