SW U.S.

This was a heck of a ride on a variety of roads. First, the portion on Old Highway 80 was great. Not the smoothest road surface, but almost zero traffic. Second, on Interstate 8, there was an outstanding and very wide road shoulder for bicycles. This was a heck of a downhill at 6% over 7 miles.…

This was one of our hardest rides ever. We had relative heat in the first half of the ride and devoured the heat tablets we use in our water bottles like they were candy. And the climbing felt never ending. For the first time in my memory since Japan in the early 90s, I had some muscle cramping. Fo…

This is the first day of our tour that will hopefully, if we survive it, get us from San Diego to Austin Tx, and maybe elsewhere. For almost the entire ride, we were on either bicycle path or heavily trafficked roads with bike lanes. So, all things considered, not a bad way to ride through a majo…

Dies war eine Marathonfahrt von 90 Meilen durch eine wunderschöne Landschaft. Ein Großteil der Straße hatte einen ausgezeichneten Seitenstreifen, aber es gab einen einigermaßen langen Abschnitt in der Mitte, der wenig oder gar keinen Seitenstreifen hatte. Die Fahrt führte durch landwirtschaftliche…

Much of this short ride section was on the shoulder of I-10. Noisy, buy not bad...except that we had a gail force side wind for the first few miles. Very scenic countryside after crossing the Colorado River into Arizona..

Today’s ride was a relative pleasure given the side and slightly head winds, which were relatively gentle compared to what we’ve been experiencing in the past few days. The route for the first ten miles or so was particularly noisy as we were on the I-10 wide shoulder with all the traff…

Wir fuhren heute durch eine sehr flache Wüstenlandschaft, wobei die einzigen wirklich wahrnehmbaren Höhenunterschiede der letzte Abschnitt der Fahrt war, der ein wenig hinauf und dann ein wenig hinab nach Wickenburg ging. Virtuell die gesamte Strecke hatte einen guten Seitenstreifen, obwohl ein gro…

All riding today had good should except for the last mile or so. US 60 east of Wickenburg was very heavy traffic, but with the good shoulder, it was not a problem; only noisy. AZ 74 was much better with good shoulder and relatively little traffic. Getting onto Lake Pleasant Parkway in Peoria, there…

This was a short easy ride with great cycling path and bike lanes within the Phoenix metropolitan area. The first ten miles or so was on excellent cycling path along an irrigation canal. After that, we were pretty much only on roads with very well-marked bike lanes.

The first 37 miles of this ride were on urban streets or cycling paths. Only when going onto AZ-87 did we finally get into some countryside. The roads and cycling paths were excellent in the urban areas. Only the first three miles or so of Scottsdale Road had no bike lane. The cycling paths weren…

Today's ride was full of stiff headwinds. Much of the ride was also along the frontage road that runs along I-10. It was a great route for trying to ride to Tucson with the least mileage. However, if one has more time and a desire for a better and more scenic route, then one should look for an …