Ride Registry
RIDE DETAIL
INDEPENDENT TRANS-AM -- Astoria to DC, June, 1976|
Total Miles: 4250
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Load: Panniers
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Rider: Robert Immler; 31 years old, retired, Non-Member UNITED STATES Email
Summary: 3 of us did it as independents. A woman named Claire from "Revolutionary Wheels" in Santa Barbara joined us and we caught up with her boyfriend who was in a "fast" group in Pueblo.; Self-Planned
How did ACA Help? Used your maps
Motivation: Read about it in Bicycling and Bike World and heard Dan Burden speak to Los Angeles Wheelmen and knew I had to do it.
Most Challenging Aspect:thought it would be the Rockies, but it was the winds across the plains.
Favorite Experience: Pulling into a town and having 20 bikes outside a store.
Least Favorite: Rednecks in KY on a Sunday.
Tips: Everyone should do it!
Online Journal: Click Here
Date Entered: Aug, 2022
Photo by Dennis Coello
