82 miles ridden - 4805 feet climbed. Most people found today harder than yesterday even though it was less distance and marginally less climbing and everyone was suffering. The scenery was fabulous and the roads about as quiet as we had seen so the views kind of...
116 miles ridden - 5259 feet climbed. I was with the early starters today after pulling a muscle on yesterday's climb so I was on the road just before 6am this morning. The weather held great promise - clear sky and around 13C even at that time - and the forecast for...
60 miles ridden - 3248 feet climbed. Lovely weather today. Sunny, warm in the sunshine but not too hot overall. After a fabulous downhill into, and then this morning out of, Kah-nee-ta we had a decent 3 mile climb up onto high plains. The 'A40' wasn't quite so busy...
65 miles ridden - 4,892 feet climbed. We had a slightly earlier start today as over the first 12 miles we needed to climb to Government Camp in the foothills of Mount Hood at an elevation of 3995 feet. It wasn't particularly steep - just long. As with yesterday...
74 miles ridden - 2835 feet climbed. I'll start with the highlight - the view of Mt. Hood: It was a really mixed day - the first 20 miles and last 20 miles were a bit like cycling down the A40 (UK readers) or Route 17 (US/NJ aware readers). This gets tiresome after a...
69 miles - 2,917 feet climbed - 4000 calories to be replaced! So finally we got underway. Breakfast was at 6am this morning to allow us all to pack up our stuff and get the van loaded before a group photo. The route today was quite straight forward - turn left out of...
Now we are all here. Today we have had all the orientation sessions about US road rules, thunderstorms, lightning etc. Most of the riders went in groups to dip our back wheels in the Pacific Ocean at Fort Stevens State Park beach. Not a long ride - 27 miles - but a...
Great ride today - dodged the morning rain and late afternoon gloom for a lovely ride to Seaside, Oregon. 39 miles, 1600 feet of climbing and the Pacific Ocean - quite a view! My fellow riders are starting to arrive - some really nice and interesting people...
Well, I'm here - it's a lovely little town which has starred in feature films such as The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, and two Free Willy films. Everyone is friendly although they tend to tilt their head in a compassionate and concerned way when I explain what I am...
Had a decent week's training - 215 miles covered, 11,316 feet climbed at an average speed of 14.4mph - whatever.....no more cycling until I am in Astoria Oregon. I have a couple of routes loaded into my Garmin with a map set for North America so assuming British...
Finally some great summer weather! Had a fabulous ride from home out via Ashridge, up and over Ivinghoe Beacon, and home via Wendover. 48miles, 2900feet of climbing and 14.4mph average speed. Great view.....
Two weeks today - Sunday 19th June - is the first day of cycling on my trip and today I went out for my final club ride prior to the trip. Fabulous ride with ARCC (Amersham Road Cycling Club - www.amershamrcc.com ) from Great Missenden out to Sonning Common. Doubts...
Spoke to the organisers last night and there are 37 of us making the entire coast to coast trip. Very exciting as it becomes less theoretical and more real. There folks from Israel, Germany, Holland and three Australians on the trip. Weather still not good in Suffolk...