Originally Posted by
adlu
Thanks so much for all the tips! I really appreciate the voice of experience.
My plan is to do the Great Divide offroad route, so I want to take my Surly Ogre, no folding bike on this trip. Since none of the NM stops are baggage stops, it looks like my only option is to get off at El Paso and bike to the route. It's about 150 miles on pavement, hopefully there's a route that's not too bike-unfriendly.
If not a baggage stop, you can't check baggage ON. However, you may still be able to pull baggage OFF. I seem to recall them mentioning that before a stop, but I can't recall if that was just pulling the bag from baggage into the passenger car before the stop, or opening the outside baggage door. Thus, may be big difference if bike in a box, versus on wheels where you can just carry it down the car stairs. I would ask the attendent well before the El Paso stop, about pulling your bike at the later stop that you prefer.