Week 1 Astoria, OR to Eugene, OR June 3rd-9th 235 miles
Week 2 Eugene, OR to Baker City, OR June 10th-16th 340 miles
Week 3 Baker City, OR to Missoula, MT June 17th-23rd 413.5 miles
Week 4 Missoula, MT to West Yellowstone, MT June 24th-30th 332 miles
Week 5 West Yellowstone, MT to Rawlins, WY July 1st-7th 351 miles
Week 6 Rawlins, WY to Pueblo, Co July 8th-14th 393 miles
Week 7 Pueblo, CO to Alexander, KS July 15th-21st 292 miles
Week 8 Alexander, KS to Girard, KS July 22nd-28th 331.5 miles
Week 9 Girard, KS to Murphysboro, IL July 29th-August 4th 407.5 miles
Week 10 Murphysboro, IL to Berea, KY August 5th-11th 416 miles
Week 11 Berea, KY to Christiansburg, VA August 12th-18th 381 miles
Week 12 Christiansburg, VA to Yorktown, VA August 19th-25th 370 miles
Route info available at http://www.adv-cycling.org/routes/transamerica.cfm
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Bike Test Ride
One week and my bike adventure begins, I am nervous and excited all at once. It has been an interesting year to say the least, last year at this time I thought I had my life pretty well planned out. As of today that plan no longer exists, but because of that I can pursue my dream of biking cross country, hopefully this plan will work better than the last one. It definitely sounds like more fun than working, and I think it was meant to be. Working at REI has enabled me to get some cool toys for my bike ride and meet some really great people. One drawback of my trip is not getting to hangout with those cool people this summer, but adventure plans are already set for fall. It will also serve as motivation to bike faster so I will be able to get in some summer backpacking trips.
I went for a fully loaded test ride of about 30 miles today everything performed awesome, the weakest link is probably my training. I hope my butt can handle 4000+ miles, it is a good thing I am stubborn. Although I figure it fits into my overall mileage plan of less in the beginning and more miles toward the end. My trusty stead was a little bit more like a donkey a little heavy, I guess that makes us a matched set. I am going to use the next few days to trim weight, simplify, simplify, simplify. I think it will be very liberating and maybe a little stinky to live with very few items this summer. I look forward to hopefully meeting new friends and catching up with old ones along the way. If any one would like to join me just shoot me an e-mail I would love the company
Josh
I went for a fully loaded test ride of about 30 miles today everything performed awesome, the weakest link is probably my training. I hope my butt can handle 4000+ miles, it is a good thing I am stubborn. Although I figure it fits into my overall mileage plan of less in the beginning and more miles toward the end. My trusty stead was a little bit more like a donkey a little heavy, I guess that makes us a matched set. I am going to use the next few days to trim weight, simplify, simplify, simplify. I think it will be very liberating and maybe a little stinky to live with very few items this summer. I look forward to hopefully meeting new friends and catching up with old ones along the way. If any one would like to join me just shoot me an e-mail I would love the company
Josh
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