Darkwingduck

Newbie


I am realy interested in biking north from portland oregon to canada and have never done a trip of more than day trips of around 50 miles does any one have advice on what to bring, what to expect, and if any one has advice on wich rout to take that would be great. My e-mail is Dustinmboyd@hotmail.com

Doug64

My wife and I have one seveal tours in Washington and BC, and can suggest some good route. But it all depends--- Where do you want to end up? Do you want to do a loop or ? How long do you have? What time of year? Campng or credit card?

Randochap

Yep, need more info. Generally, I'd say head through central WA and cross at the Aldergrove or Sumas customs, unless you want to visit Vancouver.

Check touring section @ VeloWeb.

Canadiense

That is like saying I want to travel from Vancouver to the USA.

Wogster

Canada is a big place, for example if you want to go to Vancouver it's probably 3-4 days, if you want to visit Come-by-Chance, that's going to be more like 3-4 months, after all it is about 8,000km East of Vancouver....

Two other things, one the rules have changed slightly, you need a passport to cross the border returning to the US now. Not sure if you need it coming into Canada or not, there was talk of requiring after the US rules changed.

Second, publishing your email address in a forum is NOT a good idea, some forums are readable by spiders and harvesters, so expect to now get 4,294,967,296 emails about male enhancement medications, and Nigerian princes with millions of dollars they are trying to get out of their country paying very handsome commissions -- if you get one of these it's a scam....

MichaelW

There are lots of Packing Lists on the net and on these forums.
When you have packed everything you think you need, unpack and throw half of it away.
Do a weekend shakedown tour to test your bike/luggage rig and your packing contents. Dont stray too far from home.
Once you have some confidence in your rig you can go further afield. I would suggest another weekend tour to be sure then its up to you.

Darkwingduck

well im starting in april or may and have tell september. I am going to be doing this like I do when I hitch Hike so side of the road sleeping and rolling as cheep as i can. Id like to even go as far north as alaska but dont know how the roads are and how to avoid the realy realy realy big hills and mnts. I have a specialized rockhopper Thats about 8 years old with medium street wheels and a rack on the back, was thinking of geting a front rack as well.