Originally Posted by
leftcoast
Hi Everyone
A friend of mine has come up with this plan, he wants us to cycle Death Valley in July. The deal is we would do it in 1 day, approx. 115 miles. I have done the Oregon Coast plus a number of other tours but never cycled in the kind of heat the we would have in July. Also, is there a good loop that I could do, we would start at the north end of the valley and then go our seperate ways after a day or so. I would like to put in a few more days and end up back where I started. I should mention the his wife will be driving a vehical and supplying us with water and food. Any ideas would be appreciated, i told him I need a few days to check it out.
I used to do 50 miles bike rides every Saturday and Sunday all summer long when I lived in 29 Palms - but that's high desert NOT low desert. It can be done, but you HAVE to be acclimated and hydrated and carry a LOT of water.
Originally Posted by
Booger1
If you do it at night,you'll be the only ones on the road.It's going to be HOT! during the day and about 80-90 at night.It's doable with lots of water,I'm not sure it will be fun.
Wrong, you will NOT be the only ones out there. The
snakes
LOVE the roadway for the heat. We used to have contests to see how many snakes we could run over driving down the road.
Originally Posted by
Bike Hermit
They call it Death Valley for a reason.
Again, Acclimate!!!!! Hydrate!!!! Carry a LOT of water!!!!!!!!