Originally Posted by
simplygib
Re-reading your original post, I'm now a little confused as to your intent. Is your plan to leave the car in one location, then cycle in one big loop, stopping for the night every 40 miles or less, until you finally get back to the car? Or are you driving to each location, then doing <40 mile out-and-back rides?
We were planning to do the latter - drive out with the bikes on a car, bike to nearby locations, and then bike back to the car to drive back to a campground at night. Maybe we could just take touring bikes with super beefy tires for most of the general roads, and then walk the gravel paths.