I have to admit that initially I was salivating about using this trip to buy another bike. I wanted to add a cyclocross bike to the stable, thinking that a beefed up road bike was the ticket - there are a lot of back roads, side roads, even paved roads on this trip that it would be ideal for. But after talking to the organizers, there is also a lot of single-track (Yay!) so you need the MTB style setup to be able to stay on your bike. Plus, front suspension is recommended.
I also thought of riding my Pugsley, but Joey at Velorution (where I bought it) thought that would be a bad (ridiculous) idea.
So - I am going to ride my Santa Cruz Tallboy. I will need to trick it out a bit - new tires and possibly new wheels, different bars so I can get aero, probably a rear pack and an additional bottle cage so that I don't have a Camelbak on my back. More on the trickout later, but at least one decision is made!
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