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Planning the wife's first Bike Trip
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<blockquote data-quote="BentAero" data-source="post: 833767" data-attributes="member: 3651"><p>Be very wary of the weather in the mountains that early in the year. From one day to the next the temperature may be 30 degrees different, further, it might be 70 degrees as you roll out of Knoxville, but 40 by the time you get to Mt. Pisgah. FWIW, I can see Mt. Pisgah from my back yard.</p><p></p><p>As you've mentioned this is her first 'event' ride, watch out for her getting cold. There is NO WAY my wife would leave home in April without her heated gear. Temps will drop like the proverbial rock as soon as the sun starts to go down.</p><p></p><p>Check this website before you head out if you plan to ride the BRP: <a href="https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm</a> Even if a section is not posted as closed, the NPS closes the high altitude sections if there is the <em>slightest</em> possibility there may be ice patches anywhere. It's not uncommon for them to close sections even in mid-May.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BentAero, post: 833767, member: 3651"] Be very wary of the weather in the mountains that early in the year. From one day to the next the temperature may be 30 degrees different, further, it might be 70 degrees as you roll out of Knoxville, but 40 by the time you get to Mt. Pisgah. FWIW, I can see Mt. Pisgah from my back yard. As you've mentioned this is her first 'event' ride, watch out for her getting cold. There is NO WAY my wife would leave home in April without her heated gear. Temps will drop like the proverbial rock as soon as the sun starts to go down. Check this website before you head out if you plan to ride the BRP: [URL="https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm"]https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm[/URL] Even if a section is not posted as closed, the NPS closes the high altitude sections if there is the [I]slightest[/I] possibility there may be ice patches anywhere. It's not uncommon for them to close sections even in mid-May. [/QUOTE]
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