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NMBDR
Posted: 03 May 2016 09:29
by troy
I recently returned from a fantastic week of riding and camping the
New Mexico Back Country Discovery Route. My riding buddy, Sean, put up a report on AdvRider. Check it out.
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/t ... r.1142081/
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 03 May 2016 13:19
by gagnaou
Looks like another terrible ride in desertic places
Do you have any advice on soft luggage, if you had to do it again, would you recommand the giant loop versus one that would let you mount a duffel bag easier on your rear plate?
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 08 May 2016 18:33
by safiri
Awesome!
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 11 May 2016 19:10
by phil denk
Congrats Troy. Great RR. Just ordered the map.....................
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 11 May 2016 23:02
by MTK
Just when I thought New Mexico couldn't get any hotter... Now there are lava flows! Yowzers.
The ride looked amazing! Love that pic of the storm rolling in.
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 12 May 2016 21:21
by Creekside
Cool.
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Re: NMBDR
Posted: 13 May 2016 21:10
by Ed M
Troy,
that looks like a great ride to go on, would you have done anything differently such as go during a different time of year to avoid the snow in higher elevations?
Re: NMBDR
Posted: 14 May 2016 07:10
by troy
Ed M wrote:Troy,
that looks like a great ride to go on, would you have done anything differently such as go during a different time of year to avoid the snow in higher elevations?
We were never stopped by snow. What did stop us at the far N part of the route was locked forest gates. Apparently some of those forest road gates don't open until May 1. So I suggest starting the trip after May 1.
Our route plan actually cut off about 1 day of riding on the S end and about 1/2 day on the N end. We simply didn't have time. We were riding 5.5 days to do our loop starting and ending in Tucumcari, NM.
However, when we got to the N end of our planned route, we were ahead of schedule a little, so figured to continue the BDR up to the CO border, but then we hit a locked gate. By that evening, after setting up camp and checking the weather, it was getting cold and nasty in that N section anyway, so even without locked gates, probably would have chickened out on that N bit. By this time we had ridden 5 days and had enjoyed plenty of trail! So we high-tailed it back to the truck in Tucumcari--taking a very scenic route Sean put together.
IF the forecast does not include rain and the roads in the N elevations are cleared, May 15 to June 15 or so would be an ideal window me thinks.