3 days and 170 miles touring the “Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.” Spent months accumulating gear and coordinating with friends to make it happen. We’re all married with kids so logistics are always an issue. We had no bumps in the road, everything went so smooth. We’re all pretty fit but had never ridden with packed bikes. We definitely underestimated how much harder and time consuming the climbing would be. My additional weight was about 20 pounds. I’m happy it was hard and already have post-adventure depression, longing for more. I’d highly recommend this loop, the route is available on bikepacking.com, we tweaked it a bit.
by AmadeusEsquire
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I am in the accumulating gear phase working up to this EXACT loop! How’d you tweak the route from Bikepacking.com? I have a Trek Checkpoint ALR 4. Still need a handlebar cradle and a frame bag. Along with more camping gear. But glad to hear this route is fun. I look forward to doing it next year.
Congrats!!!
Did my first multi-day this summer (5 days, 450km).
>We definitely underestimated how much harder and time consuming the climbing would be.
Me too 🙂
>I’m happy it was hard and already have post-adventure depression, longing for more.
Me too 🙂 The post-adventure depression hits hard!
Luckily I could go with my youngest kid (8) last weekend to a mini bikepacking trip.
It soothed a bit the depression!