Total Trip Statistics:
Distance: 371.18 kilometers / 231.99 miles
Ride time: 24:00:00
Saddle time: 19:01:16
Average speed: 20.43 kmph / 12.77 mph
…being lost is worth the coming home.
Wear a long sleeve synthetic shirt under rain gear vice a short sleeve or tank top. In waterproof rain gear (i.e. rain gear that does not breathe), you will sweat like a [...]
Distance: 61.71 kilometers / 38.57 miles
Ride time: 03:30:00
Saddle time: 02:51:41
Average speed: 21.6 kmph / 13.50 mph
Almost home
Distance: 122.46 kilometers / 76.54 miles
Ride time: 06:30:00
Saddle time: 05:35:29
Average speed: 21.9 kmph / 13.69 mph
Distance: 187.01 kilometers / 116.88 miles
Ride time: 14:00:00
Saddle time: 10:34:16
Average speed: 17.8 kmph / 11.13 mph
I had originally intended to get a 0700 start, but getting a full eight hours of sleep was a higher priority. I set my alarm for 0800, finished packing up my gear, and rolled out the door at 0930 and [...]
Sources say you should work up to your tour two months prior. First, by riding daily, without gear, slowly building up miles and miles until you can cycle 50 miles in a day. The month prior to your tour you should begin loading your bike up, testing equipment, getting used to the weight, until you [...]
Posted by Dale
First of all, shame on you who have not stopped by MountainbikingX.com. If by some chance you haven’t, please do.
I am going to give you a brief run down of my part in this journey. Unlike Jayme or Mack I have no chance of ever getting a month off to ride [...]
Posted by Mack
here i am, i just finished reading jayme’s thoughts on the gear list. the more i talk about this with my counterpart, the more motivated i get. when jayme says “we went on a training ride” sometimes that may include a pound of rat on a stick and 8 beers, and [...]
Mack and I went on a training ride of sorts the other day in preparation for the tour this July. We cycled a whopping 40km, which is 25 miles, and never felt better. How could I possibly call this a training ride when we need to average just over 73 miles a day for three [...]
Posted by Mack
i just thought that i should say a few words concerning this pilgrimage to mecca…
over the past few months, and countless kilometers, i have been thrashing the hog with a person you know as jayme. i don’t call him jayme. i call him uncle billy ray. ok, i call him [...]
Congratulations and a hearty thank you! goes to Shawna for a $20 donation to the already infamous Lewis and Clark mountain bike tour of 2004! Her donation is being used for 9 feet of reflective tape with which to adorn my B.O.B. trailer to keep from getting killed on the highway.
As you can see, [...]