Touring - Pacific Coast Route Vancouver-LA 7/6

Hi, all.. I have been reading these boards for awhile. I bought a 520 in April, it has a little over 2k on it, and I will be leaving Vancouver on 7/6 heading to LA. After reading several postings, I changed my triple. I already feel the improvement. I really find it hard to believe they would put road rings on this bike, with the new rings, I can maintain 25 miles an hour (downhill of course) without even coming close to spinning out. I also changed the rear rack as that one seemed really weak. I haven't done any other mods. I am not sure how many miles a day I will cover, I am comfortable with 70 without being loaded.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for having this board, and for all the good ideas...

Vei

hi and welcom tothe forum this is a nice route if you are interested ask Joe to set you up a tour log so you can keep in touch with family and friends and the many fine people on this foprum will be most interested to read about your travels.
happy pedals
catfish

Welcome to the Forums! and, as catfish said, it's hope you'll keep us posted on your progress. That is an incredibly beautiful ride you're starting. Happy Touring!

I made the trip you are taking a few years ago. We used Kerkendahl's (not sure of the spelling) book and it was very good. We went from Port Angeles west and down through the Olympic Rain Forest. I highly recommend that route as opposed to the inland Hoods Canal route. Not sure if you are committed but think about it, more scenery. We averaged 73 miles a day and actually went from Victoria BC to Tijuana. A trip of a life time. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance.

Mur

Thank you, all for your advice. Wouldn't you know that the day I posted on this board my computer crashed... Just got it up and running again today. I will now post on the intro boards. I leave Saturday... Yipeeeee