Weekend Ride in Montana

[rboe]

I've spent very little time on a bike in Montana and all the fun roads, when I was a kid, were naturally as a spectator - on gravel roads. Mostly in Powder River County, where one hit the hills at 70+ for a tummy tickler (and right justified just in case in the off chance a vehicle was coming from the other direction. Fun when you only had three tracks in the road for two cars.).

That said, Highway 12 between Helena and Garrison would be a hoot on a bike.

But a light bike suited for gravel and dirt would suit the "funner" roads in MT.

(Red Lodge was a big sell - like Kalispell - when I was a kid and when we went through it a few years the taste did not live up to the sizzle. I had over sold Kalispell and when I showed my wife the town it was bumper to bumper cars from about five miles north of Kalispell all the way through town. They all had Montana plates too. She was not impressed and I was pretty deflated. Heavy sigh)