AMERICA BY
BIKE
June 10 - July 31, 2001
During my summerbreak in 2001 I somehow ended up doing a trancontinental
bike ride across the US. It was organized by a fully-supported
bicycle touring company called America
by bicycle. On their webpage a more detailed
description of the tour and an itinerary
will be found. The tour started in San Francisco, CA and endend
52 days (including 5 rest days) later in Portsmouth, NH. We were
about 40 people who made it all the way across the country, but
more people accompanied us to do parts of it.
All together we biked through 13 states and logged about 6400
km (biketransportation in towns and detours included). The longest
day was about 200 km and the shortest 80 km. The highest point
was Monarch pass (11 312 feet/3427 meters) in the Rocky mountains,
CO.
Read more about the ride on Polly's
webpage, Jeremy's
webpage and Hunt
& Allison's webpage.