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Permalink Reply by Adam Petraitis on May 16, 2016 at 7:49am

*Island. Thanks phone.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Kline on May 17, 2016 at 8:22am

Not the road bike -- there is very little paved road and you will find that frustrating.

The Main roads once you get out of town are gravel - some of it rough. you will also find plenty of jeep track and single track. Expect occasional pits of sand :)

ultimately I would base it on how you want to ride and what you want from the experience.

1) major distances and circumnavigation of the Island? cross  should be okay - Mtn definitely

2) single track - Mtn

3) drunk - one least likely to fall from. 

My experience is mot people plan on #1, do lots of #2 and wind up at the Shamrock (#3)

have a good trip. 

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Permalink Reply by Adam Petraitis on May 20, 2016 at 10:39am

Great! That's exactly the info I was hoping for, thanks. Regarding the singletrack, is it more DPRT or Palos? I've got a dedicated trail bike (hardtail), and a vintage mtb townie (rigid). I'm leaning towards the cruiser since the hardtail is kind of a pain to ride distance on (too spinny), but if there are a lot of logs and techy bits I will go traction over all.

Duly noted that this is the most N+1st world problem out there. Probably should just consolidate the fleet into one fat bike.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Kline on July 5, 2016 at 9:04am

BTW - how was your visit?

I got back on Saturday and found this was the best riding year yet. Usually the gravel roads tend to have a lot of little washouts -- creates a washboard effect. But a mild winter combined with a good grading and use of salt on summer roads to tamp them down has created a beautiful surface.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Petraitis on July 12, 2016 at 7:44am

It was very pleasant. A bit cool, being mid June. Seemed like the season didn't really kick off until the weekend we were leaving (when there was a bike festival, apparently). Took the townie-bar mountain bike, and it worked well. 

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