Bull and Jake Trail-Georgia
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Bull and Jake Trail-Georgia
Hello,
I found this route on bikepacking.com, and want to ride it on a gravel bike. My goal would be an average of 10 mph, is that doable? I see 2 significant climbs on the route, and have heard there are 2 knarly rock gardens. For clarification, I plan to just ride it, and not bikepack. Also, would NF-42 to FS-77 to the Jake Mountain trailhead be a good bailout route?
Here's the link:
https://bikepacking.com/routes/bull-jake/
Dave
I found this route on bikepacking.com, and want to ride it on a gravel bike. My goal would be an average of 10 mph, is that doable? I see 2 significant climbs on the route, and have heard there are 2 knarly rock gardens. For clarification, I plan to just ride it, and not bikepack. Also, would NF-42 to FS-77 to the Jake Mountain trailhead be a good bailout route?
Here's the link:
https://bikepacking.com/routes/bull-jake/
Dave
Last edited by bonsai171; 09-18-21 at 02:10 PM.
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Based on pics from the link, I would say a gravel bike with wide tires would work.
But I'm sure there are parts of the route not shown that would make for underbiking if you use a gravel bike.
Thsts a lot of climb!
But I'm sure there are parts of the route not shown that would make for underbiking if you use a gravel bike.
Thsts a lot of climb!
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Wow! When I was in the States at the end of May, I rode a ~75km route in this area. I started from the Jake parking lot (south end of the loop). The route had some single track, some decent gravel roads, some washed out gravel roads, and a few places (all of it on the steepest sections) of big rocks comprising the road surface. I kept an average somewhere just north of 17km/h. If you have decent bike handling skills and your bike is fitted with 38s or bigger, there is no reason it cannot be done on a "gravel" bike. Fore reference, I was on my '21 Diverge with 38mm Pathfinder Pro tires, set up tubeless.
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Wow! When I was in the States at the end of May, I rode a ~75km route in this area. I started from the Jake parking lot (south end of the loop). The route had some single track, some decent gravel roads, some washed out gravel roads, and a few places (all of it on the steepest sections) of big rocks comprising the road surface. I kept an average somewhere just north of 17km/h. If you have decent bike handling skills and your bike is fitted with 38s or bigger, there is no reason it cannot be done on a "gravel" bike. Fore reference, I was on my '21 Diverge with 38mm Pathfinder Pro tires, set up tubeless.
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Thanks for sharing, sounds like I should just try it. 17 km/h sounds about right. I like to climb a lot, so that's a good place for me. Have done some riding in that area, just not that route specifically. Currently running 40 mm Maxxis Rambers on a 2019 Salsa Warbird.
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