Sunday, June 12, 2011

Challenge-Compulsion-Fantasy-Idiocy-Just for the Hell of It

Start Date: ~July 7, 2011

Starting Point: Highland Park  St. Paul, MN

Destination: Ocean Beach San Francisco, CA

Duration: 60 days - this isn't a race; it's a slow bike ride 

Equipment: Novara Randonee touring bike (2008) with Simano brakes, crank, front & rear derailleurs - 27 speed


Planned Route - Link to Map


Slow Bike Ride - MN
Slow Bike Ride - SD
Slow Bike Ride - WY
Slow Bike Ride - CO
Slow Bike Ride - UT
Slow Bike Ride - NV
Slow Bike Ride - CA

Route is subject to change of course as function of terrain, weather, local gentry, road conditions, water, food, heart rate.  Will camp when opportunity or necessity presents unless the ground is hard or there are lots of nocturnal, non-English speaking creatures skulking (slithering) about.