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General Discussion / Re: bike for TransAm trail

« on: January 06, 2010, 11:47:19 pm »

thank you for your input. i just started looking into the Long Haul Trucker Frame but my searches only turn up purchasing frames. the frames is relativly cheap at $430 some places so what would i be looking at at buying all the accesories? do you have any sites that sell the bike already assembled? what would the pricing be for these bikes? i really dont have 2k to spend on a bike but i also understand you get what u pay for so im not looking for a $200 bike but i am looking to stay within reason and not exceed 1k hopefully if possible. this bike i would also like to use around where i live in nj as i live in the country of jersey. would touring bikes be good for this type of riding as well?

**i found some completed bikes for under $1100. my question is, would it be cheaper in the end to buy the fram by itself and the rest of it individually and build it myself or just buy the bike pre built?**

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General Discussion / bike for TransAm trail

« on: January 06, 2010, 09:09:34 pm »

ok so i want to do the transam trail. never toured in my life so im not planning on doing it for awhile, what recommendations would you all have for a bike? im 6'6 about 200 lbs. like i said, ive never toured or anything so all the help i could get is appreciated. what should i take into account when looking for a bike? help please! haha thanks in advance.

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General Discussion / Re: General Age Range of the TransAm?

« on: January 06, 2010, 02:54:54 pm »

where did you sign up for this self containted group ride? is this an ACA sponsored ride? i found out about the TransAm trail a yr or so ago and i would love to do it at some point in my life. im 24 now and hopefully in the next yr or 2 i will be able to do it.

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General Discussion / TransAmerica trail

« on: January 06, 2010, 01:26:34 am »

hello all. i first found out about the TransAmerican trail a yr or so ago and ever since I have wanted to do it at some point in my life. I have done research and found a program called Bike and Build. in essence, you do the trail and along the way you stop off at habitat for humanity homes etc and help out communities building homes for less fortunate. do any of you know of any other programs like these that might be available? any information is greatly appreciated. thank you.

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Routes / riding east/south/west/north routes

« on: October 09, 2008, 02:09:49 pm »

I guess the mai question is what did you do to prepare for these adventures? I never rode a bike for distance or touring or anything. As a kid I'd ride around the block etc all the time but since havent really touched a bike. I stumbled upon the TransAtlantic route by accident and since Ive wanted to do it as I think itd be an amazing experience. Ive recruited a buddy of mine whose interested in doing it as well. Im stilla yr or 2 out from doing it so Id like to get prepared for this. I was thinking of doing the Atlantic route before I did the TransAtlantic route. What did you do to prepare for this? Any tips you could provide me is greatly appreciated.

email: bigwayne3000

thanks!
---wayne

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Routes / riding east/south/west/north routes

« on: October 05, 2008, 09:51:10 pm »

Hello all. I dont know how I did it but for whatever reason I started thinking about bicycling. I stumbled upon the TransAtlantic route and am interested in doing this at some point in my life. After research of this route I came across the Atlantic, South, Pacific, and Northern routes on the Adventure Cycling website. I was just curious if there is anyone whose ever done these simultaniously. In other words has anyone ever riden the routes along the outside of the US? Hopefully this makes sense. I look forward to talking to you guys, for something as random as this I am actually very interested in one day doing this. Hopefully as soon as I'm done with school. Thanks for any help you guys can provide. Take care.