I did a similar ride 10 years ago from Seattle to San Francisco. The hiker biker sites were great and super cheap. The freeways in Oregon have huge shoulders and are great to ride on. Highway 1 in California gets a little dicey, had a lot of potholes and can be washed out. It makes up for it by being beautiful. I would use 35mm tires for the rough road. Also make sure you have really good rain gear (pants and jacket) and long fenders with flaps, we had a lot of rain in oregon in the middle of summer. FYI we averaged between 13-18 mph fully loaded on the trip, might be helpful for trying to figure out timing. It was amazing though and I would happily do it again! You are gonna have a lot of fun.
On May 8, 12:44 pm, JL <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for all the great tips! Some of these will > definitely make it on our list. > > On May 7, 1:18 pm, J L <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > My friend and I are going to do a short camping/hostel tour from Portland > > Oregon to Santa Cruz CA this July. He will be on his Atlantis, and me on my > > Saluki. > > > We plan to ride the well traveled pacific coast route. Does anyone have any > > tips about places to stop, current road conditions, or the like, that could > > be passed our way? > > > Thanks- > > Jason > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
