OK Gang,
Here's the deal: 60 something, retired, bored (fixed up the house, got my kid set up in a coop, all responsibilities are over) want to have an adventure before starting my second career, wife is flexible, money not a problem. She likes to travel 1st class and we can and do, but I can sleep anywhere. Eagle Scout and former assistant scoutmaster so I can rough it.
Considering biking the Lincoln Highway, SOLO, New York to San Francisco (yeah, it's the wrong way, but I 'm listening to Horace Greeley).
My present bikes are a Cinelli road bike (triple crank and stem extender, certainly a sacrilege, until you get older), Rocky Mountain carbon fiber MTB, Surley Moonlander (for all the Long Island beaches) and an assortment of trash picked bikes for my son and his friends who's bikes are always stolen in Brooklyn. Do centuries regularly so I'm not worried about stamina.
What suggestions do you have for me regarding:
Choice of bike and set up
Equipment to carry and what is the good stuff
Logistics
And anything you think I need to know
My plan is to travel light with not a lot of food, but a stove and cooking gear if needed
I'm hoping I can bivvy, like back in the 60's without anyone noticing
Thanks,
Bruce
Here's the deal: 60 something, retired, bored (fixed up the house, got my kid set up in a coop, all responsibilities are over) want to have an adventure before starting my second career, wife is flexible, money not a problem. She likes to travel 1st class and we can and do, but I can sleep anywhere. Eagle Scout and former assistant scoutmaster so I can rough it.
Considering biking the Lincoln Highway, SOLO, New York to San Francisco (yeah, it's the wrong way, but I 'm listening to Horace Greeley).
My present bikes are a Cinelli road bike (triple crank and stem extender, certainly a sacrilege, until you get older), Rocky Mountain carbon fiber MTB, Surley Moonlander (for all the Long Island beaches) and an assortment of trash picked bikes for my son and his friends who's bikes are always stolen in Brooklyn. Do centuries regularly so I'm not worried about stamina.
What suggestions do you have for me regarding:
Choice of bike and set up
Equipment to carry and what is the good stuff
Logistics
And anything you think I need to know
My plan is to travel light with not a lot of food, but a stove and cooking gear if needed
I'm hoping I can bivvy, like back in the 60's without anyone noticing
Thanks,
Bruce