General Discussion / Re: Boston to LA . August to October 2018 . SIM card?....
« on: August 15, 2019, 06:15:21 am »I'll be in some of the similar areas you were planning on travelling.
Thank you
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My ride is now taking shape... I've booked my flights and have 89 days to to LA from Boston via Nashville..... taking in some places along the way that were significant to Johnny Cash....
I'll be wanting a SIM card for three months with a decent data allowance to keep my blog going and be able to get in contact with warm showers hosts, google maps etc.....
Any recommendations for a SIM deal for Johnny Foreigner visiting the USA please?...
Maybe that's the problem...we are in 'training' mode and waking up, having breakfast and then biking 20-25 miles and then back in the house by 9:30 AM, before it gets too hot and really not taking breaks, along the way......It seems to me my body doesn't like stop and go and stop and go and stop and go.....I might need an attitude adjustment
How much of my money could I get back? How quickly could I sell it? If I knew I could sell the bike easily-- and for a decent percentage of what I paid-- I'd feel more comfortable spending more.
Speaking of steep, here's a route from outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSM) to Nashville, with a couple of options on how to get over the state line from Robbinsville: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30047819
Leiper's Fork at the western end is a half a mile from the Natchez Trace Parkway, which is a good cycling road that'll lead you into western Nashville. You could also take the road from Cherokee, NC into Gatlinburg, TN (except on a weekend or holiday -- stay away then!), come over the ridge and down to Townsend, down the road to the Foothills Parkway, and pick up the Nashville route on U.S. 129 to TN 72.
Let me know what you're interested in and I may be able to help with more specific recommendations.
You might be interested in either the Savanah River Route or the Walter Ezell route for riding from the Charleston area northwest across South Carolina if you are aiming for Nashville.
Hey Hobbes, thanks again for the great suggestions! Some of these are thoughts I've had, which you summarized / organized in a way that's really helpful. The idea of doing a short "shakedown" loop to see how bike feels is a good one I hadn't considered.
The guy you mentioned in Amsterdam-- curious if it's this fellow: http://www.janhoedje-haarlem.nl/?page_id=27247. Saw one of his posts in a CraigsList type site, and it looks like he has a pretty great selection. (And a chance to get a Rohloff- equipped bike for < $2k? Awesome!). Of course this is Holland-- there may be a dozen businesses just like his.