steelhorserider
New Member
Dear Like-minded People,
Me and a friend are going from American East Coast to the West Coast. There are a lot of questions to be asked, but I would like to focus on a couple of them.
Any advice on where in Jacksonville to buy a touring bike? (We are flying to Miami, so we could solve it there to)
Other advice on where to buy gear? - we plan to buy most things (carrier bags, spare tools etc) after arrival.
We are doing it april - july and have two different routes to choose from
1. along the southern coast, austin, touching the mexican coast, and towards LA
2. starting more or less the same, when reaching western Alabama starting going north-west against Colorado (are there any good roads in this area? I am asking since aca does not show any (http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/RouteNetwork.pdf)) After reaching the southern parts of Colorado and Rocky Mountains, passing Grand Canyon and through Nevada towards LA.
The two routes are pretty much equally long.
Opinions? (regarding temperature, most interesting route, road quality on the two alternatives, etc.)
We have got tent and portable kitchen with us.
Any other advice are most welcome,
Thank you
Me and a friend are going from American East Coast to the West Coast. There are a lot of questions to be asked, but I would like to focus on a couple of them.
Any advice on where in Jacksonville to buy a touring bike? (We are flying to Miami, so we could solve it there to)
Other advice on where to buy gear? - we plan to buy most things (carrier bags, spare tools etc) after arrival.
We are doing it april - july and have two different routes to choose from
1. along the southern coast, austin, touching the mexican coast, and towards LA
2. starting more or less the same, when reaching western Alabama starting going north-west against Colorado (are there any good roads in this area? I am asking since aca does not show any (http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/RouteNetwork.pdf)) After reaching the southern parts of Colorado and Rocky Mountains, passing Grand Canyon and through Nevada towards LA.
The two routes are pretty much equally long.
Opinions? (regarding temperature, most interesting route, road quality on the two alternatives, etc.)
We have got tent and portable kitchen with us.
Any other advice are most welcome,
Thank you