Newbie — biking Road to the Sun next week

[user 34109]

Any cycling vanlifers here? I mostly mountain bike, but also hit the gravel and paved roads as well. In Idaho now. Will be in Montana in the next few days and riding road to the sun. (then heading east to do some riding in New England in the fall) Anyone else here interested? Also looking for a place in the Kalispell area to plug-in. Any input appreciated! Thank you!

I also play guitar and sing, if there is anyone in my area who wants to get together to play, I would love it!

And my other obsession in the last few years is Pickleball. I am always up for a game!

 

[bullfrog !]

Welcome!

 

[Gr8ful]

I used to mountain & road bike. One year I rode 4500+ miles just riding to work, weekends, etc & averaged 17.6 mph on a Mtn bike. You might want to ride in this race https://www.iceman.com/ It's an awesome race usually 1st week of Nov & snow.

 

[KarlH]

Welcome to the forum

Used to race USCF road, love Glacier and pretty much all the parks in the Northwest.

What kind of pooch do you have?

 

[abnorm]

riding road to the sun.

You're NUTZ !.....................Welcome to the Forum....you'll fit right in...............

 

[user 34109]

Welcome to the forum

Used to race USCF road, love Glacier and pretty much all the parks in the Northwest.

What kind of pooch do you have?

Got him at a shelter in Oregon. Got a genetic test as a present, or else I wouldn’t have cared, but it came back about 60% pitbull, 20% bulldog, and 20 percent unknown. Most people say they see boxer in him.

 

[KarlH]

You're NUTZ !

Only if coming from the Canadian side

The road on the US side has a steep grade and isn't exactly wide, but I don't remember it being especially curvy. But after you cross the summit and start to go back down, you'll run into tight switchbacks, low guardrails and lots of RVs driven by people who don't have the spatial skills to keep them on the right side of the center-line.