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General Discussion / Re: Long distance trip alone?
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:33:58 pm »
Thank you so much Gypsysue!  It really makes me feel good when I hear people enjoying my blog and following it. I appreciate the comment!

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General Discussion / Re: Long distance trip alone?
« on: January 29, 2012, 02:01:36 am »
I'm in the middle of the Southern Tier alone. If you want to follow my blog it's: becksbiketrip.blogspot.com. I'm doing it for a nonprofit in Haiti and its been great so far. 1200 miles in!

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Gear Talk / Re: Bike Mirror
« on: December 16, 2011, 08:42:48 am »
Thanks for the info everyone!  I'm leaning towards a bar end mirror so it's easy to get used to and not too distracting.  I appreciate the advice!

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Gear Talk / Re: Bike Mirror
« on: December 15, 2011, 11:37:00 am »
I've never used one but I also only ride in a quiet town with very little traffic so I've never needed one.  I didn't really think about one until I read some posts about needing one on tour, mainly for the 2-lane highways and what not.  I would just as soon not get one but thought it might be a safety hazard to go without one?

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Gear Talk / Bike Mirror
« on: December 15, 2011, 11:17:14 am »
I'm having trouble deciding on a bike mirror to get.  I leave on the ST in a little under a month and a mirror is basically all I have left to get.  The mirror that attaches to the top of the handlebar doesn't work with my bike because it has no gap for it.  The bar end mirror could work but doesn't seem like it would work that well but I've never used it so I'm not positive.  I looked at one that attaches to sunglasses but again not sure.  Please let me know if you have any ideas or experience!  Thanks!

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Erick,

I'll pass you somewhere along the way!  I'm headed east to west from St. Augustine starting Jan 11

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General Discussion / Re: Southern Tier March and April 2012
« on: December 05, 2011, 04:56:06 pm »
I'll be close to the finish line in San Diego around the beginning of March.  Leaving St. Augustine on January 11th.  If you are interested, my blog will be becksbiketrip.blogspot.com   I'm doing the ride to raise money for a non-profit, Executives Without Borders.  Hope to see you on the ride!

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Routes / Re: Southern Tier accommodation questions
« on: December 02, 2011, 10:31:03 am »
I'll be headed out on the same route on January 11th from St. Augustine.  When were you thinking of leaving?

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Routes / Re: Best way (cheapest) to get bike and gear to the route start
« on: November 21, 2011, 10:06:31 am »
Thank you for the info!  Just bought a plane ticket on Southwest so now I just have to choose the path for the bike...southwest, amtrak, greyhound, ups, fedex   thanks again for all the help!

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Routes / Re: Best way (cheapest) to get bike and gear to the route start
« on: November 19, 2011, 11:15:01 am »
I leaning towards flying Southwest and probably shipping the bike via Greyhound express packaging.
If flying Southwest, why not just fly with the bike?  For $50 the bike will be at the baggage claim rather than some bus station probably across town somewhere.  It is pretty nice to just ride out of the airport in my experience.

If not flying with the bike I would just pick the airline with the best price.  Remember to factor in baggage charges though.

What would I have to do to the bike to get it in a correct size box?  I was hoping for minimal deconstruction too...but I'm being a little unrealistic i think

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Routes / Re: Best way (cheapest) to get bike and gear to the route start
« on: November 19, 2011, 07:38:23 am »


Are you sure about that? The Amtrak website shows Providence as having checked baggage service AND bike boxes for sale:
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=PVD

And if for some reason the site is lying, I can think of a closer station than New York Penn that has baggage service: Boston South Station.

Yeah it's weird.  The website says Providence definitely has checked baggage and I even called and they said bike boxes and checked baggage is available, yet when I go to the booking page for train trips...none of the trains offer checked baggage.  Couldn't get to the bottom of it either.  Good idea with Boston though...hate going north to go south but it would be closer.

I leaning towards flying Southwest and probably shipping the bike via Greyhound express packaging.  They seem to be cheaper than a UPS or FedEx, but still hunting which way is best for the price: ups, fedex, greyhound, or plane

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General Discussion / Re: Why is it so difficult to find front racks?
« on: November 18, 2011, 08:25:25 am »
Thanks!  I would love to buy from Adventure...but not exactly cheap and I'm not exactly rich!  I'm doing this trip to raise money for a non-profit and I don't have the funds to get the nicest stuff out there unfortunately

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General Discussion / Why is it so difficult to find front racks?
« on: November 17, 2011, 04:51:53 pm »
Does anyone have any helpful info on where to get relatively cheap front racks to hold panniers?  It seems like all I can ever find is a rear rack :(

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Routes / Re: Best way (cheapest) to get bike and gear to the route start
« on: November 16, 2011, 01:17:29 pm »
Thanks for all the helpful info!  I will be traveling and riding the tour myself to raise money for a non-profit my good friend works for.  I have looked into Amtrak but for some reason the station in Providence, RI doesn't have baggage so I would need a ride to Penn Station in NY.  Both Amtrak and Southwest go into Jacksonville, so I'll have to get to St. Augustine, about an hour away in a car.  I plan on calling Southwest today, thanks again for the help!

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