Gear Talk / Re: Off the Bike Shoes
« on: April 14, 2021, 02:16:43 pm »5.4 ounces for size 9. Also good for scuzzy shower use.
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Sounds like a grand adventure!
Yes, we followed the ACA route through ND, with a slight detour on the eastern border. We wanted to go through the Sheyenne National Grasslands, and jigged South to do that, and navigated our way through small towns of Colfax and Abercrombie and back to the route in MN at Fergus Falls.
ND was one of our favorite states for the incredibly kind/polite drivers, the tiny towns with incredibly kind/polite people, and the pristine prairie potholes with more waterfowl than you can imagine. Lots of wind (In ND, the question isn't "will there be wind today" but "which way is the wind howling from today?). There was just something about it that was truly wonderful. I read a lot of stories about how people skip over ND, or think it is the worst state ever. For us, it was truly special. Now, truthfully, part of that had to do with how difficult our journey across MT was!
If you want to read about our trip, from west to east, just to see the terrain and what it was like, this is our travel journal: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/bend2boston
ACA maps are plenty enough.
If and when we all head out, we need to report back here, to the Adventure Cycling staff, CGOAB, Bike Forums, etc. about any supply points that didn't survive COVID.
One can pack food and water required - if they know ahead of time they need to.
That’s a good point. I’m assuming that’s coming from RV sales/campers but it does give me hope that will see lots of people on bicycles as well. Thanks, SYThe sources interveiwed for the news story I saw last week were reservation services.
We are planning to do the Northern Tier this summer starting in Anacortes, WA.
Made me laugh to see this post go from dates 2012 to 2021. ;-)It's called a Zombie Thread.
One additional thing I will point out is a difference between van supported and self-contained as far as ACA goes. For self-contained, you generally use small backpacking camp stoves (since you are carrying all group gear on bikes), which can work well but sometimes pose a few constraints/challenges. For van tours, you are generally using more of a "car camping" style set up w/ larger coleman style camp stoves that are transported in the van trailer. So you have a little bigger/more user friendly setup for cooking in the van tour context.