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General Discussion / Re: BEST Route across USA
« on: May 15, 2011, 12:29:45 pm »
Hi Muz,
Solo biking in the US is great fun and I found it very safe - I was a solo female bicyclist. Last summer I travelled from Vancouver to the Mexican border by myself and never had a day where I felt unsafe. I camped the whole way too. On your own you'll find lots of people will chat to you - both bikers and locals. The only thing I didn't do was camp off-road (i.e. not in a campsite) as I felt this would end in one of those "don't do it" horror-type movies!! Very few big cities along this route aside from SF, LA and San Diego.
I can't recommend the Highway 1/101 route highly enough - I'd a great time! I took about 3 months to cycle it and, at that, did it at a leisurely pace. I took some side trips too - into Portland, OR and some much needed time in wine country north of San Fran. Just to note, from a timing perspective, once you get to southern CA, they'll rarely let you stay longer than 1 day in a hiker/biker site because of the problem with vagrants. So, the southern end of this trip went by really quick.
Budget-wise....well, here's my 2 cents worth! Campsites ranged from $20 (very rarely) to $10 (more frequently than I'd like) to $3 (and it' was here I usually stayed an extra night!). Lunch + coffee was my main cost of the day as I usually cooked for myself for breakfast and dinner.
If you decide on this route, feel free to get back to me with any questions you've got.
Best of luck!
Solo biking in the US is great fun and I found it very safe - I was a solo female bicyclist. Last summer I travelled from Vancouver to the Mexican border by myself and never had a day where I felt unsafe. I camped the whole way too. On your own you'll find lots of people will chat to you - both bikers and locals. The only thing I didn't do was camp off-road (i.e. not in a campsite) as I felt this would end in one of those "don't do it" horror-type movies!! Very few big cities along this route aside from SF, LA and San Diego.
I can't recommend the Highway 1/101 route highly enough - I'd a great time! I took about 3 months to cycle it and, at that, did it at a leisurely pace. I took some side trips too - into Portland, OR and some much needed time in wine country north of San Fran. Just to note, from a timing perspective, once you get to southern CA, they'll rarely let you stay longer than 1 day in a hiker/biker site because of the problem with vagrants. So, the southern end of this trip went by really quick.
Budget-wise....well, here's my 2 cents worth! Campsites ranged from $20 (very rarely) to $10 (more frequently than I'd like) to $3 (and it' was here I usually stayed an extra night!). Lunch + coffee was my main cost of the day as I usually cooked for myself for breakfast and dinner.
If you decide on this route, feel free to get back to me with any questions you've got.
Best of luck!
