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Old July 25th 07, 04:41 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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I want to do a version of the bicylist's RAAM (race across america).
Thinking of formats, such as riding the best muni trails in a line from
Florida to Washington; or maybe 50 days, 50 states, 50 miles/state; or
something like that. Can you send me your best trails by state? Or a
series of trails that add up to 50 miles in your state that would be
the best? For example, in Colorado I'd pick Hall Ranch (10 miles) and
then add Button Rock Mtn (10 miles) and so on up to 50.


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Old July 25th 07, 05:28 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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In Nevada and probably other parts of the west, you could probably take
dirt roads and trails all the way across the state...

If you just wanted to do some muni in each state, then in Nevada you'd
probably want to check out either the Lake Tahoe area (A lot of which
is actually in California), the Ruby Mountains in Eastern Nevada, or
some of the stuff down by Vegas... (never ridden down there but I've
heard of lots of MB Trails)... Trying to do some in each region would
probably be pretty hard cuz Nevada is so big...

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Old July 25th 07, 05:40 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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for colorado youd want to go up dirtbike trails such as trails up in
west cliff or texas creek or go on the rainbow trail or go on
independance pass wich is a rock crawling trail with drops up to like 8
feet...it would be more of a trials trail though but it would be good
for muni too..
aspen mike would probably know of a few more trails too..


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Old July 25th 07, 07:44 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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in illinois you gotta hit up independence park, I'll ride with ya'.


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Old July 26th 07, 04:07 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Thanks. I'm actually thinking of getting the 50 miles of the "best"
technical trails in one state, then travelling to the next state for
the "best" of that state, and so on. I qualify best as most technically
interesting singletrack with trials and stuff on granite on them. Thus
I need to find out what is considered the most excellent and
exhilerating trails. If I could get a year (or 2) I would find a way to
connect them continuously, but I only have a summer. Since I'm talking
technical muni, even doing 50 miles in one day is probably pushing it,
but as I work out the format I might have to do the best 20 mile hard
technical single track, and then balance this with awesome single track
cross country muni.


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Old July 26th 07, 04:11 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Uniman_3 wrote:
for colorado youd want to go up dirtbike trails such as trails up in
west cliff or texas creek or go on the rainbow trail or go on
independance pass wich is a rock crawling trail with drops up to like 8
feet...it would be more of a trials trail though but it would be good
for muni too..
aspen mike would probably know of a few more trails too..



This is a good idea, and makes me think I want to get a good balance of
trials, singletrack, uphill, and grand scale downhill trails. I've seen
some mtb trials online in Utah that appear to have up to 25 miles of
90% downhill if done point to point. I'm looking for state by state
recommendations on this type of trail.


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Old July 26th 07, 04:18 AM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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kerosian wrote:
in illinois you gotta hit up independence park, I'll ride with ya'.



Thanks. This is just the kind of exact info that I need to fill out
particular states. It sure beats the "devining" I have to do from mtb
trail websites. Since I'm inevitably going to piece together the best
trails in each state, if available I'd appreciate even more info, in an
order something like: 1. Name of Trail; 2. Length; 3. URL;

Excellent idea of yours to join me on the ride in your state! This will
be awesome (especially as it is difficult to get a muni partner to go
more than 10 miles -- Exception being MuniSano with whom I did 50 miles
and am planning some more epics....)


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Old July 26th 07, 02:38 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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One slightly mental thing to do, that someone really should do, would be
to do the route for this race. The winner did it in 15 days, the
cut-off was 25 days. On a uni, if you could do 50 mile days, it'd take
50 days.

http://www.greatdividerace.com/

I think there are several points you have to be away from civilisation
for a significant time though, which would mean carrying food.

But it'd be super cool if someone actually rode that route on a uni.

Joe


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Old July 26th 07, 03:17 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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joemarshall wrote:
One slightly mental thing to do, that someone really should do, would be
to do the route for this race. The winner did it in 15 days, the
cut-off was 25 days. On a uni, if you could do 50 mile days, it'd take
50 days.

http://www.greatdividerace.com/

I think there are several points you have to be away from civilisation
for a significant time though, which would mean carrying food.

But it'd be super cool if someone actually rode that route on a uni.

Joe



This looks totally cool! I definitely want to do this one, too, maybe
as a N-S Muni Across America? 200k climbing may take a bit longer,
especially if I'm carrying a pack with bivvy gear, but maybe its a good
excuse to get the new KH dual gear hub...


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Old July 26th 07, 08:01 PM posted to rec.sport.unicycling
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Details for the Reno Tahoe area (where I live)...

http://www.greatbasinbicycles.com/Trail_Maps.htm has lots of great
rides...

Two that I have done that are definately worth it: Flume Trail - 13+
miles with lots of options... Not the most gnarly technical stuff, but
very beautiful. Also see http://www.flumetrail.com

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride: This is actually in California, and it is one of
the most gnarly technical awesome trails out there. Its about 12 miles
or so depending on how you get up to the top...

The Tahoe Rim Trail has some very good areas too. About half of it is
open to "b*kes" on even numbered days. http://www.tahoerimtrail.org/
has more information...

I have heard that Northstar is a great place to ride as well... It's a
ski resort, not a XC trail... So you have the option of taking the lift
up and riding down... http://www.northstarattahoe.com for more info
there.

If you look through the first link at Great Basin... you will see a lot
of other trails available... I've only done a couple not already
mentioned, and they are not as good... I am sure that there are great
ones left in the dozens I haven't ridden...

California has many other great areas for Muni... so I don't know if
you would want to use up all 50 miles in Tahoe...

Keld


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