follow up on post 6414, some shots of a drop conversion in action. A freind wanted to do the new adventure cycling Arkansas high country loop.
https://bikepacking.com/routes/arkan...orthwest-loop/
Since I don't own a real gravel bike, and did not want to ride 240 miles on a flat bar, took the Gary Fischer Marlin. Used my regular panniers. We did it in three days. I lived. The last day riding home was fifty miles of rain, which felt really good on the 150+ mosquito bites. Really, we counted when the swelling went down enough to see them. The other guys got about ten or so each.
DISTANCE
242 Mi.
(389 KM)
DAYS
3-4
% UNPAVED
51%
% SINGLETRACK
0%
DIFFICULTY (1-10)
4
% RIDEABLE (TIME)
100%
TOTAL ASCENT
18,920'
(5,767 M)
HIGH POINT