Our epic voyage West to East USA. Several years before we rode this epic route, Stef watched a documentary of a TV presenter who rode and documented his Trans America trip.
This inspired Stef to put it on his bucket list.
Of course I couldn’t let him go alone so we planned to ride it in 2020.
Then came the COVID 19 Pandemic just as we were ready to start…. We postponed until 2022 and this is the blog I wrote, mainly for my father’s benefit as he is not on social media.
21.39 km. 149m ascent. 1h07 ride time The last leg of our epic TransAmerica Trail, just 21 km along the beautiful parkway. Quite fitting to end the TransAmerica Trail after 76 days as it was made in ‘76 and is named ‘Route 76’ We have ridden 7,131 Km and climbed 59,500m on this trip We…
This was a great idea that saved us a lot of hassle when Stef had 2 broken spokes A mobile bike repair. Jimmy’s mobile bike repair He came out to the motel to fix the wheel with his mobile workshop and only charged $35 for the job
80.35km. 312m ascent. 3h42 ride time Super easy ride today bringing us so close to the end of our trip across the USA. (We still have 310km to ride up to Washington DC, but that is an extra) Most of the ride was on the dedicated cycle path and we have not met as many…
112.38 km. 625m ascent. 5h14 ride time We left our Warmshowers host after a leisurely coffee with Fred on the deck as the sun rose. It was an easy ride today as we approach the end of our trip. We now have less than 100km left to ride 🤩. We will take 2 days to…
95.87km. 929m. 4h51 ride time Great name for a place Bumpass 🤣. We left the route for the last 25km to come to our Warmshowers host here at Bumpass, which is an old farm. The Virginia countryside was a little less inspiring today compared to the last days but a relatively flat, hot and humid…
60.20km. 714m ascent. 3h23 ride time A relatively short day today to bring us to our Warmshowers host and time to visit Thomas Jefferson’s house. We’ll worth the visit. Stopped for coffee at Wyants Store, which has been there since the dawn of time and had a great conversation with the Liars Club. At first…
86.47km. 1,435m. 5h04 ride time We left the beautiful town of Lexington to ride 30km gently uphill to the big climb Vesuvius was the big climb today. It’s the toughest on the TransAmerica Trail, it starts with 3km at 11-18% then goes 3km more at 8-12%. Really enjoyed it though 🤩 At the top we…
78.92 km. 504m ascent. 4h01 ride time An easy day today to bring us to Lexington as we have the hardest climb ahead of us tomorrow: Vesuvius up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. We set off in pouring rain 💦😓 but it wasn’t cold and by lunchtime the rain stopped. We also bumped into Matt…
90.13km. 1,044m ascent. 4h16 ride time (I’ve been miscounting so no day 69!) What a beautiful ride today! It was supposed to be downhill, but we still had over 1,000m ascent with all the little ramps we climbed. The Roanoke Valley is really beautiful. Apart from that the day was uneventful and we are now…
127.57 km. 1,411m ascent. 6h02 ride time Despite a good night’s sleep in the bunkhouse, I wasn’t in good form today. I don’t know why, but I had no power in my legs. Anyway the ride was generally downhill even though we actually climbed over 1,400m The first part of the day was beautiful, the…