Bike Trip Summaries
Daily Trip Blog Posts
Day 1 Phoenix-Apache Junction 30 Miles
Toronto-Phoenix started with customs insisting I take apart all of my carefully packaged bike and travel gear, right down to the last screw and energy bar. It took me most of a 1/2 hr to unpack/repack. Flight to Phoenix was late (just like the last time). Good thing...
Phoenix AZ to Albuquerque NM Bike Ride
My next bike trip - not as ambitious as the other rides where I was averaging over 100 miles/day. this one will be 400 miles over 5 days, with a couple of short days built into the front end and the backend of the ride. Once landing at Phoenix, I'll assemble my bike...
Other Trip Links
currently consolidating several sites into one - here are the links to content: Videos from Phoenix AZ to El Paso TX Blog on my solo ride across the USA
Oklahoma City OK to Corpus Christi TX Bike Ride Summary
OK, this was my most intense ride. My birthday present to myself was to pedal a solo 600 miles in six days from Oklahoma City to Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico, and here is how it rolled out: Getting There Day One - OKC to Madill Day Two - Madill to Dallas Day...
Time to go home – North Padre Island to Corpus Christi Airport
I'll be cutting this close - Take cab with dismantled bike to bike shop Pack bike into cardboard bike box check in at airport catch 12:30 flight back to Toronto So - Got to bike store, packed bike, and the box was too big for backseat or trunk of cab unpacked bike,...
Day 6 – Victoria to Corpus Christi – 100mi / 162km
It rained all night in Victoria, and was grey and drizzling in the morning. I packed the bike into the Red Bug and drove off to return the car. On the way the sun broke through and I got this: I took the rainbow to be a good omen. Enterprise RentaCar dropped me off at...
Day 5 – Austin to Victoria – 122mi / 196km by red bug
Yesterday my trip was cut short by a thunderstorm with 35 miles to go and I stopped in Taylor for the night. I spend most of the night awake, listening to the rain pelting down and thunder rolling across the sky punctuated by bursts of lighting. While I've done 140+...
Day 4 – Waco to Austin – not
Well, the day did not go as planned - I fell short because of weather, currently in Tyler, 35 miles north of Austin: It was a day of intense weather. It was raining when I left Waco, then it cleared up for a stretch. It looked like I had a clear path between two storm...
Day 3 – Dallas to Waco – 108mi / 174 km
Today was emotionally intense - 0-20 miles: It's taking forever to leave Dallas city proper. The hills take forever to pedal and the headwind is the strongest I've experienced. 20-50 miles: I'm finally in the countryside - The sound of the wind in my ears and the...
Day 2 – Madill OK to Dallas TX – 95mi / 153km
Today's ride began with ranchland and ended in Dallas suburbia. The hills smoothed out a bit, now with long, long inclines with trees on both sides which acted to funnel the headwind into something a bit stronger than if it were open fields. Missed out on rain but it...
Day One Cycling Trip – Oklahoma City OK to Madill OK – 106 mi / 171 km
Well, that was a long hot windy day Things I learned: - Day starts with a slight breeze from the south, allowing a reasonable average speed of 16+ mph. - Breeze turns into a headwind of 20mph as the day warms up and bike speed drops to 12mph and adds 2 hours to the...
In Oklahoma City
So it begins - landing at OKC airport, unpacking and assembling the bike and cycling south to Norman in preparation for 600+miles in six days. Temperature was 31C/89F with a headwind out of the south at 10mph and gusting to 20mph. I planned my daily mileage expecting...
Road sign on Leslie Street Spit
And yes, the snakes were out on the road
Saturday Ride – Toronto to BridgeNorth – 82mi/132km
My last longish ride before I fly to OKC on Thursday. Man that was cold and windy. Fortunately I had my "b man" superhero outfit with me:
Updated Texas Trip Map: Oklahoma City to Corpus Christi
Ok, I now know my daily destinations for my "600 miles in 6 days" - I fly into OKC, assemble my bike at the airport and pedal off to a Best Western. Then: Day 1 - OKC to Madill - 106 mi Day 2 - Madill to Dallas - 95 mi Day 3 - Dallas to Waco - 108 mi Day 4 - Waco to...
Toronto-Hamilton 91 mi / 145 km
As part of my ongoing prep for Texas in two weeks, today's ride from Toronto around the end of Lake Ontario to Hamilton Beach. Man that was a cold ride and the return trip from Burlington to Toronto was into a stiff wind - I kept telling myself this was good training.
Building up to 100 mi/day
Pretty happy with this loop - 65 mi @17mph in cold weather
Getting Ready for Oklahoma City to Corpus Christi – 600 miles in six days
It's february in Toronto and it's snowing outside. My birthday present to myself is to pedal Texas this May, North to South, starting in OKC, passing through Dallas and Waco on the way to Corpus Christ on the Gulf of Mexico. I've already done Texas west to east as...