I'm about to get started with day 11. Internet connection has been almost non-existent. 

It took us a while to get out of California. We crossed mountains and went up to Carson pass at something like 8400 feet. To get there we deviated from our map. We reached a really good coffee/bakery shop- Sugar Lillie Bakery. There we tasted some amazing. It was a quaint little shop in El Dorado, California (one of many tiny towns). It was the most delicious brownie I have ever tasted. They sell some of t...
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mileage

Day 14- 604 miles Ely

Day 13-604 miles Ely

Day 12- 526 miles eureka

day 11- 458 miles Austin, Nevada

Day 10- 406 miles cold springs station

Day 9- 342  miles  Fallon, Nevada

Day 8- 280  miles Carson City, Nevada

Day 7-224  miles  Silver lake (California)

Day 6-189  miles  Jenkinson Lake

Day 5-186  miles Jenkinson Lake

Day 4-150 miles   Shilling Springs

Day 3- 126  miles Folsom Lake, California

Day 2- 46 Miles    Vacaville, California

Day 1- 9 Miles       Vallejo, California

day 0-  0 milea.        S...
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We ran into a man riding his bicycle, 10 miles from West Sacramento. He pulled a sqweaky trailer with his sqweaky bike and I was a bit concerned that his bike would collapse any second, 10 miles from West Sacramento. He asked us for directions, we couldn't help him. When he spoke, I noticed his one front tooth, and wondered what his story was, I didn't ask him though, for a second, I though that maybe I didn't really want to find out. He looked confused, and he then told us he'd instead just ...

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I just wanted to update you on the trip. It's been fun so far. We got off to a rough/late start. Oh, and I see what all the fuzz is about San Francisco's hills;they are so steep, it's a bit difficult to see how people can ride bikes, drive, or even walk in some of the area. We hit 9 miles day one, 37 day two, and 81 day 3. Water has been something like 1 gallon day one, gallon and a half day two, and two and a half day three(just for me). We stayed at hotels so far, except last night when a n...
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Day one goes wrong.


THE PLAN:
Leave hotel
Head to Bridge
Begin
45 miles to campsite

ACTUAL DAY ONE:
We leave the hotel.
40 meters later, We realize Kayla's back tire has a nail in it. We head to REI...negative progress. It gets fixed..we are running late. We head to the bridge, take the CALTRAIN (bad idea), we end up going through part of san Francisco that was not meant to be ridden by bike. Here's the stairs we had to climb to get out of the train station.
 

We bike through San Francisco city stre...
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REI ended up rebuilding our bikes. They were able to do it by Monday.
We had spent the weekend going to Stanford, watching graduation ceremonies, oh and we also went to the Golden gate bridge. The bridge would be where our trip would begin. It was kind of a pretty nice sight.

Stanfor was hot and San Francisco was chilly, the difference took me by surprise, and I realized the start of our ride would be uncomfortably cold; I didn't bring very warm clothes.  

We said bye to Stanford on Sunday-afte...
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Things go wrong most of the time pt 2
June 17, 2012

Plane lands. Stop at Golden Gate Bridge. Phone rings. I dont hear it. I check the time. Four thirty. I have a missed call. The number, 650. I google the area code. Its california. It must be the bike shop. A voicemail appears.  It's them. "Hi, this is...REI in San Carlos. Just wanted to let you know we got your bike in here, it was shipped to us in San Carlos. If you want us to assemble it, it is 25 dollars. If you want to let us know". 25 d...

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Two days before flying to California, I decided to take go for a long bike ride. While climbing a steep hill, I felt something snap in my bike. It did not end well. I had to walk home as I pulled the bike the whole way back.

This, is a busted derailleur. I don't know how it happened, but it did. The thing may as well have exploded, because it was left useless. the cage was completely bent, and the idler pulley was torn to pieces.




Fortunately, if we live through ...
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Training Trails

Leading up to our trip we gave ourselves two months to train. Right now, I wish it would’ve been more. In those two months we covered about 300 miles. During that time, Denver proved to have some decent areas for cyclists. From our rides, my favorite was a one to White Ranch Park. We took the Cherry Creek Path to Confluence Park where we veered off the path and took side streets to 51^st and Harlan where we found the Clear Creek Trail. That, led us the Golden Gate Road, an...

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GEAR
Trek 620 Road Bike
Kealty Cosmic 20 Sleeping bag
Topeak Morph Mini Master Blaster Airpump
Presta valve adapters
Bike Shorts x2 Trek/
Bell Bike computer
Stretch Chords
Thermarest Z Lite Sol Sleeping pad
Water bottles
Golite Backpack
Uvex...

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April 7, 2012

I went to a couple of bike shops. I needed a touring bike. Touring bikes are made to travel long distances, and they can handle heavy loads. Also, they can be accessorized with a back rack and front rack, which we needed to carry all our equipment.
After visiting a few bike shops, I learned three important things. Biking is an expensive sport. Bike stores don't tend to have touring bikes. I needed to go elsehwere. The shop employees kept recommending the Surly Long Haul , but hat...
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January 2012

Kayla tells me she plans on going on a bike tour to raise money for CMTA. This intrigued me, I thought it a good deed, and I decided to do it as well.

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