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General Discussion / training for trans am westward

« on: January 02, 2016, 03:02:50 am »

Hi All,

I am doing the TA west in two months this summer (june and july). Any suggestions on how to go about training over the next five months. I am used to training for ironman races, but this is quite a different beast. I will be aiming to cover about 75 miles a day, at approx. 10-14mph pace depending on the terrain etc. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Happy new year

Chris Lehrbach

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General Discussion / Re: Cost of a cross country USA trip?

« on: December 22, 2015, 09:13:36 am »

Slight change of subject on this thread but i am actually interested in the wheres and hows for camping on the TA route. I am going east to west next summer and wondered how easy it is to find somewhere to camp ie booking ahead for sites or looking for somewhere free. I am coming from England where in some parts it is frowned upon to simply pitch your tent on a village green or city park. Is it easy to just get to the end of your day's cycling and look around for somewhere free or not, or do you need to do a bit of planning ahead. It seems that if you plan too much then you are committing yourself to cycling a certain number of miles each day to get to that site. Some days you may end up wanting to do less and some days more. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I guess i should also know about proper wild camping options as we don't have bears and other big furry creatures in the UK.

thanks

chris

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General Discussion / Re: How to get from Washington DC to Yorktown, VA?

« on: December 13, 2015, 06:49:32 am »

I know this is an old thread but I am doing the trans am trail next summer and am sorting out a train for me and my bike and box from Washington to Yorktown. I have seen the reply re the 7.30am train which takes checked baggage so I will plan to get that one. It seems easy enough to reserve the seat for me but I am confused as to how a reserve a space for my bike and bike box. There does not seem to be a step during the reservation process to book my bike and I don't really want to just turn up in the hope that there is space for the bike and box. Does anyone know how I do this step of the process? Do I have to call the reservation line or can I do it on line. I am flying in from the UK to Washington dc a few days before.

Many thanks

chris lehrbach