Sounds like incompatable goals to me. You want to go cross country in 5 weeks. If is is 3000 miles and you ride 6 days a week then that is 5 weeks of 100 mi days. If you are feeling old and out of shape is that realistic plan? What can you see or learn or enjoy along the way clipping along at that pace? With a sag wagon 8 weeks sounds like a reasonable time to do this and be able to enjoy it. Otherwise you are doing a personal version of RAAM.
I think if you organize your own tirp you should be able to do it for much less. We did a one week trip last year and it coast us less then $200 per person. We cooked dinner and breakfast in camp most nights and stayed in campgrounds. We did have a sag wagon and they would do the shopping during the day and we had crews at night to cook and clean. We were lucky to have a dedicated driver but others rotate the driving duty between the riders. We had a ball. Check Adventure Cycling's classifieds, they have people doing all kinds of rides including sagged rides. My Atlantis is about 5 years old and is hanging on the wall as a reminder to myself that I will ride cross country when I turn 55(only 2 years away). I do ride it a few times a year to make sure it is in good shape and did a one week self contained trip on it last year, but it is definetly a symbol and reminder that there are more important things in life then just work. I want to do this twice, once by tandem with my wife on Norther Tier and once solo on my Atlantis on the Trans AM. Back in '76 I was aware of Bikecentenial but I had never toured and only had a Crit bike. It was only years later that I realized what I missed. As for as on topic for this list, why not, Rivendell makes the Atlantis which is a touring bike. I might suggest the Touring list since there are probably many more people there who have more experience with the type of issues your are working through. Good luck Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:44:36 -0700 > Subject: [RBW] Cross Country Trip > From: ahurv...@gmail.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > Long story short... After planning, training, and convincing my boss I > just had to do it, I began a solo cross-country bike trip in 1985. I > started in Anacortes, WA and expected to end in Boston (my hometown). > I rolled into Omak, WA three days later with a raging corneal > infection. My ophthalmologist insisted I fly home immediately. It's > been gnawing at me ever since. > > The math is easy... I'm 25 years older. I'm not nearly as fit. I no > longer want to drag a tent and sleeping bag 3000 miles or drill holes > in my toothbrush to lighten the load (kidding). But... > > I bought a new Atlantis a couple of years ago thinking that just maybe > I could make the trip one day. I'm thinking about next summer. > > I'm looking for comments/suggestions with the following guidelines: > > I still want to do the northern route and include, if possible, Going > to the Sun Road in Glacier. > > I don't want to carry a tent and I'd prefer not to carry a stove, etc. > > I would definitely consider a group with a SAG wagon, but I'm gagging > at the prices ($6000+). > > I want to ENJOY the ride. My original plan was 5+ weeks (probably > optimistic). I'm thinking more like 7-ish now, though I need to figure > out my level of fitness, etc. > > I was out for a ride today and came up with this fantasy.... find 6-8 > compatibles and work out a loosely organized trip that includes hiring > a college student(?) to basically drive a SAG wagon for us. Mostly to > ferry the gear from point to point, but also as a safety net for > emergencies or repairs that can't be fixed without parts/tools. > > Any ideas? Any inexpensive organized trips you know of? I could handle > camping if the gear was in a SAG wagon. Or I could do cheap hotels. > > Is this an acceptable topic? > > Buck > > -- > 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-bu...@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. > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 -- 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-bu...@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.
