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Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:29 pm
by Laoch
Kyler wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:03 pm
I'm targeting 9-10 September 2017.
That is the weekend after Labor Day and two weeks before the Shen500. The route creator says this is a 1 1/2 day ride so I'm scheduling a Sat/Sun. It would be a strab high-speed slab run home Sunday afternoon.
I'm quite willing to start on Friday is the majority is interested.
Maybe late start Friday and camp up at Michaux?
Free camping and if stay at the north end it'll be a good jump for Saturday morning.
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:59 pm
by Rut Row
dirtygrunt wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:29 pm
Kyler wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:03 pm
I'm targeting 9-10 September 2017.
That is the weekend after Labor Day and two weeks before the Shen500. The route creator says this is a 1 1/2 day ride so I'm scheduling a Sat/Sun. It would be a strab high-speed slab run home Sunday afternoon.
I'm quite willing to start on Friday is the majority is interested.
Maybe late start Friday and camp up at Michaux?
Free camping and if stay at the north end it'll be a good jump for Saturday morning.
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:01 pm
by beejaytee
I heard it was a 3 day ride. 2 up and 1 back on slab. I will be on a 525 so slab the length of PA will suck. If there is anyone who wants to take an extra day to side road or follow the trail back, that's what I'll do.
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Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:36 pm
by juddspaintballs
I might be down for that
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:02 am
by phoo
I won't be slabbing back, but I also don't know that I would take two days to get back.
I'd probably do a "high speed" strafing run on two-lane roads to get back.
~Patrick
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:00 pm
by Rut Row
beejaytee wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:01 pmI heard it was a 3 day ride. 2 up and 1 back on slab. I will be on a 525 so slab the length of PA will suck. If there is anyone who wants to take an extra day to side road or follow the trail back, that's what I'll do.
the guy who created the route says 1 1/2 days even with dawdling
phoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:02 amI'd probably do a "high speed" strafing run on two-lane roads to get back.
somehow I'm believing this to be factual
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:05 pm
by beejaytee
Kyler wrote:beejaytee wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:01 pmI heard it was a 3 day ride. 2 up and 1 back on slab. I will be on a 525 so slab the length of PA will suck. If there is anyone who wants to take an extra day to side road or follow the trail back, that's what I'll do.
the guy who created the route says 1 1/2 days even with dawdling
phoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:02 amI'd probably do a "high speed" strafing run on two-lane roads to get back.
somehow I'm believing this to be factual
Huh. I must be remembering a different report.
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Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:49 pm
by Bucho
phoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:02 am
I won't be slabbing back, but I also don't know that I would take two days to get back.
I'd probably do a "high speed" strafing run on two-lane roads to get back.
~Patrick
We made it back to the MD line above Emmitsburg by 2-3 in the afternoon from pretty far up into PA on that Alleghany trip.
That was a "high speed" non-highway run. Even time for a high speed dirt road or two.
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:56 pm
by juddspaintballs
And a quick flight into the upper atmosphere after crossing a set of RR tracks
Re: 2017 | Trans-PA Trail - Vertical Edition | 9-10 Sept
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:04 pm
by Wingfixer
juddspaintballs wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:56 pm
And a quick flight into the upper atmosphere after crossing a set of RR tracks
With SkinnyJ proving pigs CAN fly!