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  • Shipping My Bicycle to the Tour Start

    Getting to the start of my upcoming bike trip involves flying the last leg on a small plane, an Embraer 120 (EMB-120) turboprop. Normally I take my bike on the plane so that I can be sure it’s with me when I arrive at my destination. A former commercial pilot suggested I call the airline…

  • Northern California Bike Tour Is On!

    With the timing firming up for my current work project coming to a close, I had a last minute opportunity to take a week off from work between project assignments. So with less than a month to spare, I’ve decided to do a self-contained bicycle tour of the Northern California coast, starting near the Oregon state…

  • Bicycling Across California – Day 5

    Ehrenberg, AZ to Blythe, CA – 6 miles The night before I had set my alarm for 5:30AM California time (I had to be really careful to make sure the phone didn’t switch over to Arizona time!) to give myself enough time to ride to Blythe for the 6:40AM Greyhound bus departure. Although it was…

  • Bicycling Across California – Day 4

    Chiriaco Summit, CA to Ehrenberg, AZ – 72 miles After stopping at a Subway to get sandwiches for the road, Richard shuttled us back out from Palm Springs to Chiriaco Summit. I thought Chiriaco was an Indian name, but according to a placard there, it’s the name of the family from the south whose descendants…

  • Bicycling Across California – Day 3

    Palm Springs to Chiriaco Summit, 52 miles I received some comments and questions on daily distances, which I’ll address in a later update. Now back to today’s ride report. We decided to get an early start at 7AM so that we could get a jump on the morning traffic and get more green lights as…

  • Bicycling Across California – Day 2

    Riverside to Palm Springs, 56 miles We had a decent climb right out of the gate this morning heading out of Riverside. We got a little bit of that back as a downhill into Moreno Valley, but not much.

  • Bicycling Across California – Day 1

    Huntington Beach to Riverside, CA – 50 miles Steve is riding across the USA, I’ll be joining him a few days for the California portion. After meeting up with some folks and the obligatory rear wheel dipping in the Pacific Ocean, we headed out on the Santa Ana River Trail.

  • Route 66 Bicycle Tour – Recap

    Here are some closing thoughts on the five day, approximately 400 mile bicycle tour I just completed from Flagstaff, AZ to Barstow, CA – mostly expanding on logistical items I mentioned earlier, in case some readers may be considering a similar ride.  Daily writeups (now with photos!) are in earlier blog entries – check out the Track My Tour website…

  • Route 66 Bicycle Tour – Day 5

    Ludlow, CA to Barstow, CA – 55 miles After yesterday’s long day, the plan was to sleep in today, have a relatively mellow ride back to the car, and drive back home early afternoon. Oh, the best laid plans! The portions of Route 66 for all of today’s route are now the frontage roads for…

  • Route 66 Bicycle Tour – Day 4

    Needles, CA to Ludlow, CA – 113 miles Yesterday I alluded to my concern that I would not be able to ride the distance in the available daylight. I didn’t want to start at sunrise and put myself in a position where I would have to do the night riding at the end when I…

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