The 73-mile circumnavigation of Lake Tahoe, self-proclaimedly "America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride," was our first and last training ride. And man, are we pumped. Our plan to bike the lake in one day developed instead into a 3-day camping trip. Things we learned:
-Biking with racks and 40-pound panniers is quite different from biking on "naked" bikes.
-Biking at 7000 feet elevation is quite different from biking at sea level.
-Lake Tahoe is too beautiful to rush around in a day anyway. That's so auto.
Now, strengthened by our long and gruelling training season, we await departure from the Bay Area via the Coast Starlight at twilight tomorrow. The wheels will start turning in an easterly direction (click on the map above to see our route) at daybreak on Thursday, June 19th. , and check back for brief but live updates via text message (yes, it's embarrassing--and true!) thereafter...
And now, the moment we've all been waiting for: bon voyage to us and happy summer to you!
-Biking with racks and 40-pound panniers is quite different from biking on "naked" bikes.
-Biking at 7000 feet elevation is quite different from biking at sea level.
-Lake Tahoe is too beautiful to rush around in a day anyway. That's so auto.
Now, strengthened by our long and gruelling training season, we await departure from the Bay Area via the Coast Starlight at twilight tomorrow. The wheels will start turning in an easterly direction (click on the map above to see our route) at daybreak on Thursday, June 19th. , and check back for brief but live updates via text message (yes, it's embarrassing--and true!) thereafter...
And now, the moment we've all been waiting for: bon voyage to us and happy summer to you!
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