Cycling Across North America. Cycle Publishing, 2000.
Format: 5˝ x ˝ inch trade paperback
Description: 272 pages with 100 maps and 50 black & white photographs
Where to go and what to see
Travel with the prevailing wind
The best routes and stopping places
Experience America in all its diversity
Go all the way or select a bite-size section to suit your needs
There’s a spectacular variety of scenery between the Pacific and the Atlantic, and traversed by bike, it’s the experience of a lifetime. Let Lue and Shannon Christian show you how to get from one side of the North American continent to the other by the most pleasant route.
There’ll still be mountain passes to take and long stretches, but they’ve cut up the entire trip into manageable sections and found the most enjoyable way to get a good cross section of American geography and culture. Let the authors show you how to get your wheels wet in the Atlantic and the Pacific — and see everything in between
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$16.95
Bicycling the Atlantic Coast - A Complete Route Guide, Florida to Maine. The Mountaineers Books, 1993, reprinted 2002. If you're a cyclist with an itch for adventure, here is one trip that will satisfy your travel bug. This guide combines the rewards of cycling with the delight of discovering 15 Eastern states. From the flatlands of the south, through picturesque New England, past scores of intriguing places, these are some of the most memorable and enriching miles you will pedal anywhere. This guide divides the 2,700-mile tour into legs of varying lengths. The guide includes:
Point-to-point route descriptions and maps
Daily mileage logs
Information on campling, lodging, and food
Bike repair shops
Safety tips
Optional side trips to historic and natural points of interest.
62-1999BA
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$12.71
Bicycling Coast to Coast - A Complete Route Guide Virginia to Oregon. The Mountaineers Books, 1996. Grab your helment, check your tire pressure, and prepare for the ride of your life! Author and veteran cyclist Donna Lynn Ikenberry pedaled across the USA, and now she is giving you the inside scoop on how to get the most out of your trip. Donna takes you through 10 states: Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon. Based on the Adventure Cycling Association's popular Transamerica Bicycle Route (click here for information on the map set for the route) the tour is broken into 77 day trips, which can either be enjoyed on their own or linked together for a coast-to-coast trip.
The definitive guide to cross-country cycling.
Daily rides combine to span more than 4,000 miles coast to coast.
Includes 62 maps, 100 black/white photos and 8 pages of full-color images.
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$14.41
Bicycling the Pacific Coast. The Mountaineers Books, 2005. From Vancouver, British Columbia, to the Mexican border, the authors guide you turn by turn along the length of the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route - all 1987.3 miles. Everything you need to know about planning each day's ride is included in this updated guide: from tunnel-riding stategies and where to buy a new derailer to one-of-a-kind museums along the way and side trips to lonely lighthouses and towering sand dunes.
Bike the coast in one trip or four separate adventures.
Suggested daily itineraries for 42 days, avering 52 miles, with detailed road maps and elevation profiles.
Table of Essentials for each daily itinerary, listing available bike shops, beach access, hiking trails, youth hostels, and activities.
Road directions, points of interest, available restrooms and provisions, all built into the daily mileage logs.
62-1999BP
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$14.41
Cycle Europe: 20 Tours, 20 Countries. MBI, 2004. Most guides to bicycling Europe are filled with very general practical information and describe routes in a long-winded narrative format, impractical for most cyclists. This book differs from its predecessors by featuring:
Detailed information for 7- to 10-day tours in 10 countries.
Route descriptions in the form of precise, turn-by-turn 'cue sheets' detailed with notable landmarks.
Detailed information for each tour, including historical overviews of regions, food and lodging accommodations to suit any budget.
Detailed contact information.
66-2295CE
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$19.95
Cycling the Great Divide - From Canada to Mexico on America's Premier Long-Distance Mountain Bike Route. The Mountaineers Books & Adventure Cycling Association, 2000. What could be more adventurous than bicycling the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico, following little-used roads where you encounter more deer and elk than people? Here is the very first guide to the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route - by an expert that helped to create it. Michael McCoy breaks the ride into 62 days, in four suggested trips of two to three weeks.
For through-riders and segment riders alike.
Route descriptions include day's mileage, terrain, scenic and historic highlights, camping or in-town accommodations, access to food and water.
