I recently got a sweet new ride: a Kona Rove DL (see the naming contest below!) customized by Freeze Thaw Cycles! As many of you know, I crossed the country by bicycle in 2005. I’m retiring in August and hitting the roads west to CA, then down the Pacific Coast, and back through the Southern states. Mixing in Amtrak where there are gaps to be jumped (late start and all) and weather or wildfires to be avoided. I’m trying to hit all the CONUS states I haven’t ridden in yet. In the pic, grey states are done, orange are on the way west, and green the southerly return. Very approximate route is in red.
How long? I dunno. A good, long, retiree’s while? As opposed to my 2005 trip when I had a deadline to get back to work, I’m much more free this time, and even better, I’m making my own rules which pretty much means there aren’t any rules.
Dana is starting with me for a couple of weeks and we’ll be leaving from Morgantown, WV, bypassing the PA & MD hills (no rules, remember?!).
On the 2005 trip, I rode another Kona, Jake the Snake and pulled a BoB trailer. In the blog for that ride, I used “Jake” and “Bob” as personifications of my two riding “partners.”
The Rove doesn’t have it’s own moniker yet. Any suggestions? A beer or two or bottle of wine to the best idea (“RoveR” is already nixed).
The adventure begins Aug 7.