Hey Mtnbkr...

[Kingcreek]

I picked up a Bontrager saddle at the pro bike shop and my tired old ass likes it.
I no longer do offroad and I'm just getting back on the bike after 5 years but my wife wants to ride a 26 mile gravel trail

[charby]

I picked up a Bontrager saddle at the pro bike shop and my tired old ass likes it.
I no longer do offroad and I'm just getting back on the bike after 5 years but my wife wants to ride a 26 mile gravel trail

Which trail? Most gravel trails are crushed limestone and pretty durable surface. I rode a 33 mile long one earlier this summer pulling a trailer and it wasn't bad at all.

[Kingcreek]

Which trail? Most gravel trails are crushed limestone and pretty durable surface. I rode a 33 mile long one earlier this summer pulling a trailer and it wasn't bad at all.

I dunno. Something in south western Wisconsin. We are in NW Illinois but she wants do meet up with her brother and sis in law from Minnesota.
The nice thing about those rails-to-trails is the grade is easy, never more than 6-7% or so IIRC.

[charby]

I dunno. Something in south western Wisconsin. We are in NW Illinois but she wants do meet up with her brother and sis in law from Minnesota.
The nice thing about those rails-to-trails is the grade is easy, never more than 6-7% or so IIRC.

I think railroad grade is under 2% as a rule.

Now some of the old narrow gauge with a geared Shay locomotive would be a lot greater, think temp logging and mining roadbeds.

[Kingcreek]

I think railroad grade is under 2% as a rule.

Now some of the old narrow gauge with a geared Shay locomotive would be a lot greater, think temp logging and mining roadbeds.

I think you are correct.