u/herklederkleferkle

Recently found an abandoned lot with very nice pavement and the perfect setup for a medium bank-to-ledge. There’s a planter / overgrown raised bed situation at the top of the bank and I’m trying to figure out the simplest way to turn it into a ledge.

The wood at the top of the bank is a 6x6 post - somewhat rotten but not totally gone. I was thinking I may buy a couple 2x6x8 boards and tack them together with a 2x4 on the back + a few posts to pound into the dirt. Then I’d throw angle iron on the 2x6, screw into the original 6x6 and call it a day.

I’m basically looking to make this easily removable so I want something I can just drop down onto the existing wood. Any recommendations / advice would be appreciated!

Did the VTXL during the second week of June. Went from Canaan, VT and then finished in North Bennington, VT before hopping off route for a 40 mile ride home. So North to south.

Ended up doing the ride over 5 days, 4 nights. The first two nights camped at brighton state park and then pleasant valley. The last two ended up staying at random hotels / motels. One in quechee and the second in stratton. Mileage day-to-day varied from 45 on the shortest to 90 on the longest. Overall gorgeous ride! I couldn’t imagine doing it mid-summer because it was already brutally hot and the endless climbing reallly takes it out of you.

Total elevation gain was 35,000 ft / 10,600 meters (roughly). Lots of climbing!

Bike is a jamis renegade with ortlieb quick rack and REI panniers. I had one decathlon fork bag / rack and one salsa fork bag / rack. Definitely prefer decathlon’s set-up and will probably swap out the salsa rack for another decathlon one. Have a topeak handlebar bag that I love and it never really leaves my bike.

Overall gorgeous ride! If I do it again I’d probably slow it down a bit and limit the days to 60 miles.

Did the VTXL over 5 days with an additional 40 miles tacked onto the end to route home. Main takeaway is that you cannot underestimate the amount of climbing on this route. What the numbers reflecting elevation gain don’t tell you is most climbs push you up 12-17% graded roads.

Very pretty ride overall, highly recommend.