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Flying to Portland Friday...hopefully all will go well and i'll reach Yorktown 3-4 months later.



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Put me on the list as a possible candidate. 50 seperated got all the touring kit on a dawes galaxy....leaving on friday to ride the trans am this summer...so next year I may be up for this.

Yes you've got big mountains in the west so the weather will close in on the passes a lot earlier & the intervening ground between is often 6000ft+. Also timing - have you got a visa as the visa waiver scheme limits you to 90 days in the country? Rick Yep..got a B2 visa giving me 6 months to cr...

I'm talking to some guys i know in the USA and to aman they all say get across before mid september...which poses a problem...can i make it in time...and i dont like riding to a deadline like that as i'll be tempted to rush and knacker myself....hmmm...starting to think about a change of direction.....

I'm about to hit the button on a flight to newportva to start the transam route to astoria oregon....looking at weather maps etc it seems ok...I reckon I will take 4 months to ride it as i'm solo fully loaded camping and so slower than some. My concern was th eweather at the end of th e ride in utah...

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Calais to Montpellier then back along the atlantic coast.

Thankyou all. I am on a dawes galaxy with new mavic wheels which i had put on. I have schwalbe marathon plus 28's fitted. I am a heavy rider 6'4" at near 18stone I think..and i am solo touring with a full camping rig. I have just had new brakes fitted and a new cassette and chain in preparation...

i have a park multi tool with a spoke key, tyre levers, puncture kit, one spare spoke, chain lube, my chain has a chain link fitted in it. What else should i carry? I'm thinking there will be bike shops along the route as it's north america, i thought about a cassette removal tool but they seem heav...

I did it north to south, to montpellier,,,it felt the right way to me. After lyon was the best bit..straight down the rhone through alres and avignon...flew back with easyjet.

I have just ordered an android phone..htc s or something, unlocked.....will some of the above apps work on an android phone?? Or are there other andoid apps of use to touring cyclists?? Apologies if it seems a dumb question but up until now I have been operating with a simple 'old' nokia and dont re...

Ditto the norfolk thing...I did 9 days around the coast up from essex and back several years back and even though it was august it rained every single day except one which I spent on th ebeach at holkham. It was cold, wet , lonely and windy...when I got back i planned a tour from bremen to montpelli...

I cant be specific on where you are headed but I was there several years ago opn the bike and the roads were fine..It was summer and around the airport it got dusty and was extremely hot...I camped at a small site close to the airport near the river...I didnt use any cycle paths just the roads...I h...

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thankyou all...this is very helpful!