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- From: al@rbc.uucp (Al Davis)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.rides
- Subject: Re: Coast to Coast
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.010541.24495@rbc.uucp>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 01:05:41 GMT
- References: <92349.111159MRS9@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Dec18.235433.6032@rbc.uucp> <1992Dec21.172742.1@gallua>
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- CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET (Kevin Cole; Washington DC) writes:
- >So what's the EASIEST route? ;-)
-
- Spend as much time in the plains as possible??
-
- I think the easiest continental divide crossing in on I-80 in Wyoming. I
- was there a couple years ago and it is FLAT. It is OK to bike on the
- interstate in Wyoming. This route is DULL.
-
- You can avoid most of the climbing in the east by staying near the Great
- Lakes. Cross Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio as far north as possible. Stay
- near Lake Ontario and the Mohawk across New York. Pennsylvania is hilly. I
- haven't been there (except in Pennsylvania) but I expect crossing the
- Appalachians anywhere will be have steep climbs. My says this is true in
- Virginia.
-
- This route that I proposed is also the least scenic. I would pick the most
- scenic route and not worry about the hills.
-
- al.
-