Back to GRABAAWR for their 25th anniversary to relive my first bike tour and get some training in for the Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour. The first time (in 2006), I rode it on a comfort bike and I was very interested to see how different the experience would be on my Trek Pilot. The climbs were definitely much easier after several years of cycling under my belt and a much lighter, faster bike. Father Menard hill was so much easier this time around. Same for the Devil's Lake climb which I had done a couple of times in 2009 on GLR brevets. Overall, the tour was pretty good though it seems that the new owners financially cut corners whenever possible (not marking the century route, for example.) It is still a great tour and I'll probably go back again in a few years.
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