Bike from Ocean to Ocean
 | . | A subset of the retired FOGBEES is the Nerd Nite. While riding the bike keeps them physically, studying their Thursday lecture series delays their dementia. |
REVIEW - Part One
I don't know how he has time to do a YouTube Journal but Mark is doing it. The rest of us have used Crazy Guy on a Bike, but YouTube is an order of magnitude better. We can feel that we are on the ride. I know most of us could have never been able to do this tour. I am enjoying every minute Mark is sharing.
Wk 1: 200 Miles in Oregon -https://youtu.be/T1X2TWfm8fI I think the first 200 miles have been more difficult than he expected: Traffic on 126, a tunnel, a bus, hike-a-bike, and the Three Sisters.
Wk 2: Bend to Boise - https://youtu.be/P-H6Jo9Jxy4 This video summarizes his cycling across the eastern half of Oregon.
Wk 3: Boise to Valentine NE - https://youtu.be/Tsl35Pdl--w Off the bike: This video summarizes my ride across Idaho and skipping of Wyoming. Lots of standard tourist stuff thru Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota to Nebraska
Wk 4: Cowboy Trail - https://youtu.be/_Ropl88kWt4 This video covers Mark's ride from Valentine to Norfolk, Nebraska on the Cowboy Trail, his first “Rails-to-Trails” experience.
WK 5: Katy Trail - https://youtu.be/J19i-Pe_CgM This video covers my rides from Norfolk to Omaha, Nebraska and across Missouri’s Katy Trail.
WK 6: Ohio-to-Erie and GAP - https://youtu.be/59LqQtzR9yU This video covers the Ohio-to-Erie Trail, the Great Allegheny Passage and various trials and tribulations
WK 7A: Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Towpath - https://youtu.be/gCsKSpqg7K8 This video covers the second half of the Great Allegheny Passage and the first half of the C&O Towpath, Confluence to Harpers Ferry.
WK 7B: Week Seven (Part Two), C&O Towpath to Mount Vernon - https://youtu.be/UwR9fcfin4g This video covers the second half of the C&O Canal Towpath, DC, and my finish at Mount Vernon, VA.
FINAL REVIEW: Trip Overview, Highs & Lows - https://youtu.be/IqrRXDabGAM?si=deR-uf5fjURV2O9p
PLANNING
In preparation for his across America camping bike tour, Mark shared his planning.
Bikepacking Across America -- Planning My Route (with lots of tips & links)In this video I show all of the apps I will use for: entertainment, navigation, recording & editing this channel, weather, health and security.
I this video I lay out all of the tools I’ll be taking on my bike. (I forgot to include chain lube and tire sealant, which I will pick up in Portland.)
In this video I explain the many decisions that went into the selection of the components and the building of my tour bike, focusing on the basic parts; subsequent videos will cover the drive train and the bags. Here are links to all of the parts mentioned in this video:
In this video I explain the (somewhat controversial) decisions that went into the selection of the components of the drive train for my tour bike. It was something of a trial & error process. The next video will cover the seven bags that will be attached to the bike and how I plan to use them.
In this video I explain the decisions that went into the selection of the eight bags that are attached to the bike, the bags within those bags, the air pump, the water bottles and a couple of other odds & ends.
n this video I explain the camping and cooking equipment I expect to use along the way. This will be the last full length video before I head to Oregon/The Pacific and start pedaling!
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