Touring - Researching my tour...

I know this is more than I can chew. I plan to break it up into small pieces. But I am looking for info on riding to the four corners. I found the Iron Butt site, which is for motored cycles. I am sure I could get a posthuemous membership, should I complete such an adventure.
Anyone done it? Anyone attempt it? Anyone, anyone, anyone...Buller...

Four corners of the world? Or four corners of the US?

Naisme -

Glad to see you are almost there on your tour. Yes, lots of people tour the Four Corners region - it's not that hard - especially on pavement. I've toured that area perhaps a half-dozen times. BUT - from Minnesota to New Mexico then westwards would put you against the prevailing winds almost all the time.
I have a good deal of pictures from that region on my postiong here:
http://JohnnyGunn.crazyguyonabike.com

One popular route is Taos, NM to Pagosa Springs, CO via US 64/84 - then to Mesa Verde and Cortex via US 160 - cut down to the Four Corners site - then follow the San Juan River to Bluff, UT and Monument Valley via US 163 - then back on US 160 to Tuba City and AZ 64 to the Grand Canyon. BUT east to west will have lots of headwinds.

Drop me a line anytime -

Best - J

Not the 4 corners of CO,UT,AZ,NM, but the 4 corners of the US. More info on the motorcycle version is here: http://www.usa4corners.org/

Naisme- when do you plan to leave? It'd be pretty hardcore to leave from here right now! Otherwise following spring from south to north can be very cool. If you could get yourself to Florida to start in a month or so, ride the east coast north, turning west in Maine for a summer ride across the US/CA border. Turn south again in the fall, saving the southwest for cooler fall/winter weather.

Not the 4 corners of CO,UT,AZ,NM, but the 4 corners of the US. More info on the motorcycle version is here: http://www.usa4corners.org/

Naisme- when do you plan to leave? It'd be pretty hardcore to leave from here right now! Otherwise following spring from south to north can be very cool. If you could get yourself to Florida to start in a month or so, ride the east coast north, turning west in Maine for a summer ride across the US/CA border. Turn south again in the fall, saving the southwest for cooler fall/winter weather.
Yeah, I mean the four corners of the USA, not the "Four Corners area."
I just asked because I hadn't seen anything listed on the Net or even at Crazy guy on a bike. It is something I've heard about, but haven't seen documentation of it being done.

Started my training. Really put the hurt on yesterday. Did 50 miles, and felt it in my right quad. It helped me realize that I need to get out and ride more, and start riding loaded. The weather is turning really nice and I'll have a month to get this together, so that will offer some shake down mini tours, I don't know where as it is still cold here and the ground still frozen I'm not sure the state parks are open for camping just yet.

Wow that will be tough to do:

Rule 7.

You are allowed Twenty-One (21) days total time to complete this event. Time will be measured on the postmarked dates on the checkpoint envelopes mailed by you. The first day is the date of the postmark on the envelope you mail from the first checkpoint. If you are on your 21st day, at the final checkpoint, it is recommended that you have the envelope hand canceled at the Post Office to ensure the postmark is correct. There are no time extensions given to anyone for repairs, flat tires, rain, cold, illness, etc.

;)

Seriously though-sounds like a lot of fun!

You could do all kinds of crazy variations using the standard Adventure cycling routes.

For example-Start with the Pacific coast route and head South. Then head East along their Southern tier, once at the Great Divide-head North (outfitted well, and ready). Take the Trans Am, or be really burly and continue up to the Northern Tier and head East again. From Maine follow the Atlantic coast south-then make your own route to the Keys

??I don't know if you can cycle on that long causeway to the Keys??

Machka's always putting out ambitious challenges. We could set something like that up here.
It was suggested that one could ride from MN to WA on the last part of the Northern Tier, then down the coast to Baja then turn East to cross the south in the winter months follow spring north on the east coast to complete, then back to MN across the north. It was suggested that one would have to look at the prevailing winds and how that would effect the trip.
Where would one find information on the prevailing winds, and the months they blow certain directions?