| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
Has anybody crossed Nevada? A friend is crossing the country solo and
is interested on experiences people have. I've seen lots of bikers
(really loaded down) on I80, and the 500 miles is sort of evenly split
between Reno, Winnemuca, Elko, and Salt Lake. US 50 is billed as the
lonliest highway in the US, but is a better way to to an intermediate
destination of Gunnison, Colorado. I have never been on US 50.
Did anybody ride at night?
How much water per day is required (2-3 gal?)
What specific problems were encountered?
Is a ticket on a Reno to Salt Lake Greyhound the way to cross Nevada
with a bike?
tanks! _KB
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1259.1 | Anything but a bus... | TRINUT::CAMPBELL | Mon Jul 24 1989 14:32 | 20 | |
I crossed Nevado about 5 years ago on a bike. It's NOWHERE land out
there! We took I80 and as you said the distance is evenly split
bettween towns. There is VERY little traffic out there, and there
are no signs telling you not to ride a bike on the interstate.
I had problems from heat exhaustion about 30 miles outside of
Winnemuca. It wasn't pretty! We ran into a work crew on the
highway and got some water from them. Take lots of water!!!
We had 3 water bottles on each of our bikes (2), plus a thermos
of cold water and still ran out!
The only time we rode at night was to cross the Salt flats. That's
100 miles worth of NOTHING!! It's so hot that you can still see
the heat waves rising up off the road at 4am. Get a headlight for
your bike! You'll need it if you ride at night!
As for a bus..... We rode from NY, to Calif and then took a bus home.
In my opinion a bus is nothing more than a Bad neighborhood on Wheels!!
S
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