Riding solo & unsupported across the United States of America on a Bicycle! This Blog tells the tale of a long haired English bloke on a bike called Shinto cycling across America starting in Oregon and ending in Yorktown Virginia, solo, no support vehicle, just a man, a bike and a tent on the Adventure Cycling Association Trans America Bicycle Trail. Please forgive the endless typos, this blog was uploaded as I rode from my Cellphone.
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Ok here I am in the adventure cycling offices in missoullA. These are the people who make the maps for this trip and I can highly recommend them if you are thinking of doing this little ride yourself! They also have free ice cream which is worth the trip in itself ha ha. I've already used up nearly 6mb of my phone card with pi tires and videos so I bought a new card so I will have space to capture everything yet to come. I tried drop box but life is to short lol! Looking at the maps on a real chair is novel..lol! And at a table instead of in wind on the bike! Chief josephs pass looks dauntingly high but ill do it no problem. I've had a lot of support from my friends here in the USA and it means a lot to me ..I feel very at home in the states and so far have met only cool friendly people. I checked with at&t my cellphone network and basically it wasn't my fault there was no signal across idaho...apparrently it is an issue there because of the high hills and low population.
Well i made it missoulla montana yesterday and today I got shinto his New saddle. Today my ass is happier! I hooked up with david from Denver and anders from Oslo as i rode into town. Se hit Two bars and I ate to much pizza again. I was invited to stay with a very kind family last night and had a real bed and a shower for the first time in a week! This was a warm shower host and id you dont know what that us then google it. Ita Luke couchsurfimg but for cyclists. Today i had to
GO to the bike shop for the saddls and new brakes ad the downhills here are almost ad long as the climbs LOL! Apologies for spelling on this blog i still have to master this Tony phone keyboard. I just got back from the drugstore where i met Wilson WHO gas been cycling since january with his dog in a box on the bike! He id cycling to every state in america from virginia! Ove list weight on this small ride and am getting my power thighs back again! I met a giù WHO id from hammersmith london he came on tour here with his band in 1978 and decided to stay in missoulla!
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