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North America
LOST HORSE CAMPING TRIP
Started from Stevensville, MT - S on Hwy93 to Lost Horse Rd. (45 miles).
Returned via Old Darby Rd & Eastside Hwy. Total 97 Miles. (Larry Himes, Jul, 2009)
COLORADO MOUNTAINS
10 day loop through central and northern Colorado. Crossed 12 mountains passes and hiked up to 2 mountain peaks. (Michael McGrath, Jul, 2009)
BIKE AMERICA FOR DIABETES
After surviving a near-death experience in August, '03, I decided to get busy living. Thus, I rode my bicycle across N. America and raised $15K for the American Diabetes Association. No better way to get to know your own country than to pedal your way from coast to coast across a large continent. (Nathan Telschow, May, 2004)
PARTIAL ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN LOOP
We set out from the Greenbrier River trailhead in Caldwell with the intention of going up to Dumore , south to Waiteville, and back to Caldwell, but were foiled by rain. (Brook Westheimer, May, 2009)
TRAVESIA CICLISTA POR MEXICO 2009/10
Biking trip to Mexico to meet my country and promote the use of bicycle tours in the first stage in the future i will make International tours (Ruben Hernandez, Nov, 2008)
PITTSBURGH TO DC
Mostly rail/canal trail of approx. 320 miles, 7 days; camped all but one (Leslie D., Jun, 2008)
NOVA SCOTIA
Car was left in St. John's NB and we took the ferry to Digby. We cycled up the "West" coast, across the center and back down the "East" coast. (Leslie D., Jul, 2008)
AROUND THE GRAND CANYON
we travelled to the United States to do the highly recommended 'Around The Grand Canyon biketrip'. We started cycling in St. George (north of Las Vegas) and ended our 1700 km trip in Flagstaff Arizona. (paul van roekel, Aug, 2006)
JAPSER TO MISSOULA NATIONAL PARKS RIDE
The plan was to ride much more, from Jasper to Rock Mountain National Park. I shortened the ride because I did not enjoy the traffic noise - esp. after my mountain biking tour in Colorado 2 yrs ago. Still enjoyed and feel proud of what I done though... (Allen Yu, Aug, 2006)
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LOOP
Fantastic 820 mile ride on quiet paved and dirt roads in Northern California. (Amy Lauterbach, Oct, 2008)
BOISE TO THE PACIFIC AND BACK
I rode from Boise, ID across the middle of Oregon, then up to Portland, and back though the Columbia River Gorge, into Washington, and down through La Grande...back to Boise (Carl Laniak, Aug, 2008)
OREGON COAST RIDE
Bicycling down the Oregon coast from Astoria to Crescent City, California - September, 2008 (Anna Wager, Sep, 2008)
FIRST LEG OF CROSS CANADA
Started in Vancouver BC, took the ferry to Victoria on Vancouver Island. Rode to Port Hardy at the northern tip of V.I. Took ferry to Prince Rupert BC and rode across BC to Jasper Alberta. Rode down the Icefields Pkwy to Banff and then to Calgary. (Terry Payne, Jul, 2008)
ALASKA - OFF SEASON
We cycled 1600 kms from Anchorage to Valdez, Fairbanks, Denali National Park and finally back to Anchorage. With detailed report n biking in Denaili NP (Paul van Roekel, Aug, 2000)
A NORTH AMERICAN BICYCLE JOURNEY
Quit my job, rode around california for a while and then headed up the coast. Ferry through the Inland Passage and eventually reached the Artic Circle. Rode South to Utah and then down into Mexico. (Leon Steber, May, 2004)
GREAT PARKS
East Glacier-Logan Pass-Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Widsdom MT- Dillon MT-W. Yellowstone-Jackson WY-Smoot WY- HITCHHIKED-Logan UT (Jan Froitzheim, Sep, 2007)
WHERE2PEDALTO - NORTH AMERICA
Riding LoGo Recumbent Trikes from Deadhorse AK on the shores of the Arctic Ocean to Calgary then around the USA thereby completing the Arctic to the Pacific to the Atlantic- 3 Oceans on 3 wheels. (Andrew Hooker, Jun, 2007)
GENESEE RIVER
I rode near the northern half of the river, from the foothills to Lake Ontario (Dale Oswald, Jul, 2007)
TRANSAM
I'm riding coast to coast. Crossing the USA. The trail started in Yorktown, Virginia and officially ends in Florence, Oregon. The first time this trail was organized, was in 1976 (Peter Spuij, Jun, 2007)
NORTHEASTERN LOOP
This ride was a 1,560 mile loop in three weeks of the six New England states, Quebec Province (using la Route Verte) and a small section of New Brunswick Canada. (Jim Smith, May, 2007)
A FAMILY ADVENTURE
The four of us, (me, my husband, and 8-year-old twins) spent 12 months pedaling 9300 miles around North America. (Nancy Sathre-Vogel, Jun, 2006)
GOURMET TOUR
An informal group of friends into riding and eating did a week in the northern Sierras. Web page is in English and Spanish. (Alan Bloom, Jun, 2007)
PENNIES FOR PART-TIMERS SCHOLARSHIP RIDE
Travel from Gulf of Mexico to Canadian border to raise money for student scholarships in Minnesota. (John Leopold, May, 2007)
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WITH A BABY
We rode our tandem in a large loop through souteast Arizona's "sky islands", towing our 1-year-old son in his trailer. (Michael McGrath, Apr, 2007)
SELF-CONTAINED TRANSAMERICA 2006
Three 20 year old guys with no touring experience, that had nothing to do for a summer. (Tim Orr, Jun, 2006)
SAINT PAUL, MN-CHARLESTON, S.C.
A photoethnographic journey from Saint Paul to Charleston, with an accompanying web log and photo gallery. (Brian Blakely, Sep, 2006)
THE DREAM TOUR
The Dream Tour is a bicycle tour through the 48 contiguous states. It is a life-long dream of mine made possible by the generous support of the Ascensia Dream Fund, an annual award by the Diabetes Care Division of the Bayer Corporation. (Peter Hoogenboom, Mar, 2006)
ASPEN/SNOWMASS RIDE FOR THE CURE®
The 4th annual Aspen/Snowmass Ride for the Cure® has a 100-mile and a 30-mile circut, which is fully suppored and includes family activities and gifts. All proceeds benifit the Komen Aspen foundation. $100 registration and $500 fundraising commitment. (Claudia Curry-Hill, Sep, 2007)
THE GABA
I will confess that I only obtained my bicycle two days before my bike trip. I had no time to train - I had barely ridden a bike since I was 15. But do I regret any of it? Heck, no! (Dom Smith, Aug, 2006)
CSA BY CYCLE
Our tour was a self-contained, self-organized bicycle tour of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in Michigan. We spent 2-4 days volunteering on 31 different farms. We documented our journey and the farms on video for an upcoming documentary. (Marty Heller, Jun, 2006)
COLORADO'S SAN JUAN SKYWAY
A weeklong road ride from Durango to Mancos to Dolores to Telluride to Ouray, with a side trip to Mesa Verde National Park. Because of heavy snow, we used other transportation to complete the 240-mile loop. (Lynne Tolman, Sep, 2006)
BIKING THE ROCKIES TO THE OKANAGAN VALLEY
This is the story of my trip from Field in British Columbia, Canada through Rogers Pass all the way to the sunny Okanagan Valley. (Fernando Candido, Aug, 2000)
OAXACA, MEXICO
After spending two weeks in Oaxaca city studying Spanish, I did a two-week bicycle tour in Oaxaca state. (Alan Bloom, Jul, 2006)
CANADA, FROM SEA TO SEA
My wife and my 3 children was following us in a car from Pacific to Atlantic for a 65 days journey. We slept in motels and hotels. (Paul Meunier, Jun, 2005)
ERIE CANAL RIDE
A fully loaded tour along the Erie Canal, From Buffalo to Niagara Falls and then to Albany and Poughkeepsie. Over the course of 12 days (11 riding) we covered 523 miles and had tons of fun. (David de Gruyl, Apr, 2006)
BURLINGTON 2 BAR HARBOR AND BACK!
Discovering 3 States we've never been to. With no reservations we set out on the road with the camera in hand and smiles on our faces. Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, here we come! (Nancy and Ron, Jul, 2005)
SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A BABY
We rode from Naples to Key West and back with our baby, crossing the Everglades twice. (Michael McGrath, Jan, 2006)
AROUND LAKE ONTARIO
Circumnavigating Lake Ontario, starting and endingat my front door. (paul Stockton, Aug, 2000)
ONTARIO COTTAGE COUNTRY
A ride through the Muskokas in Ontario's Cottage Country. (paul Stockton, Aug, 2005)
CONNECTICUT TO ILLINOIS - PA ROUTE Y
A solo tour from Wethersfield, CT to Elkhart, IN. Self routed except that PA bicycle route Y was used to cross the northern part of the state. (Jon Bloom, Jun, 2005)
RED-CLAD FEET ON A PURPLE BIKE - DOWNEAST MAINE
This trip marks my return to touring after an unplanned year off (see http://denise2004crash.crazyguyonabike.com for my 2004 excuse for not touring!). Downeast Maine proved to be a wonderful location for a short tour, including visits to Acadia National Park plus a non-biking visit to see the puffins on Machias Seal Island. (Denise Goldberg, Jun, 2005)
WANDERING ALONG THE EDGE, AN EXPLORATION OF PEI
I toured PEI in September of 2005, intending to circle the entire island. My plans changed to include the use of my (gasp!) fossil-fuel powered vehicle to drive the far western section due to my desire to avoid riding in two days of tropical storm-related rains. The riding portion of my trip was wonderful, and I'm sure my bike & I will return there again someday. (Denise Goldberg, Sep, 2005)
ARCTIC OCEAN OR BUST!
O.K! It was a bust! But we did ride from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, Alaska on the infamous "haul road." (Todd Logan, Jun, 2005)
ALASKA-BRITISH COLUMBIA 2005
Self-Contained bike tour from Fairbanks (AK) to Vancouver (BC) via the Alcan Hwy, Cassiar Hwy, Yellowhead Hwy, Hwy 97, Duffey Lake Rd, and Sea-to-Sky Hwy (Paul Windrath, Jun, 2005)
CANADA BIKE TOUR COAST TO COAST
Cross Canada Bike Tour highlights the 7800 km Trans Canada Highway, The world's longest national road, where the adventure cyclists pedaled without any support across all 10 Canadian Provinces in a total of 61 days. (Tony Bellan, Jul, 2000)
FIFTY STATES FIFTY CENTURIES
My goal is to ride a century in every state. This will take several years, and many trips. By July 05 I've tallied eighteen states -- 8 full centuries and 10 multi-day bike excursions. (Ken Comer, Sep, 1984)
A SUPERIOR SHORELINE
Solo loaded tour of Lake Superior's northern shoreline. (Mike Beyersdorf, Jul, 2001)
GRAND STAIRCASE TOUR OF AMBIGUITY
Self-contained / SAG'd / Road / Mtn / Trike tour of the Escalante Grand Staircase, Utah area from Loa to Boulder to Calf Creek to Henry's Creek to Bryce to Otter Creek Reservoir to Fish Lake to Loa. Where's the ambiguity? Over there in a box. (Kurt Ziegler, May, 2005)
AROUND THE LAKE
A 12-day, self supported curcuit of Lake Erie (Jay Singer, Jul, 2004)
MEXICO, EAST TO WEST
5 week tour through the Yucatan, Chiapas, and up the South Pacific Coast. (Anna Wexler, Dec, 2004)
IMPRESSIONS FROM BICYCLE TRAVELS
Visual stories from cycling trips in America. (Paul Jeurissen, Jun, 1981)
GOSHEN TO THE OCEAN
Traveled using arm-powered bikes from Goshen, Indiana to Rehoboth, Delaware. (Myron & Justin Yoder, Jun, 2004)
HOUSTON TO FAIRBANKS
This was a one-person, cross-continent trip conducted in the spring/summer of 2004. (Robert Herrick, Apr, 2004)
CANAL TALES
Winding up my annual Springtime visit to Cape Cod, I felt the time was ripe for a trek to Moosejaw, Sack.,where I had longed to travel since early girlhood. And if I was feeling up to it, I figured I'd go on to Medicine Hat. And since early girlhood, my eyes have always been bigger than my stomach. This time I bit off more than I wanted to chew. (pat giorni, Jun, 2004)
NORTH TO ALASKA
My husband and I pedaled from Spokane to Seattle by way of Fairbanks on a completely self contained bicycle ride through the Canadian Rockies to the Yukon, South-East Alaskan waterways, and a spectacular tour of Vancouver Island. Having such a fabulous time in Canada, we decided to skip Fairbanks, altogether. (pat giorni, Jun, 1999)
TANDEM TRIKE UTAH PARKS
A supported tour of 3 national parks in Utah. Riding a Greenspeed tandem trike (Keith SERXNER, Sep, 2004)
CONNECTICUT TO MICHIGAN VIA LAKE ERIE
Three riders start in central Connecticut, headed for Lake Michigan -- and almost make it! (Jon Bloom, Jun, 2004)
COLORADO SINGLETRACK
Searching for the best singletrack in Colorado, travelling between singletrack spots with bikes. (Per Löwdin, Jul, 2003)
THE TRY, TRY AGAIN TOUR
This is the remedial cross country tour group. All of us have attempted and failed previous trips, so the 3 of us (Beth, Moni and Paul) have been forced to spend the summer repeating cycle touring 101. (Beth Boose, May, 2004)
THE GREAT SITTING
A quest to find what moves my soul, my heart. As an artist I find that the living of life and the making of art don't bulr together as much as they should, and thusly this trip is a quest to infuse the way I live with more art. It is also, by its existence and the nature of its gestures, an invitation for others to look at their own lives and chase down their dreams with reckless abandon. (Jefferson Pitcher, Jun, 2004)
YUCATAN 2003
850 kilometers though the back roads of the state of Yucatan (Ross Guldenbrein, Nov, 2003)
THE LONG WAY HOME
Northern Tier to Muscatine, IA then Great Rivers Route South to St. Francisville, LA then Southern Tier to Daytona Beach, FL (Phillip Potter, Jul, 2003)
BIKE AMERICA 2003
A group of seven of us rode the northern tier to washington, then down the coast to mexico (Brian Burnham, Jun, 2003)
ALASKA BICYCLE TOUR, SUMMER 2000
Via Amtrak from Providence, RI to Seattle, WA. Bike up to Bellingham, WA to catch Alaska ferry to Skagway AK. After touring around Alaska and Yukon, headed home across Canada to the Great Lakes, through New England and home at last. (Michael Krabach, Jun, 2000)
MICHAEL AND KATHY'S RIDE FROM CA TO CO
Traveled with wife on tandem bicycle. North along Pacific coast to Fort Bragg, east on Hwy 20 to Lake Tahoe, Hwy 50 across Nevada, Hwy 6 to Provo, Utah, Hwy 40 to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, then Hwy 14 to Fort Collins, Colorado. (Michael McGrath, May, 2002)
ALONG THE SPINE OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
Route 12 across Idaho, across Lolo Pass and into Montana. From Missoula I followed the Great Parks route to Glacier, Waterton, across Crows Nest Pass into BC, turning at Radium Hot Springs to head back to Alberta and south to Banff. I took a short side trip to Kananaskas Country before returning to Banff and heading north to Jasper (Denise Goldberg, Jul, 1998)
HAWAII DREAMING
A wonderful ride around the island of Hawaii, with a couple of days for off the bike explorations (Denise Goldberg, May, 2003)
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