Cycling across america book

Don petterson was 71 when he started his ride across the u. I hope you all had a wonderful day just like angie and i. Chronicling my solo cycling journey across the united states, including planning and preparation, gear used and an interactive map of the route. Though the daytoday of riding a bike across the country sounds. Riding my bike across america revealed to me who i really was, a broken sinner, undeserving of grace. Thats the vision for the great american railtrail, a 4,000mile crosscountry. Mar 03, 2020 it was evening, day 39 of our 49day bicycle ride across america, march 15, 2010. Their tag line is america s bicycle travel experts. I think, when you realize youre broken, something in you changes. His book tells of his start in san francisco on the morning of april 22, 1884. Becoming a successful author was always the second dream tied to my first of riding across the country.

Mar 25, 2016 the 10 best cycling books from tricyling for ladies to the dark side of the tour our top books about bikes tim krabbes the rider. Starting at neah bay, washington, and ending at key west, florida, paul traversed the 5,000mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous united states. One mans bike ride from alaska to mexico jerry holl. I settled on a plan to mostly follow adventure cyclings iconic transamerica bicycle trail, and. Cycle america pedal the peaks bicycle tours and events. On this ultimate bucket list trip, youll ride over 3,400 miles and climb more than 143,000 feet as you make your way from coast to coast, starting in santa barbara and ending myrtle beach 43 days later. William fotheringhams top 10 cycling novels books the. A bike across america story, was published by mount princeton publishing in salida, colorado. Now hes setting off on the american bike projectan epic solo adventure of crosscountry cycling that will take him 4,228 miles across the united states. The 10 best cycling books from tricyling for ladies to the dark side of the tour our top books about bikes tim krabbes the rider.

Its probably someone elses fault, youre not that bad, whatever. Across america by bicycle alice and bobbis summer on wheels alice honeywell and bobbi montgomery gold medal winner, travel essays, foreword magazines books of the year full speed ahead after fifty. And before i decided to ride across the country for the first time, id never so much as taken an overnight bike camping trip, nor ridden my bike farther than 60 miles in a day. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along. Across america north short form america by bicycle. If youve been dreaming of a bicycle tour across america, dont let a perceived lack of funds stand in your way. Ride your bicycle across america with venture for charity. Transam 2020 cycle across the united states of america. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way stutzman, paul on. After a couple of days searching amazon, i found paul stutzmans biking across america. The across america tour will specifically raise money to fund our refugee feeding programs in southeast asia, which is home to the worlds longestrunning civil war.

Get started saving for your bike tour across america. Usa bike tours cycling holidays and bike tours in america. Starting in oceanside, under one of the longest piers in california, raam spans 3000 miles, climbs 175,000 feet, crosses 12 states and. William fotheringhams top 10 cycling novels from murder to romance to the atomic theory whereby bikes develop human characteristics and vice versa, the author of.

At that time, the organization was called bikecentennial, a name many o. Adventure cycling association has a great collection of detailed maps for bicycling across the usa. The route is rich in human culture and history ranging from the spanish and mexican influences in california, to the ancient indigenous. This inspiring story traces the second leg of his travelsthe length of south and north america, the breadth of asia and back across europe, crossing the mountains and saltflats of south america, canoeing the fivefinger rapids of the yukon river, and braving a siberian winter with only the flimsiest tent to protect him. What is unique about this trip is that it was accomplished by a wife and husband in their fifties. He writes, various attempts have been made from time to time, by ambitious cyclers, to wheel across america from ocean to ocean. This war has displaced over 4 million people from their homes, hundreds of thousands of whom still live in internally displaced person idp or refugee camps in the region. Flying in and out of each start and finish point, then cycling five to seven days to complete a section that would range from 450 to 700 miles. A classic route as old as bikecentennial the transamerica trail was established for adventure cycling s celebration of the u. Trading his hiking boots for a bicycle, paul set off to discover more of america. After a grueling trek spanning the entire appalachian trail, stutzman traded his hiking boots for a bicycle to pedal across our country. I had gotten a taste for it on multiday backpacking trips and shorter, supported bike trips. The aca produce wonderful maps for their routes, which include lots of info about the route, food, accommodation and height profiles.

Southern tier adventure cycling route network adventure. Oct 19, 2017 what i learned bicycling my way across america. He had also written a bestselling book about baseball umpires in. It fits you, he said, reminding me that i rode across the u. It was released in november 2016, by rattle clack entertainment. Tony and i had pushed our bikes and trailers into a hotel room a block away, showered, and walked to the nearest. Riding through cold, heat, loneliness, and exhaustion, he traversed 5,000 miles, meeting people whose lives form the fabric of this nation.

Cycling across america from oklahoma to canada by shawn a wakefield and micah e wakefield oct 18, 2016 2. Bicycle routes direct bicyclists to a preferred route through a city, county, or state creating opportunities for people everywhere to bicycle for travel. Stutzmans book certainly fulfills the second part of travel not being the. Mar 08, 2019 imagine pedaling your bike along flat, wide trails on a pleasant summer day all the way across the country.

It seems that every generation or two, americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle. Across america north is america by bicycles northern route across the united states. After backpacking and city hoping, it was clear that long epic trip that required nature and physical activity, she walked 900 km across the camino frances in northern spain, followed by cycling 6700 km across canada, solo and selfsupported. Alastair humphreys cycled around the worlda journey of 46,000 miles. Their love of cycling and of the people they met comes through clearly as they share info about hotels and restaurants good and bad, hills and highways steep and long, and the.

Cycling solo across america highways and backstreets. The route crossed ten states, 22 national forests, two national parks, and 112 counties between astoria, oregon, and yorktown, virginia, a distance of about 4,250. Eagle scouts cycling across america, fredericksburg, va. It was evening, day 39 of our 49day bicycle ride across america, march 15, 2010, and tony and i had finished our day of riding, pushed our bikes and trailers into a hotel room a block away, showered, and walked to the nearest restaurant, which was a waffle house. The biggest decission you need to make when planning a cycling trip in america is wether you want to follow an adventure cycling association aca route or do your own thing. In 20 and 2016, he won the tour divide ultraendurance mountain bike race across the rocky mountains in canada and the united states. Steve in winona, mississippi on his first bike across usa tour. The journals shares the story of how one family turned a random comment by a child into the lifechanging experience of a family bicycle ride across the 48 contiguous states of the united states of america. In the past 40 years, tens of thousands of cyclists have ridden it and it remains one of the truly great cycling adventures. The transamerica trail is the mosttravelled route crossing america. For sure, a bike ride across america will require a time commitment, but it doesnt have to be extraordinary, and the journey can be shaped to meet your time constraints. Bike across america tours cross country bike trips. Both books were award winning stories when they were published individually, and are available in this complete set, taking the reader all the way across america, from monterey on the pacific to annapolis on chesapeake bay.

In 2014, he won the inaugural trans am bike race, a. I have read quite a few different accounts of cross country tours, and i have to say it was a pleasure to read one without the. Riding a bicycle 4,622 miles across the united states in 63 days is not that unusual, and it has been written about in such books as stan purdums roll around heaven all day and barbara siegerts bicycle across america. The 10 best cycling books sport and leisure books the. A bike can be an incredible tool, functioning as both a mode of transportation and a means for recreation. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way.

For 36 years raam has been challenging ultracyclists from around the globe to push their physical and mental limits to the farthest reaches. Feb 24, 2018 bicycling the southern tier is a documentary about a solo cross country bicycle tour, by jazz byers. A ride across america and how to realize a more enjoyable old age don petterson. Biking across america goodreads meet your next favorite book. Across america by bicycle is the fun telling of alices and bobbis bicycle ride from astoria, oregon, to bar harbor, maine, the summer after they each retired. I rode a 24 speed lowend jeep comfort bike which did its job of pulling my 65 lb trailer across america take a few rest days. The journey was broken into five stages over five years. The nook book ebook of the across america by bicycle. America by bicycle provides highlyrated fullysupported bicycle tours all across america.

The 3696 mile route begins with a wheel dip in the pacific ocean in astoria, oregon and ends with a wheel dip. Biking from oregon to maine is no small feat, especially for two newly retired women who carry everything they need for three months, powered only by the strength of their legs and a desire. Bicycle touring pro darren alff has been one of my goto sources, via his book, the bicycle travelers blueprint, and his youtube videos on the basics of bike travel. Bicycle routes across the usa and bicycle maps across america.

Across america by bicycle audiobook by alice honeywell. After paul stutzman finished hiking the appalachian trail, he. Buy a cheap copy of bicycle across america book by barbara siegert. They now have cycling maps covering more than 41,399 miles. Bike across america with us as we bring back our epic southern cross country usa trip with some exciting new twists.

Michael richard hall 4 june 1981 31 march 2017 was a british cyclist and race organiser who specialised in selfsupported ultradistance cycling races. Weitere informationen strassers road the story of the recordsetting race across america winner raam diary included todays most successful ultracyclist christoph strasser describes the highlights and setbacks of his experiences competing in and winning the race across america raam, as well as setting multiple 24hour world records. Thomas stevens wrote of his cycling journey across america in 1884. Planning to buy a touring bike, then i highly recommend becoming a member of the coop to get a 10% discount on the purchase of a new bike. My memoir about my 2008 bicycle trip across america, under a triumphant sky. Young men from boy scout troop 165 intend to cycle from the pacific to the atlantic ocean to demonstrate how the application of. Reading this book is a great adventure in itself and is a great resource. Biking solo across the us taught me 10 hard fought lessons. Discover the heart of america on this lifechanging, crosscountry bike adventure. Bicycle route system usbrs is a developing national network of bicycle routes connecting urban and rural communities via signed roads and trails.

Nov 01, 2019 pushing pixels at my sedentary job last year, i started to hear that primal urge to muscle myself across a vast distance. At 57, the reporter bruce weber decided to ride a bike from oregon to new. The complete crosscountry cycling reflections set pilgrim wheels and pilgrim spokes. We have a ride to suit all cyclists interests, levels, and abilities. Paul stutzman in his new book, biking across america published by revell shows us my coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way. From sea to shining sea, see the usa ona bicycle includes rou. This set of maps covers from astoria, oregon to yorktown, virginia a distance. Long or short, guided or selfguided, basic or deluxe you will always find the tour that fits you best.

But with the growth of cyclists in urban lifefrom commuters to serious athletesconflicts in city planning arise to support cars, bikes, buses and the planets growing dependence on fossil fuels. With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in america. Imagine pedaling your bike along flat, wide trails on a pleasant summer day all the way across the country. Usa bike tours offers over 140 most spectacular cycling tours and cycling holidays in all parts of the united states of america and canada, the whole year through. An epic ride across the united states the greatest adventure. The southern tier bicycle route is our shortest crosscountry route and offers a wide variety of terrain, vegetation, climate, and people all the way across the nation from the pacific to the atlantic. Both books were award winning stories when they were published individually, and are available in this complete set, taking the reader all the way across america, from monterey on. Bikecentennial 76 was an event consisting of a series of bicycle tours on the transamerica bicycle trail across the united states in the summer of 1976 in commemoration of the bicentennial of america s declaration of independence. Their oldest and most used route is the transamerica. This includes a series of national park tours in the united states and canada, an annual pedal the peaks bicycle challenge and a coasttocoast cycling adventure from seattle to boston. Bicycle across america chronicles five trans america tours, provides route notes and maps, and offers suggestions on what to see and expect along the way. The occasional extended pit stop kept my trip fresh and. Shannon and i searched, in vain, for a book to show us it was possible for an overthehill couple to bicycle, unsupported, across the continent, a book that would give us.

Race across america will not sell or share your email address. The adventure cycling route network features rural and lowtraffic bicycling routes through some of the most scenic and historically significant terrain in north america. Transamerica trail adventure cycling route network. How to bicycle across america is a solo tour of the southern united states, over 2,800 miles 4,541 kilometers from the pacific to the atlantic ocean, taking 32 riding days to complete. A cycling journey across america riding a bicycle 4,622 miles across the united states in 63 days is not that unusual, and it has been written about in such books as stan purdums roll around heaven all day and barbara siegerts bicycle across america. In life is a wheel, bruce weber bikes across america the new. A remarkable glimpse of a noble yet humble america. Across america by bicycle uw press books home page.