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Ottawa to Garnett & back; spring 2013
View thread.JD_Shawnee![]() Last Updated: 2013-05-16 05:41:55 by JD_Shawnee Replies: 1 | Got off to a 7am start Tues (7th). The heavy fog eventually lifted w/o aid from a breeze. A perfect day for trail riding. No wind. More notably, the trail’s bogs and creeks now have splashing riffling water in them. Good to hear that sweet noise again. |
Ottawa-Garnett-Ottawa today
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-05-01 04:21:32 by JD_Shawnee Replies: 1 | Got in my first 50 miler of the year today, riding south to Garnett & back on the trail. Trail is in EXCELLENT shape. It was a little bit soft due to recent rains - more so in the morning heading out than later-morning on the return - but it wasn't not bad at all. |
Anyone use MapMyRide or Strava?
View thread.| Timon of Athens Lawrence, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-04-02 01:51:47 by Figs Replies: 3 | I am currently experimenting with both and am having trouble choosing between the two. Is there anything that I am missing?... |
Trail conditions
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-04-02 01:47:21 by Figs Replies: 2 | Just thought I'd share for the folks that are curious but haven't yet gotten onto the trail since our huge snows and rainfall. |
RAGBRAI
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-02-02 11:56:03 by my_bicycle_saved_me Replies: 2 | Once again Timon, please forgive the tangential topic, and if need be, please feel free to delete it. |
Camping and Humboldt extension
View thread.rebelLT![]() Last Updated: 2013-01-31 20:01:11 by rebelLT Replies: 4 | Anyone have any idea when the Humboldt extension of the trail will be complete? I am trying to plan some training rides toward the end of March or maybe early April. Will probably ride the trans am west to Chanute and jump off toward Humboldt and eventually the prairie spirit. I tentatively plan on camping at one of the lakes in Garnett then north to Ottawa and Big O before heading back south o... |
Full out-and-back rides or 2-day tours in winter?
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-01-24 17:55:37 by my_bicycle_saved_me Replies: 7 | Any of the hard-bitten PST fans on here planning to do (or already done) any one-day out-and-back PST centuries or a 2-day Ottawa-Iola-Ottawa or Iola-Ottawa-Iola tour this winter? (Mr. K, I'm looking at you!) |
Please Contact the Iola City Government about unfriendly bike laws
View thread.| Timon of Athens Lawrence, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-01-19 15:28:10 by kretzmeier Replies: 6 | Cross posted from news section |
Ownership change
View thread.| kretzmeier Iola, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2013-01-11 13:50:09 by dougcyclingsolo Replies: 6 | After 13 years, the ownership of the Colony Diner is changing here at the first of 2013. Lets hope it all goes well and the dining experience there continues to be the quality seen in the past.... |
Sad news
View thread.dougcyclingsolo![]() Last Updated: 2013-01-06 17:46:10 by JD_Shawnee Replies: 2 | The Coffee Loft has a new sign posted on its door: Out of business! Too bad, really nice owners.... |
South Trail Update
View thread.| kretzmeier Iola, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2012-12-01 21:54:05 by kretzmeier Replies: 0 | Update from the South - Most all of the brush and trees have been cleared between Humboldt & Iola. Volunteers have worked almost every Saturday since mid-May. Bridge fencing will soon start. Grading may also be close at hand. While the actual ownership is not theirs, the volunteers have voted to name this section the "Southwind Rail Trail" South denoting its position to the PSRT, Southwind because... |
My Katy Trail ride report
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2012-10-30 07:57:08 by rebelLT Replies: 5 | Guys (TofA especially): |
Movin' West - A short ride on the trail West of Ottawa
View thread.| Timon of Athens Lawrence, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2012-10-14 14:33:29 by JD_Shawnee Replies: 2 | I am currently planning an excursion from Bushong to Osawatomie along the Flint Hills Nature Trail. The main problem right now is the gap in trail construction between Vassar and Ottawa. Since this trip will most likely detour along Hwy 68, I thought I would check out the short extension to the west of Ottawa. |
My first century (Ottawa-Iola-Ottawa)
View thread.| my_bicycle_saved_me Ottawa, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2012-10-08 06:37:42 by Timon of Athens Replies: 1 | I rode my first-ever century this weekend (Saturday), putting in a full PST ride from Ottawa to Iola and back. Not easy on me, but I'm really happy to have knocked it out. |
The Coffee Loft - A Lovely Bistro Atmosphere
View thread.| Timon of Athens Lawrence, KS ![]() Last Updated: 2012-10-06 10:41:52 by JD_Shawnee Replies: 1 | Stopped here today in the middle of a 50 miler from Ottawa to Garnett and back. |



