A Perfect Cycling Day
April 20, 2016
Our ride on Wednesday was the perfect cycling day and the kind of day we aspire to reach each day during our five month bicycle ride across the US starting in May. … More A Perfect Cycling Day
Category: Transam
The Art of Saying “Hey”
April 16, 2016
Once we figured out the waving etiquette we took to it enthusiastically, waving to everyone we passed, whether the person was a cyclist, a biker or someone driving a car/truck. … More The Art of Saying “Hey”
Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
April 12, 2016
Our shake out rides in Texas Hill country are both a chance to see some wonderful countryside and our first real rides fully loaded with ~60 pounds of all our gear – clothes, camping gear and other miscellaneous stuff. … More Shaking it out in Texas Hill Country
These Bikes Were Made for Touring
March 3, 2016
When you look at one of our bikes it looks like it only has one gear. There’s no derailleur and the chain doesn’t wrap around different sized sprockets. Do we really only have one gear? Of course not! … More These Bikes Were Made for Touring
Convincing ourselves we can do it
November 28, 2015
Tony made some comment about riding bicycles across the country. I responded that was actually a thing people do. We chatted about the idea for a few minutes. … More Convincing ourselves we can do it
About our bikes
October 14, 2015
Until recently, my uneducated view of bicycles was that they fell into a small set of categories: road bikes (your typical 10-speed and 21-speed), mountain bikes, and then speciality bikes (cruisers, tricycles, etc.). I’d never even heard of a touring bike. Chances are you’ve never heard of one either. Yet swapping out our road bikes … More About our bikes
Retirement, and a new beginning
October 14, 2015
Tony and Joy are retiring from full-time work in early 2016, and taking off across the US on our bicycles. We have been thinking about early retirement for some years — we’re in our mid 50s — but our timing is clearly related to the illness and death from brain cancer of our dear friend Warren Thornthwaite … More Retirement, and a new beginning
Draft map of transam route
October 13, 2015
This updated map illustrates our likely route across the US, designed to take us through a number of national parks. Our travels across the country are partially based on three official cycle routes created by Adventure Cycling Association, including the Western Express Route (the pink route) which hooks into the official TransAm route (orange), and the Northern Tier route … More Draft map of transam route
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