A recent investigation into a non-car method to get to a CR event in North Carolina with a bicycle revealed that multiple long-distance Amtrak routes now permit bicycles, not only as checked baggage, but as assembled vehicles in carry-on storage:
https://www.amtrak.com/onboard/baggage-policy/baggage-special-items.html In California, the Capitol Corridor line (Bay Area-Sacramento) has allowed carry-on bike storage for normal-sized bikes (no tandems or Xtracycles) for years, but this expansion to long-haul lines like the California Zephyr (Oakland-Chicago), the Coast Starlight (LA-Seattle), the Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle) opens up a lot of options. Coming from Michigan, my hunch is that a combination of the Blue Water (Port Huron-Chicago) or the Wolverine (Pontiac-Chicago) - whichever one goes through your local station - plus the California Zephyr will get you to Colorado (Denver and Grand Junction, at least) with your bike in a couple of days. Long trips on a train are a real adventure. They're sort of a more modest land-based version of crossing the Atlantic on a steamship. You can see the scenery, but you don't really stop anywhere long enough to get off, so you stay on the train until you get to your destination, and hang out with the other passengers. Peter Adler who went from Oakland>Seattle>Minneapolis>Chicago>Denver>Sparks (when the train had to be replaced)>Oakland in 1995 for a wedding In Madison, WI, with other side trips in Minneapolis, Chicago and Denver and had a great time Berkeley, CA On Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 12:40:16 PM UTC-8 aeroperf wrote: I personally think you’re slightly crazy for going for this one, but, ahh, youth. It appears to be a well-run event. Since you’ve mentioned before about taking the bike on AMTRAK to get to/from events, the California Zephyr goes from Chicago to Denver. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e56b976a-3cbc-461b-ad74-5e9497dd9797n%40googlegroups.com.
