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11-22-11 | 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tobias.knoll

Hy,

next year I plan to do a ride by bicycle from Denver to Las Vegas together with my wife. We are just thinking about a possible route and time. As we got only 3 weeks available, I assume we must find a mean to make maybe two short transportation parts in between, where we go some miles by train/grayhound or other stuff - so to speed up a bit and make the whole trip.
Time could be june or august/september. Route either via "Grand junction", "Capitol Reef", "Bryce" and "Zion", or a bit more south through Black Rock C. and then to Bryce ...

As I am from germany and only road two times in western states many years ago, I need some advice on time, route and expecially transportation in between.

Snow may be a problem I assume in june? Or in september again? Which route is most interesting for bikers? I have heard that transportation of bikes in grayhound and amtrek is difficult - as they all require a box, which I can not tranport. As we do not plan to do more than 2 times transportation speed-ups of 100km each, we also need easy means here. Are there any alternatives?

Any help is really appreciated!

Thanks, Tobias

If you are going to do the trip in June, riding from Las Vegas to Denver is a good option. There's usually no issue with snow by June.

If you were going to do the trip in September, I suggest going from Denver to Las Vegas. Septembers are usually quite mild in the Colorado mountains with fewer thunderstorms and a low chance of snow...although early snow storms can happen. The desert is usually cooler by later in September too.

jamawani is correct in that there is limited bus and train service along this route. I would suggest bypassing some of the places you want to see on a bicycle and heading to Moab. Rent a car there and take a few days to back track by car to see the sights before you get back on the bike to Denver or Las Vegas, depending on which way your go.

Alternatively, do a loop tour of Colorado and parts of Utah and, again, rent a car in Moab to see the things a little further afield.

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