Life is a wheel chronicles the crosscountry bicycle trip bruce we. Alastair humphreys cycled around the worlda journey of 46,000 miles. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. If you know of a book about bicycle touring or bicycle travel that should be added to this list, please leave a comment below with the name of the book, the author, and a link to a website where the book can be purchased. After thirtyodd years as a single adult, id had enough loneliness. After a grueling trek spanning the entire appalachian trail, stutzman traded his hiking boots for a bicycle to pedal across our country.
This eclectic list of bicycle touring books will have you itching to. Bicycle routes across the usa and bicycle maps across america. Please visit the inspirational nomadic peace caravan. Ill be pedaling through 11 states, three national parks, and countless landscapesand reporting the stories i. Steve garufi bicycled solo in februarymarch 2008 across the southern tier of america. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alone across america. We are commuters, weekend warriors, seasoned bikepackers, racers, and freshoffthetrainingwheelsjustgota bike forthe trip riders. Its probably someone elses fault, youre not that bad, whatever. As you pedal your bike across the country there is time to see the sights, smell the flowers and take in the vast expanse of americas landscape.
This is the duos final post from the adventure, looking back at a 5,000mile ride. Biking across america my coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way. Weve ridden across america several times, and have compiled some of the things weve learned in the list of tips below. A huge flag for a huge country, seen on the 4th of july. I bought a touring bike, gear, maps, and plane ticket. What us cycling destinations are on your bucket list. Im now in finland, but will continue cycling in september. What is unique about this trip is that it was accomplished by a wife and husband in their fifties. Biking across america on a diet of fast food outside online. From sea to shining sea by paul bremer overdrive rakuten. To make things easier consider that most of america is quite rural and a car is a must.
May 01, 20 as far as the biking trip, i was impressed with his trip diagonally across the us, but for some reason i thought he would be camping on his ride, not staying in motels along the way. Jan 01, 2009 the race across america by geronimo stilton is about a regular mouse that does a lot of awesome things in his life. So here goes, 50 tips for riding a motorcycle across america. Over the course of 53 days, i rode about 4000 miles from revere beach ma to venice beach ca. My wife isnt much into bicycling, so i decided to go it alone. Solo road trip across the united states we are travel. A travelogue in the tradition of blue highways and on the road, this book tells the extraordinary story of one mans solo bicycle adventure across americaand. Oct 19, 2017 a compilation of some of the people the author met along her trip.
Bike across america with us as we bring back our epic southern cross country usa trip with some exciting new twists. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. As we go, we will stop at a dozen schools, libraries, and camps. Cycle america provides a variety of supported bicycle trips. Riding my bike across america revealed to me who i really was, a broken sinner, undeserving of grace. The 53yearold canberra high school teacher wasnt a cyclist. For one of ours, we biked across america, and we highly recommend it because of its affordability, accessibility, and awesomeness. I was 25 years old in 2006 when i started out alone with my bike. Biking across america is a longdistance adventure that comes in a variety of styles and is accessible to most reasonably fit and healthy adventurers. Our usa bike tour takes us from the atlantic to the pacific, where we hang a left and explore the southwest before crossing the border from texas into mexico. Join as we cycle more than 10,000 kilometers across america. This inspiring story traces the second leg of his travelsthe length of south and north america, the breadth of asia and back across europe, crossing the mountains and saltflats of south america, canoeing the fivefinger rapids of the yukon river, and braving a siberian winter with only the flimsiest tent to protect him.
Veteran embarks on cross country bicycle journey for nonprofit. Bike across america long distance bicycle tours, photos. Cycle america pedal the peaks bicycle tours and events. Oct 03, 2017 seth orme and abby taylor biked across america, picking up trash along the way. The transamerica was inaugurated during the 1976 bikecentennial, a bicycle based celebration of america s 200th independence day. I think, when you realize youre broken, something in you changes. When i did my first ride across america, i never imagined that i would be organizing these epic rides for charity. Get started saving for your bike tour across america.
We may receive a small commission when you make a purchase using our link. Five years ago i left my home in new jersey to embark on a twentyfive thousand mile, seven continent, walk around the world. Sep 29, 2009 the transamerica was inaugurated during the 1976 bikecentennial, a bicyclebased celebration of americas 200th independence day. After paul stutzman lost his wife to breast cancer, he sensed a tug on his heartthe call to a challenge, the call to p. For the summer of 2017, a team of 7 mit and harvard students will bike across the united states in collaboration with edxand teach for americaas part of an effort to rethink stem education. The sign proved very helpful in raising awareness in the towns, campgrounds, etc that i passed. How to bicycle across america is a solo tour of the southern united states, over 2,800 miles 4,541 kilometers from the pacific to the atlantic ocean, taking 32 riding days to complete.
North america, road trip, solo, united states october 10, 2016 last updated on april 6, 2020. I had the great joy of biking across america on a selfcontained bike trip from oregon to north carolina. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hiking through. Thanks for the book please do another ride and write about it. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way. The route runs 4,262 miles from virginias atlantic coast, through the heartland of the usa, over the rockies, and terminates at the pacific in oregon it was the success of the bikecentennial that strengthened the popularity of cycle touring and led to. Biking solo across the us taught me 10 hard fought lessons lessons learned from cycling over 4,000 miles across the southern tier of the us and up the west coast of california topic. He finally gets home and the doorbell rings he comes to the door and gets a package. Riding through cold, heat, loneliness, and exhaustion, he traversed 5,000 miles, meeting people whose lives form the fabric of this nation. Me and my pelago bicycle are on a break from our 12,000 km trip through latin america. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way kindle edition by stutzman, paul. Follow along in the coming months as i ride my bike 4,228 miles across america.
Reprinted courtesy of the university of wisconsin press. Of the 1,600 railtrails, the longest is the katy trail state park that rolls along for 225 miles of missouri countryside. A compilation of some of the people the author met along her trip. Starting at neah bay, washington, and ending at key west, florida, paul traversed the 5,000mile distance between the two farthest points in the contiguous united states. Travelling america alone united states lonely planet. This 344page memoir tells the story of steves first bike across usa trip. Dec 08, 2015 biking across america on a diet of fast food fueled by poptarts and little debbies, 52yearold software engineer kurt searvogel is out to break the record for the greatest distance pedaled in a. Transamerica trail adventure cycling route network. Hiking through ebook by paul stutzman rakuten kobo. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way 9780800721787 by paul stutzman. If youve been dreaming of a bicycle tour across america, dont let a perceived lack of funds stand in your way. Flying in and out of each start and finish point, then cycling five to seven days to complete a section that would range from 450 to 700 miles. Jan 20, 2020 wikihow is a wiki, similar to wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are cowritten by multiple authors. Remember, these are not howto bicycle touring books, but books written by individuals who have traveled with their bikes.
I got this book thinking it was about his trip across america by bike. Whether its due to a love of cycling, a desire to see your or another country at a slower pace without creating too much impact on the environment or just something youre keen to try because its a major achievement, riding your bike across or around the. A bike across america story authored by steve garufi. Coronavirus status you can buy books and ebooks to plan, enjoy and dream. Plus, you would only see a slice of this diverse country that is culturally. Read hiking through one mans journey to peace and freedom on the appalachian trail by paul stutzman available from rakuten kobo. Nov 21, 2017 after paul stutzman finished hiking the appalachian trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. This book is about a mouse that works for the new mouse city newspaper.
Riding your bike across or around a country is one of those epic journeys that many dream of, and quite a few actually manage too. I had never biked long distance, but the adventure seemed worthwhile. Ride your bicycle across america with venture for charity. Bike across america tours cross country bike trips. Suddenly, launched in one dynamic motion, we were off, cutting like a chainsaw through the stillness of the day. The biggest decission you need to make when planning a cycling trip in america is wether you want to follow an adventure cycling association aca route or do your own thing. The idea was born during stutzmans thruhike of the appalachian trail, when he spent a fourth of july observing small town family scenes on front porches and lawns, and then began to wonder about the stories of families across the country. Grand parks along the transamerica trail include yellowstone and grand teton national parks, among the best in the united states. One mans journey to peace and freedom on the appalachian trail. I highly recommend both his book on hiking on the at and biking across america. In three long, solo tours totaling more than 14,000 miles, this young.
Starting at neah bay, washington, and ending at key. After four months of walking i adopted a dog, savannah, and since then weve covered 16,500 miles across thirtythree countries together. Books about bicycle touring a reading list bicycle touring pro. Im doing a longdistance cycling trip to raise money for the american foundation for suicide prevention afsp, a leading notforprofit organization exclusively dedicated. Along the way, i got chased by dozens of dogs, hit by a car, and arrested.
America by bicycle provides highlyrated fullysupported bicycle tours all across america. This trek has reinforced to me that the bicycle is a great equalizer. Riding a bicycle 4,622 miles across the united states in 63 days is not that unusual, and it has been written about in such books as stan purdums roll around heaven all day and barbara siegerts bicycle across america. The across america tour will specifically raise money to fund our refugee feeding programs in southeast asia, which is home to the worlds longestrunning civil war. This war has displaced over 4 million people from their homes, hundreds of thousands of whom still live in internally displaced person idp or refugee camps in the region. We have a ride to suit all cyclists interests, levels, and abilities. The truths uncovered when riding your bicycle across america. Read an interview with alice honeywell and bobbi montgomery. To create this article, 21 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. But when they realized she was serious about biking across the country twoplus months on the road they began to worry. The aca produce wonderful maps for their routes, which include lots of info about the route, food, accommodation and height profiles. Bicycling across the central portion of the united states perhaps offers the most routes. The nomadic peace caravan will be walking south from canada to mexico petitioning for the rights of nature, promoting peace and spreading education on sustainable living that works in harmony with all life beginning on earth day of 2020. I didnt wear bike shoes, never locked my bike once, never spent a dime on lodging, and never encountered a.
The route runs 4,262 miles from virginias atlantic coast, through the heartland of the usa, over the rockies, and terminates at the pacific in oregon. And that does not allow for stopping and actually seeing things along the way. After paul stutzman finished hiking the appalachian trail, he found himself longing for another challenge, another adventure. I began at the atlantic ocean on a saturday morning the outer banks, north carolina. The concept of a bicycle race across america can be traced back to newspaperman george nellis, who in 1887 crossed the usa on a 45pound iron highwheel bicycle with no gears and with pedals attached directly to the front wheel. As far as the biking trip, i was impressed with his trip diagonally across the us, but for some reason i thought he would be camping on his ride, not staying in motels along the way. Alone but not lonely in the wilds of south america. This includes a series of national park tours in the united states and canada, an annual pedal the peaks bicycle challenge and a coasttocoast cycling adventure from seattle to boston.
The noise and the speed, ever rising, seemed to take us into another dimension where all the wind and sound in the world was our own. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way stutzman, paul on. I might have been in jims shoes had i not met debbie, although im doubtful i would have undertaken such a daunting challenge as cycling across america alone. Seth orme and abby taylor biked across america, picking up trash along the way. As you pedal your bike across the country there is time to see the sights, smell the flowers and take in the vast expanse of america s landscape. Joanna abernethy was found dead early on saturday morning on the side of a highway in eastern indiana after being struck by a vehicle. My coasttocoast adventure and the people i met along the way audiobook by paul stutzman. Feature british extraordinaire chris day rides across. Starting at the iconic golden gate bridge in san francisco, the riders crossed three mountain ranges, several deserts and the endless prairies of the american mid west. I invite you to read my memoir about my first bike across america trip. The experiences of a middleaged, overweight man, mounted on an old bicycle, who is traveling across america along the transamerica bicycle trail. In summer 20, after graduating from college, i biked alone from western massachusetts to san francisco. Bike beyond has gotten the support of our amazing type 1 community. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading biking across america.
Biking solo across the us taught me 10 hard fought lessons. This inspirational coasttocoast odyssey is a truly satisfying ride, not only for cyclists, but for anyone who travels for the joy of the journeyor simply dreams of doing so. We thought eventually she would drop it, her mom, lily arnold. One mans journey to peace and freedom on the appalachian trail ebook written by paul stutzman. A remarkable glimpse of a noble yet humble america. The book describes the exciting and challenging bike ride made by sixteen wounded warriors as they crossed america. The minimum for a comfortable trans america ew or we travel is about twoandahalf weeks.
Feel the breeze in your face and ride the miles with new friends who share your passion for cycling. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Bike across america united states lonely planet forum. On this ultimate bucket list trip, youll ride over 3,400 miles and climb more than 143,000 feet as you make your way from coast to coast, starting in santa barbara and ending myrtle beach 43 days later. Author speaks book excerpt, across america by bicycle. The journey was broken into five stages over five years. About two months ago, i posted a slightly creepy picture of myself and the bicycle i intended to ride across america. Alice and bobbis summer on wheels, 2010 by the board of regents of the university of wisconsin system. Veteran embarks on cross country bicycle journey for nonprofit one man on a 3,000 mile ride to raise funds for wounded warrior project jacksonville, fla.
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