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General Discussion / Re: Just the Bear essentials

« on: July 15, 2011, 03:59:42 pm »

A very big THANK YOU to everyone who has given us some great advise! Lots to think about, especially good to know is the condition of highway 199 from Grants Pass to Crescent City. We have no other option but to follow this route, but for-warned is for-armed.

We leave very shortly from the comfort of our home out into the great unknown!

Let the adventure begin!!!

Ride safe.

Chris & Anita

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General Discussion / Re: Just the Bear essentials

« on: July 04, 2011, 09:54:15 pm »

Thanks for all the great help, all pretty much what I was thinking just nice to get confirmation that I am on the right track!

Back to trying to sort everything out!!!!!

Chris

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General Discussion / Re: Just the Bear essentials

« on: July 04, 2011, 04:41:32 am »

Hi John,

Thank you very much for your reply, this was just the information we needed.

I was also wondering about deodorant..... If bears are attracted to toothpaste what about smelly cyclists who decide to have a "French Shower" before crawling into bed?

Chris

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General Discussion / Just the Bear essentials

« on: July 03, 2011, 01:25:46 am »

Hi All,

My wife and I will soon be starting our first bike tour, I have been searching this forum for information on Bear country and have found the answers for almost all my questions (there is some great info on here).

What I am still not sure on is:

1) No food in the tent...... OK, so if we wish to have our handlebar bag in the tent for security does that mean that we cannot keep our snacks in it during the day?

We are riding a section of the ACA Pacific Coast from Crescent City (actually starting at Grants Pass, it's the closest place where we can drop off the rental car), and changing to the Trans America trail at Florence and ending our tour at Cody, Wyoming.

2) How much of this route do we need to be Bear Aware? We plan on camping as much as possible, do we need to hang our food all the time?

3) Should we be purchasing Bear spray, or is the TA too well traveled?

My wife is Swiss and I'm a Kiwi so therefore we do not have much experience with the American wildlife. I have read, and I am sure it is true that Bears pose a very small risk, I just want to make sure that we are doing all the right things as much for the safety of the Bears.

We are due to fly out in less than 2 weeks.

Thanks for your advice!

Chris

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General Discussion / Re: Nightly Accomodations & Bicycle Traffic

« on: June 14, 2011, 05:00:25 am »

Hi Mike,

My wife and I are planning to do part of the TA, from Florence to Yellowstone.  We are riding up the coast from Cresent city and expect to be leaving Florence around the 27th of July.

We are planning on doing as much camping as possible so we might bump into you along the way....... (we will be the ones pushing the bikes up every little hill....... after all it is called a PUSHbike right?) 

Chris