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The 10-ton bike packed up, off I go down the hill toward Ivanpah Valley

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7710-brant-hills.jpg The job is almost done: tent disassembled, my supplies hop into my saddlebags one item at a timeThumbnailsThe old road doesn't stand out much as it crawls down the fan toward the Ivanpah Valley train tracksThe job is almost done: tent disassembled, my supplies hop into my saddlebags one item at a timeThumbnailsThe old road doesn't stand out much as it crawls down the fan toward the Ivanpah Valley train tracksThe job is almost done: tent disassembled, my supplies hop into my saddlebags one item at a timeThumbnailsThe old road doesn't stand out much as it crawls down the fan toward the Ivanpah Valley train tracksThe job is almost done: tent disassembled, my supplies hop into my saddlebags one item at a timeThumbnailsThe old road doesn't stand out much as it crawls down the fan toward the Ivanpah Valley train tracksThe job is almost done: tent disassembled, my supplies hop into my saddlebags one item at a timeThumbnailsThe old road doesn't stand out much as it crawls down the fan toward the Ivanpah Valley train tracks

Not so quickly though! This part of the road is so bumpy that I carefully walk the bike at first instead of riding it. I'm hoping to keep my rear wheel from loosening up again by minimizing harsh vibration.