Shake Down Trip 2020
2020 Shakedown Trip: Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes - Four Day Trip July 13 - July 17, 2020 Monday: Drove to the starting point of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Plummer, ID. Rails-to-trails route from Plummer to Mullan (~70 miles). Pretty flat. We started strong but malfunctions started soon after with Asher’s rear rack disconnecting and completely falling off the back of his bike. Fixed it. Asher then flagged me down and said his panniers were rubbing his tire. It was actually a flat front tire and he had been rim riding on for about a mile. We fixed the flat, it deflated, and then fixed it again. We rode about a mile further and his bar bag disconnected and dropped off his bike. Fixed it. Stopped after the first ~15 miles in Harrison, swam, ate lunch and headed back on the trail for another 25 mile push to our first campsite. Saw a ...