daway8 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:48 am
Just in case you're not aware and are perhaps thinking (like me) that this sounds like an unreasonable distance to ride a bike, keep in mind that justiner is the guy who completed all the centennials a few years back with no transportation other than his bicycle (see
https://www.rei.com/blog/cycle/justin-s ... ks-by-bike)
So I expect he'd recommend biking from anywhere to anywhere since, well, he's done it... (that's a bit too hard core for me though).
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That's where I was ultimately going: Most find climbing a few thousand feet, typically starting at 9000+ feet elevation, to be sufficiently strenuous. Riding to and from the TH on a bicycle on top of that is beyond the capabilities of many, if not most.
Also, if I'm planning an "alpine start" by headlamp, I'm not sure I want to be riding a bicycle to the TH in pre-dawn darkness.
BTW, I used to do quite a lot of road biking. For various reasons, I got out of it. And now I'm too old to pretend I'm invincible and won't end up crippled or dead at the hands of a driver who's tired, intoxicated, speeding, distracted, or some combination of those.