Originally Posted by
M Rose
yes I did a triple check of the elevation gain… coming from backpacking and Overlanding, I know how important elevation change is. I think realistically I could make the first 100 miles in a day… but would feel better at the 60 mile mark. As I’m looking at my route and having driven parts of it before in a car, I have a very good idea of where my steep inclines are. I purposefully designed the rout to be uphill for half of it and downhill the other… that way if it takes me several days to get to the top, then it takes several days.
now back on track… since I have never done any bicycle adventures, I figured this would be a hell of a ride… I don’t know if I’m actually physically fit enough to make the ride this year, I don’t even know if I want to do the ride on my current bike (although it sure would be fun to see everyone’s faces when I tell the story).
ok I'll bite, but I'll be quite frank
you've hiked before, so have an idea of how things don't go as planned, but you go on the interwebs and ask strangers how far can I ride? None of us have any idea of how much you ride, how much or any experience you have riding in hot, dry conditions, can you change a flat yada yada yada.....
you get the drift here. You "think" you can ride 100mi 160k in a day, but lets face it, until you've ridden your bike with the weight of stuff on it to sleep, be warm, be sheltered, eat and drink, for more than 40, 50 miles in a day and not have a sore arse or knees or hands or whatever, you are just guessing here.
Your bike might not fit you really well, and riding a lot and riding loaded and riding uphill a lot can and will show up any fit issues, which can very easily end up with a physical issue that will cascade down to you just not being able to ride what you think you can do. If water supply etc is an issue with distances, its a lot different that hoping to ride to Dville 100miles away, but you have C, B and Aville along the way if you have problems.
On top of this, you also want to do this in a week or whatever, so if you aren't prepared in all the aspects, there really isn't any time to "get riding fit"
hey, I'm just being frank here with some realistic concerns.
The obvious answer is to try out a shorter bike trip before to see if all the aspects of bike travelling work for you and you actually enjoy it, but well, thats up to you.
good luck