Sorry -- it was Gary's route i am interested in looking over, not Don's (yet).
Ray --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring 101 and beyond To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 11:09 AM Wow, I just want to say how helpful all of the responses have been thus far. Each response has has some real practical information.This is one heck of a group for offering help to one another. Thank you all so very much. Cheers, Don On Aug 20, 1:59 pm, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Don - do you have a link to the route you mapped? I'd be very interested in > looking it over. > > Ray > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> wrote: > > From: Gary <g...@worldcyclotour.com> > Subject: [RBW] Re: Touring 101 and beyond > To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 7:41 AM > > Hello Don, > > You can ship your bike to a LBS in the area before hand and have it > tuned for you arrival and then reverse the same procedure for your > trip home. That way it will be good to go for your trip. I just > returned this weekend from a two week solo self contained tour of the > Sierras through Yosemite, Kings and Sequoia NP's starting on the 395 > in Mammoth. I just used Map My Ride for the route and it was amazing. > No real need to follow bike routes if you are up for some adventure. > But if you are going to follow a route, try Adventure Cycling for some > maps. > > Gary > On Aug 19, 5:17 pm, Don <donl...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > > > I am not new to biking but I am new to touring. I've got the bike/s > > (Sam Hillborne, Myata 610) and most of the basics. I also have a > > handle on touring within my state (Florida). But I need some help with > > planning some tours in other parts of the USA and overseas. I have > > some (probably dumb) questions about how one transports their bike to > > other distant locations and how one get a good guide for some of these > > tours. For example, after Easter I will have a week and my wife and I > > want to head to Northern California and do some touring that would > > take in the wine country and surrounding area. I don't really want to > > book a guided tour with rented bikes etc. Now maybe to start that is > > absolutely the best way to go. But all of the ones I have seen are > > very pricey and extremely structured to the group. Being new to this > > group I just figured I would lay it out there and see what information > > I might be able to gather. I am sure that there are various websites > > or other resources I could be directed to. I am not sure if this is OK > > but I will give you my email address so that if any want to send me > > stuff they can. Thanks in advance for any help you might give. > > Cheers, > > Don > > donl...@bellsouth.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
