Bike Tours / Adventures

Soldato
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Afternoon Folks,

Has anyone here done any big bike tours or adventures; I kind of what to do something with a bit of "wow" factor and looking at the potential of cycling the West Coast of America into Vancouver...

I don't do much cycling at the moment and a bit out of shape so will be doing a weekly ride to my home town (~26miles) along with smaller rides in the week to build stamina and eventually doing the trip to home town and back in 1 run (~52miles) - time isn't an issue for being in the states other then the 90day Visa so was planning to take my time and enjoy it doing maybe across a 6 week period, potentially a bit longer.

Am I crazy, or is it completely doable? What sort of expense would I be looking at for bike/gear/tents etc?
 
I have a mountain bike

http://i.imgur.com/mh4Xd.jpg

one of them - but not sure it is best suited for that type of trip? Under £500 for the rest sounds good though; I have a fair whack of cash coming from redundancy but wanted to go as cheap as possible - the idea is to end up in Vancouver where I will start a 12month working/holiday visa after the ride from starting in San Diego.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;22414342 said:
Bike depends on where you will be riding and how long you will be going for.

Looking at San Diego > Vancouver - American West Coast, ~5-6weeks

[DOD]Asprilla;22414342 said:
If its going to be on road then get something with road wheels and for trails / off road then a CX / 29er would probably be best. I doubt you'd need suspension given the kit you'd be carrying going self supported.

So given that, a road bike then? Not sure what you mean by CX / 29er?

[DOD]Asprilla;22414342 said:
You'll need rack mounts unless you are planning on carrying everything on your back for 8 hours a day. Rear mounts for sure, front if required.

Aye assumed I would need racks, panniers are they called? I would think both front and rear what with tent/clothing and all.

[DOD]Asprilla;22414342 said:
I think someone on here has done / is doing the Great Divide from Canada to Mexico.

Hopefully they will see this thread then
 
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