rail trails across USA
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Mr. Coffee
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- A Demented Corner of the North Cascades
Watched that a couple weeks ago and recognized my old stomping grounds--up Douglas Creek. Boy, has that road deteriorated! I think they must've rode up the Rock Island Grade or maybe the Blue Grade to get up from Wenatchee to the top of Douglas Cr. Then down it, up Moses Coulee and on south to hit the railroad trail.
There are no plug ins handy for much of their route.
It's a very good video though.
john peck
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Wish someone could post a map of that route. I´m familiar with some of it, but missing a few stretches. I´m
a busted up old rounder, but I´d like to try a supported electric version. I´m looking at the Mount Hood loop
as well. Whose for taking a ride?
Mr. Coffee
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Here ya go:
2020 XWA Route Covid Edition-V2
678.1 mi, +46060 ft. Bike ride in Clallam County, WA
Note that the route in the video was not the same. I think it is interesting to me because it points out some interesting ways you could produce a good cross-state biking route without depending on the Beverly Bridge and some of the difficult stretches in far eastern WA.
In particular if you have extra batteries an Ellensburg - Wenatchee - Ephrata - Ritzville route looks doable. From Ritzville you could either go through Cheney and take the Centennial Trail through Spokane or reconnect with the Palouse to Cascades route.
Akrotiri
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What a nasty and rude comment.
Personal attacks like that have no place on EBR.
This is a friendly forum.
Please refrain from making personal attacks against other members, thank you.
Those guys in the video, took a very round about way to avoid highways, I think. For example, they added quite a climb in the Wenatchee to Moses Lake bit, by going up onto the Waterville Plateau and then back down Douglas Cr. into Moses Coulee, then climbing back up the Three Devils to get out of the Coulee. It's worth it though, to stay off the highways. Makes me wonder if the Palisades Store is open again. That would be a few miles out of the way, but a potential charging up spot. The school, which is next to it, might have an outside outlet.
I would need to get another battery before taking on an expedition. I'm not even sure how far I'd get on one battery. Those climbs are battery suckers.
Art Deco
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RV-Friendly Multi-Day Bicycling Events in the US
James and I got into RVing because of our cycling thing. I’ve told the story many times and won’t bore you with it again, but basically, our first RV started out as a convenient rolling bathroom for cycling events. While we’ve branched out from our early RV-is-just-a-convenient-bathroom days, at...
www.thefitrv.com
These are both RV and bike friendly events with open dates across the USA. Most are probably not eBike friendly, but worth checking out.
Art Deco
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RV-Friendly Multi-Day Bicycling Events in the US
James and I got into RVing because of our cycling thing. I’ve told the story many times and won’t bore you with it again, but basically, our first RV started out as a convenient rolling bathroom for cycling events. While we’ve branched out from our early RV-is-just-a-convenient-bathroom days, at...
www.thefitrv.com
These are both RV and bike friendly events with open dates across the USA. Most are probably not eBike friendly, but worth checking out. I like the one with a whiskey tour on bikes.
Bourbon Country Burn
The Bourbon Country® Burn is a three-day, fully-supported bicycle tour of the bourbon distilleries and thoroughbred horse farms of Kentucky. Limited to 500 people.
www.bourboncountryburn.com
