Hi Ray & Don, Here is the route at mapmyride. http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/sierra-mountains/317186114301 I did the route in reverse from what I originally planned and stopped in Sequoia NP. I almost was unable to go due to time availability so I did the route in reverse and had to cut it short. Still it was absolutely breathtaking. I only camped 6 days in campgrounds and the rest in the national forests offroad. One thing about dirt roads and loaded touring bikes, its a tradeoff between tire width and stability. As long as I stayed on decent dirt it was great, but the sand can make you create a whole new language. I saw a mountain Lion, first time ever! 4 bears, usual deer, golden eagle and a weasel of all things. I reported the mtn. lion when I came into the park. Lots of climbing, amazing views.
Don, the mapping program works great for getting your mileage down and the route. For my tours I also use USGS topo maps and compass since I explore as much as possible off road when in the forest. I dumped the GPS two years ago due to charging unavailabilty. For your tour it sounds as if you will be near people and infrastructure so a good gps may be an asset for finding places just always verify by map. Gary On Aug 20, 11:11 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
