RIDE NOTES… Woke up to 50 degrees in my tent this morning. The picture above is just one of my many roommates from last night. The communal bath house is solar powered so I wanted to be first to use the hot water. It was plenty hot at first but ran out very quick. Sorry…
RIDE NOTES… Left Van Horn, TX early in the dark with the headlight and tail light on to get an head start on the long ride to Marfa, TX. 78 miles with very strong headwinds all day. 10 hours of continuous riding with really nowhere to stop all day. Stopped at the dairy queen for…
RIDE NOTES… Gladly left the nasty Fort Hancock Motel and rode to Sierra Blanca, TX today. As you can see from the picture above it wasn’t very nice at all, but it’s pretty typical for these 1 motel towns and after a long day I still consider them 5 star! Had breakfast at Angie’s Restaurant…
RIDE NOTES… Ryan Cheney, one of Bart’s new pilots in flight school at Flight Safety Int’l in Tucson, AZ delivered me 4 new heavy duty inner tubes purchased from Ajo Bikes. It was an 80 mile drive from Tucson, AZ out to me here in Wilcox, AZ. May thanks to Bart, Ryan, and Laura for…
What to pack??? I try to be a minimalist and take as little as possible without being too extreme. My motto is definitely “Less is better” when it comes to packing. I will be packing all of my stuff in Ziploc bags that I can compress. Here is what I have come up with for…
What bike to ride??? I have been riding TREK fitness bikes for several years now. They’re probably not the most conventional bicycle of choice for cross country riding but its what I’m used to and what I’m comfortable with so I’ve decided to stick with it. The TREK 7.2 FX I’m currently riding has some…
Somehow I need to be able to navigate my route, not get lost, and let others track my progress. I plan to use several items to navigate along my route. First I have my iPhone and I have purchased the app “Cyclemeter”. I was out riding several months ago and forgot my Garmin GPS so…