Hot Weekend tour

Heading back to the Hennepin Canal Trail this weekend for about a 100 mile ride with one night of camping. The Moots is coming along and its uncharted territory for him so is should be very good. Its going to be super hot though, heat index into the 100F+ range and a chance of thunderstorms. Its the same route from our 4 day tour and it was my favorite stretch of trail. Chances of seeing anyone on the trail have to be low in this kind of weather stiuation, a relaxing ride to the Geneseco Campground, which I think is just awesome. The cleanest showers at any campground I have ever been to, it should be a great end to a very hot, long ride. Cant wait!
I will update everyone on this ride and I know, still owe everyone the Tour Across Illinois ride posting. Soon-scouts honor!
Ride On!
UHC

LHT loaded for touring

LHT loaded for touring
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Tour Across Illinois 4-Day 300mile adventure

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/trans-illinois

Hey Everyone - Follow us on our tour across Illinois. Morris to the Mississippi and back.

Test Ride with the Albatross Bars

First test ride with the handlebar set-up went better then expected. Fermilab and boy was it windy. First impressions - you are more upright and exposed to the wind and elements without the drop bars, but the ride is delightfully fast and more comfortable then with my Nitto randonneuring bar. It has a weird "dancing on the pedals" feel and the trucker feels like a champ in this arrangement. It would be one bad ass commuter bike.

Down side: is that you really can only get 2 or so hand grip positions. I did start to feel a little twitchy in my hands after an hour or so. I like the front "naked" bar spot for stretching and a little bit of an aero position for this set-up. Thinking that moustache bars would also be really nice on the LHT.

Good Things: I love the new cork grips!! After 4 coats of amber shellac they feel great and look super sweet. Another huge plus with installing the grips and bar-end shifters was I needed to use the "Dremel tool...yea!!!"
Jagwire Cable -B+ With the new set-up I needed to re-cable and replace the housings. The rear derailleurs cable now needs to be a tandem cable! Which is no biggie because of my Rans Stratus XP recumbent. But down side is that tandem cables cost more and are harder to find. Approx $12 each!! The jagwire sets are great, more then enough cable, great color/texture options and good smallwares. Little pricy but worth it. The color chosen for the LHT was "Titanium" and they are tough looking.

Really looking forward to my first test ride with Jack and the Burly trailer. Test Ride number 1 " ...great success..."

Ride On!