{"id":10715,"date":"2022-01-17T11:57:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=10715"},"modified":"2022-01-16T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T17:59:06","slug":"a-dirt-ride-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/a-dirt-ride-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dirt Ride To Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of Exit Tours.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been having an email conversation with Mike Brown, of Exit Tours<\/a>, about doing some rides with his group. To recap, Exit Tours is structured as a club and for your annual membership fee you get one free ride and then others are fairly inexpensive.<\/p>\n

So Mike is making a big push this year to reach a higher level of participation and to that end, I’m assuming as an introduction, he is putting on a no-charge, no-membership-needed Fathers Day Ride to the Alpine Tunnel<\/a>, set for June 18 and 19. This looks very interesting.<\/p>\n

The group will gather near Greens Creek, near Salida, and camp the night of the 18th and do the ride on the 19th.<\/p>\n

Here’s the description of the ride:<\/p>\n

Ride to the Alpine Tunnel on Sunday June 19.
\nThe Dual Sport ride is a 121 mile Loop with a challenging section on Tomichi Pass.
\nSnow may be present in late June.
\nWe will provide an alternate Adventure bike loop option over Blacksage and Waunita Passes to Pitkin and the Tunnel site, return over Blacksage and Waunita Passes.
\nThis route is a bit Longer, but does not include any real challenging sections.
\nRide counterclockwise from Greens Creek to Old Monarch Pass, Snowblind to Tomichi Pass to the Alpine Tunnel on the Dual Sport Loop.
\nThen head towards Pitkin on the old Denver, Southpark & Pacific Railroad line.
\nLunch & Fuel in Pitkin.
\nWaunita Pass to Black Sage Pass to Sargents on Hwy 50.
\nTo over Marshall Pass to down Hwy 285. Poncha Springs on Hwy 50 to Greens Creek.
\nFuel and Food available at the Silver Plume General Store in Pitkin on either loop.
\nPhone Compatible GPS Tracks will be provided.
\nThis is a FREE club ride with no other Amenities provided.
\nFill out the form on the Sign-Up link if you want to go on an epic ride on Fathers Day and receive GPS tracks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you go to the Exit Tours website you’ll notice in the pictures that all the bikes have knobby tires. I have a V-Strom and I run 80\/20 Shinko tires. That’s 80% biased to street, 20% biased to dirt. I asked Mike if that would be adequate on the alternate routes that are less challenging. His answer was not reassuring.<\/p>\n

However, I mentioned the ride to Bruce, who checked it out and immediately signed up, and he said he has ridden most of those routes before and he thinks I could do it OK.<\/p>\n

So I’m not sure here. I would definitely like to do this, and I suppose I could have some more dirt-capable tires put on the V-Strom but I just had new tires front and back put on, and mounting tires is a real expense. Gonna have to think on this.<\/p>\n

If you, on the other hand, are totally prepared for this kind of ride you may want to seriously consider signing up.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

We know you’re a poser if you won’t ride down a gravel road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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