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The 10-ton bike awaits departure at Nipton's outdoor sink after the final, heavy addition of my water supply

6016-nipton.jpg Purple sage in the foreground and bluer phacelias under a juniper treeThumbnailsI head east, downhill, a couple of miles on Wild Horse Canyon Road until it reaches Black Canyon Road beyond the pinnacle aheadPurple sage in the foreground and bluer phacelias under a juniper treeThumbnailsI head east, downhill, a couple of miles on Wild Horse Canyon Road until it reaches Black Canyon Road beyond the pinnacle aheadPurple sage in the foreground and bluer phacelias under a juniper treeThumbnailsI head east, downhill, a couple of miles on Wild Horse Canyon Road until it reaches Black Canyon Road beyond the pinnacle aheadPurple sage in the foreground and bluer phacelias under a juniper treeThumbnailsI head east, downhill, a couple of miles on Wild Horse Canyon Road until it reaches Black Canyon Road beyond the pinnacle aheadPurple sage in the foreground and bluer phacelias under a juniper treeThumbnailsI head east, downhill, a couple of miles on Wild Horse Canyon Road until it reaches Black Canyon Road beyond the pinnacle ahead

I bungee the weighty 10-litre water bag on my front rack to avoid overloading the rear rack. This saves my rear rack from breaking, but makes steering more difficult, and more demanding on the arm muscles.