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TransAmerica day 20

TransAmTrail2022-05-23

Darby to Wisdom. 93km 1,192m ascent Today we left our Warmshowers host Curtis to go over the Chief…

TransAmerica day 19

TransAmTrail2022-05-22

Missoula to Darby 96km. 490m ascent An easy and not particularly inspiring ride today, at least until we…

TransAmerica day 18

TransAmTrail2022-05-21

Lochsa to Missoula 105km. 710m ascent Today started again with a climb this time up to 1600m so…

TransAmerica day 17

TransAmTrail2022-05-20

Lowell to Lochsa 106km. 717m ascent Another grotty day ahead. Although it didn’t start raining immediately it did…

TransAmerica day 16

TransAmTrail2022-05-19

White Bird to Lowell. 108km. 1209m ascent Our biggest climb so far. Straight out of White Bird and…

Some useless information

TransAmTrail2022-05-18

We have been following the Little Salmon River which runs into the Salmon River These are 2 of…

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May232022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 20

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-23 Leave a comment

Darby to Wisdom. 93km 1,192m ascent Today we left our Warmshowers host Curtis to go over the Chief Joseph pass. Our highest pass so far at 2,216m The first 2 hours were gentle climbing to Sula where we had a last coffee (also the last chance to top up on water and food before Wisdom)…

May222022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 19

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-22 Leave a comment

Missoula to Darby 96km. 490m ascent An easy and not particularly inspiring ride today, at least until we got onto the old Darby road after ~65km of riding a tarred but rough cycle track next to Highway 93 We picnicked off the highway with provisions bought on the road At least today we had no…

May212022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 18

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-21 Leave a comment

Lochsa to Missoula 105km. 710m ascent Today started again with a climb this time up to 1600m so our highest peak so far Unfortunately the views were nothing to write about as everything was covered by clouds. It was cold but at least dry. After a warmup and some coffee it was downhill for the…

May202022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 17

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-20 Leave a comment

Lowell to Lochsa 106km. 717m ascent Another grotty day ahead. Although it didn’t start raining immediately it did start earlier than forecast 😓 Today was 1 long ride upstream and surprisingly hard 105km with no chance to freewheel. Even though the grade was seldom greater than 2% it was a slog The biggest compensation was…

May192022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 16

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-19 Leave a comment

White Bird to Lowell. 108km. 1209m ascent Our biggest climb so far. Straight out of White Bird and up the old 95 for 873m with no flat road for 2.5 hrs 😅 Rich did end up with a goat head in his tyre but after pulling it out the tube self sealed and we were…

May182022

TransAmTrail

Some useless information

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-18 Leave a comment

We have been following the Little Salmon River which runs into the Salmon River These are 2 of the so called ‘free flowing’ rivers left in the State of Idaho A free flowing river is one that has no dams on it. We are also riding the Highway 95 which happens to be the only…

May172022

TransAmTrail

Losing weight

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-17 Leave a comment

It has become painfully obvious that I am carrying too much weight and am too slow up the hills As the climbs here are almost always long, much longer than we are used to in Belgium, it has been slowing our progress somewhat. Luckily Rich also wanted to dump some stuff he offered to send…

May172022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica progress report

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-17 Leave a comment

Astoria to Riggins 15 days in We arrived early at Riggins which has given us time to take a look at our progress and make sure we are near our 85km/day average We have covered 1,202km with 5,536 left to go. This gives us an average of 85.7km/day which is spot on our schedule! We…

May172022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 14

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-17 Leave a comment

Evergreen campsite to Riggins Just a gentle climb before 70km of almost all downhill. We are making 2 short days to gather our power reserves before the BIG climb out of White Bird which takes us 980m We had 10km to to where we should be able to get breakfast. Closed except the weekend but…

TransAmerica day 13

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-17 Leave a comment

Brownlee to Evergreen campground No power in my legs today, no idea why but they were not doing well Straight after an enormous breakfast burrito which even I didn’t manage to finish After the 650m / 7km climb we went back down to about the same height and then had 60km of gentle climb to…

May152022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 12

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-15 Leave a comment

Richland to Brownlee reservoir At last we get to cross the state line and get into Idaho. With a new time zone: Mountain time, which is 1 hour ahead of Oregon Tonight was to be our first camping night as the weather has improved, no rain forecast and above 5C at night. Unfortunately, although we…

May142022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 11

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-14 Leave a comment

Baker City to Richland Following 2 hard days in the saddle we needed a lighter load today to ensure we didn’t burn out so early in the trip Just 70km and more descent than climb was the ride for today. Of course it did start with a little climb 🚵‍♀️ Because we basically only had…

May132022

TransAmTrail

John Day to Baker City

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-13 Leave a comment

Our biggest ride so far and after a big one yesterday, today was the hardest. 3 peaks of over 1,600m and 130km. What we did have is a magnificent backdrop of clear skies and snow covered mountains to occupy our minds as we crawled up the, not too steep climbs. After the 3 peaks we…

May122022

TransAmTrail

Mitchell to John Day

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-12 2 Comments

A big day because there was nothing except campings between the two towns and our sleeping bags are good to about +4-5C. The weather has been uncharacteristically cold for Oregon this time of year so we are waiting to camp until the weather is better 😉 Lunch at the John Day fossil museum but we…

May112022

TransAmTrail

Prineville to Mitchell

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-11 1 Comment

Only 75km, so a relatively short ride but the first 50 we’re uphill! Not steep but long It was a great ride up with little or no traffic so we could enjoy the scenery and concentrate on our efforts After a much steeper descent WS had a short climb to Mitchell and our bike hostel…

May112022

TransAmTrail

WS in Prineville

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-11 Leave a comment

Our hosts are up in Quebec making their Maple Syrup but let us stay anyway! We were offered the sauna out back in their garden. As the weather forecast was for-4C we lit the fire in the sauna before going out to dinner to be sure the stones kept us warm during the night Supper…

May82022

TransAmTrail

Snow stops ride

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-08 2 Comments

We have stopped at the general store to take a weather check and it is not good. Only 1 lane in each direction and no hard shoulder so definitely not a risk worth taking We are at 400m here and it looks like the snow line is at 500. The pass is 1450m We are…

May82022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 5

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-08 2 Comments

Today was relatively easy. We had uphill all the way but a gentle tail wind pretty much negated the gentle ascent. It’s the 4 day of almost continuous rain so we are ready for some better weather After 22km I got our first puncture. Luckily the rain eased up for me to fix it. Funnily…

May82022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 4

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-08 Leave a comment

A flat ride up the valley we thought, no need to set off early we thought, it will be a doddle / an easy day we thought WRONG We had gale force headwinds for 103 km! Luckily we had a WarmShowers host waiting for us in Eugene. We were royally treated by Jens and Shelly…

May62022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 3

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-06 2 Comments

Miserable! We set off in pouring rain and 5C so we weren’t too motivated but as we have a time limit on this trip we have no choice but to ride We started on the scenic old 101 which was deserted of traffic and really beautiful with huge lichen covered trees all around After that…

May52022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 2

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-05 Leave a comment

Today we hoped to take the Bay Ocean Road which has been closed due to landslides. Unfortunately it is still closed after all the years So we cut across on the 131 and went back down to the coast. Big trees and big views were the order of the day before a steep 3km climb…

May42022

TransAmTrail

TransAmerica day 1

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-04 Leave a comment

Overnight in a typical motel with zero sound insulation. We had to share a bed, which is not a problem but we had trucks driving through our room all night 🥲 Breakfast in the local café then back to the museum which is the official start of the TransAmerica Trail Let the adventure begin! Really…

TransAmerica getting to the start

TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-05-04 Leave a comment

Train down to from Seattle to Kelso where we jumped on our bikes to follow the Highway 30 to Astoria. We planned to use some of the side roads to avoid traffic but they were more hilly and not always sealed so in the end we stuck to highway. There was a lot of traffic,…

Jan302022

Defender

Defender reversing light

DefenderBy Piers 2022-01-30 Leave a comment

Today I added a new reversing light to my Land Rover Defender. As any Land Rover owner will tell you, ALL original lights are, at best, feeble and rather useless. I have already changed the head lights (another post to follow for that). Today H4 bulbs are equivalent to candles on horse-drawn carriages, so I…

Jan292022

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UncategorizedBy Piers 2022-01-29 Leave a comment

pierseyrewalker Lolo pass visitor center. Glad to be offered a hot Only in Montana (so far) #moose #montana #lolopass The old 95 out of White Bird. If you like climbing White Bird Riding out of Hells Canyon. As you all know Hells Just up from our campsite 🏕 The road today on our TransAmerica. #transamerica…

Jan292022

health

Is the Coronalert app worth installing?

healthBy Piers 2022-01-29 Leave a comment

This is the message I received today at 07:30. Yesterday was ‘green’ (no contact up to now) so if it takes 6 days for a contamination warning to get through I could easily have infected literally hundreds of people by the time I get the message! Luckily I know where the contamination comes from and…

TransAmTrail

road biking, tour biking, TransAmTrailBy Piers 2022-01-28 Leave a comment

This is the space reserved for our epic Trans America Trial ride due to start on 2022-05-01. The official Adventure Cycling Association Trams America Trail is 6,788 km long and entails 66,231m of ascent, this will be our route, and we will be looking in on the Association when we pass by. We are using…