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General Discussion / First tour, No Experience
« on: July 28, 2008, 05:18:25 pm »
Hey guys,
My husband and I are planning a trip next summer to ride along the entire California coastline.
Now, I know I must sound like an idiot for wanting to do this since we have no experience on bikes except for cruisers once in a while at the beach.
Here's my questions...
We are planning this trip to raise money for the International Justice Mission (IJM.org) and we don't have a lot of money to spend on the bikes+gear.
What would be a decent used bike to look for that would be as cheap as possible.
What should we consider to be the most important when picking a bike.
Lastly,
What kind of training schedule should we start once we have the bikes? This trip is going to be 1200 miles in less than 3 weeks so I know I need short-term goals in order to accomplish the long-term goal of completing the trip.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
-Cherish
My husband and I are planning a trip next summer to ride along the entire California coastline.
Now, I know I must sound like an idiot for wanting to do this since we have no experience on bikes except for cruisers once in a while at the beach.
Here's my questions...
We are planning this trip to raise money for the International Justice Mission (IJM.org) and we don't have a lot of money to spend on the bikes+gear.
What would be a decent used bike to look for that would be as cheap as possible.
What should we consider to be the most important when picking a bike.
Lastly,
What kind of training schedule should we start once we have the bikes? This trip is going to be 1200 miles in less than 3 weeks so I know I need short-term goals in order to accomplish the long-term goal of completing the trip.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
-Cherish