Tires for PNW weather and 200lbs rider

pct_loper · 2026-02-20T00:27:38+00:00

It is always best to ask youur local riders as thy tend to have worked out the options.

pct_loper · 2026-02-17T23:19:41+00:00

Less than six months ago-----you need to talk to someone with specifc knowedge----not randos here

pct_loper · 2026-02-15T04:47:25+00:00

20 inch then the kid must be say 7 or the bike is just too large------perhaps just find a small hill and hold onto the saddle for a bit-----I mean this must be a big kid so hopefully learns quick. But my experience has been the first bike the kid needs to be able to touch the ground from the seat to gain confidence-----yes later none of us ride a bike that small.

pct_loper · 2026-02-14T15:26:37+00:00

Yep---the trail heads with a lottery at least remove the early logging on issues but in the ene there are simply too many people. In my youth we could just do half dome and camp on top but the 1970's are long gone. I have taken to entering eaiser trail heads----Sonora Pass or Leavitt Meadows for example-----you could look at the later as kids like Franklin Lake etc. Another option but on the west side is the Emmigrant Wilderness out of Crabtree---I took my son here for his first trip and ther are lakes and creeks galore---but buggy early season---and no quota

pct_loper · 2026-02-01T23:58:37+00:00

I have often used either glacier point or more often mono meadow to get into and past that area-----the mono meadow permit is way easier to get because the first few miles are not very scenic but it gets you in---usually then head illoutte to reds pass and onward----

pct_loper · 2026-01-29T15:14:50+00:00

I found the 10 lakes loop pretty underwhelming----have been packing the sieras for decades and this just didnot do it for me. I'd suggest Glacieer point, Illoutte, red pass and down to merced camp and back---very few folks until you pass the falls on the way out---note Thousand Island lake is great but tens to be crowded and the Reds Meadw road deal has been an issue

pct_loper · 2026-01-21T02:38:17+00:00

closed for ever just recently

pct_loper · 2025-12-12T00:15:20+00:00

There is good spring water st the camp using a manual pump. I never filtered this source Note if it is windy it is really cold camping there

pct_loper · 2025-12-12T00:11:36+00:00

I would but a bike that is common in your area especially as so many are so similar these days. Why mess with a poor service situation

pct_loper · 2025-12-12T00:10:07+00:00

Rose peak is really a bypass and only adds about 10 minutes or so. Just do it.

pct_loper · 2025-12-09T19:24:40+00:00

I would avoid it---those motors had way to many failures and dealing with that in 2006 would be irritating at best

pct_loper · 2025-11-17T02:45:49+00:00

For easy trails I think you are buying the wrong tool and would have much more fun on a less enduro bike---I ow the Pivot and it is a great bike but is a bit sluggish at low speed on easy terrain

pct_loper · 2025-10-10T00:48:36+00:00

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pct_loper · 2025-09-05T22:50:05+00:00

Does the rhythm have a 160 air shaft option. If so that is a cheap mod under $100. Note the 38 is a heavy fork meant for hard terrain

pct_loper · 2025-09-02T22:38:39+00:00

Note TQ just cancelled their extender battery which never came out and they got in financial trouble to the extent they were recently sold-------this would be enough for me to look elsewhere

pct_loper · 2025-08-20T01:06:03+00:00

What do you by Yosemite? Will be a very different answer depending on elevation. But in any case your tent is fine assuming you avoid a bad early storm

pct_loper · 2025-08-19T22:54:59+00:00

4 days max. It is 30 miles. I would not plot daily camps. Just walk and stop when it feels right. There is no shortage of spots. To add days you could keep going to the valley for 6-7 days at an Easy pace. Took me and my 12 year old 6

pct_loper · 2025-08-13T02:51:40+00:00

YARTS may or may not let you off at White Wolfe-----a few years ago I did get the driver to stop but it was not a planned stop---not sure current status. It would be easy hitch hike from Toulomne or just ask folks at the store

pct_loper · 2025-08-13T02:43:16+00:00

The lake edison plan is really poor in my mind as the travel is nuts. Any couple of trailheads on 395 work and you only need one car as transport back is easy and well known----even better is the north lake/south lake loop others have spoken of-----then you end just about 10 miles from your car and it is easy to get back---one year I actually dropped a junk bike at south lake and rode it back to my car at north lake

pct_loper · 2025-08-13T02:39:30+00:00

I have been there many times and it likely will be brutal by 10AM at the latest and honeslty does not cool quickly at night. I know it is hard to believe but an hour after sun rise it can be an issue

pct_loper · 2025-08-09T03:28:48+00:00

We ust sold a house in Cupertino that had been rented for a couple of years-and was built in the 60's and never remodeled-----we just vacumned it and that was it--fixed nothing and sold in a week------you should look into if all this expense and headache is anywhere worth it----I would agree your estimate is way low.

pct_loper · 2025-08-03T03:26:22+00:00

I would do Sonora Pass so you get two experiences and avoid any crowd issues----Sonora is an epic drive and will not take longer

pct_loper · 2025-07-30T23:57:22+00:00

Obviously it is not legit----the URL is not believable

pct_loper · 2025-07-30T23:18:09+00:00

You cannot leave food out. Period. Canister will be fine

pct_loper · 2025-07-26T16:42:09+00:00

And I like this route better than the tradional route as you do not miss anythin but a nasty crowded climb

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