I have decided to work on getting ready to try again next year in the late spring or early summer. I will be working on ramping up my cycling mileage and saving as much money as possible. As I see it, the hard part will be saving the money. To do the full 7500 mile, double cross across the US, trip will probably cost around $10,000 to $12,000 as I plan on mostly staying in motels. That is a lot of money to save between now and June of 2011. I would also like to make a few smaller trips in the meantime say somewhere between 500 and 1000 miles. That would give me more experience for what I will be up against in trying to do 7500 miles in 3-4 months.
I will be posting from time to time letting you know how my plans and training are coming along, as well as how I am doing in the savings department. Feel free to offer suggestions and give input especially if it is positive.
I will have much more time this time to plan my route and get in shape. Last time, while I had a general route plan, I was not really in shape and was hoping to ride myself into shape and gradually build my daily mileage. This time I plan on both being in shape and having done several longer trips already to gain experience!
So far I am planning on doing the trip by myself, but I am open to the idea of one or two others joining me, either one way or the entire distance. This would also help in making the cost of the trip much less by sharing the cost of motels etc.
