This is a map of my biking route that I'm planning on taking
come March of next year. There still exists a few flaws in my plan, but I am
working through them and have so far come up with a strong concept of
everything that will be involved on this trip. First off, the distance that I
will be traveling I cannot set to the exact mile, to do so would be completely
unrealistic due to the plethora of variables along the way. However, I've
estimated that the trip will run around 8,000 miles. When I rode to Salt Lake
City and back for a combined 84 miles (7 hours of combined riding time), I know
that I will be able to at the very least make 60 miles per riding day with a
loaded bike; meaning I would need 133
days of riding. Though I'm sure I can ride 80 per day easily, I like to have a
little leeway in case of the unexpected.
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| This is the bike that I will be using on my trip. It is a Trek FX 7.3 commuter bike I bought a little over a year ago. (This picture was taken a few weeks ago during my ride to SLC.) |
I would like to head off by March and
September will be the longest I plan to stay out, giving me seven months and
137 extra, non biking days if needed. I will most likely return home earlier
than that, but like I said, I like to keep it open just in case. I also will be
spending a day or two site seeing in most of the major cities I visit, if not
more depending. Include into that a day or possibly two if needed of down time
per week you'll probably find that most of that extra 137 days to be well used.
Like I said, there are still some
variables I am working out before I can do this, but I'm really going to gun
for it and try to be totally prepared by the end of February. I will also be
starting up a new blog (which will hopefully include video of my prep and progress)
that will be devoted solely to this journey. Meanwhile, I will keep this blog up
to date on my progress until I find a good site for my new blog.
If anyone has any comments, ideas
or even criticisms they'd like to share, please feel free. I could use all of
the support, information and challenges I can get!
