Now cyclists were needed to ride it across the country.
Bike across america map.
The transamerica bike route is the classic bike touring route across america.
The rugged rocky mountains alpine climate yosemite and yellowstone national park s lush green forests.
Imagine pedaling your bike along flat wide trails on a pleasant summer day all the way across the country.
Cycling across the south.
Start with days of riding next to the pacific ocean then climb the sierras.
You can discover the united states of america with the bikemap bike route planner on several thousand bike routes spanning over four different time zones several climate zones and 50 states that are distributed over an area of 9 834 000 km2 and boast an incredible natural diversity.
I ll be pedaling through 11 states three national parks and countless.
Cycle america s historic cross country touring route and experience the best.
As you plan your bike ride across america you have to decide how far you want to ride and over what kind of terrain.
Given the name bikecentennial organizers publicized the event and thanks to strong word of mouth and its fortunate prodigious publicity 4 000 cyclists showed up for the ride.
The shortest routes start or finish in san diego california.
That s the vision for the great american rail trail a 4 000 mile cross country.
Map by jon bowen.
Follow along in the coming months as i ride my bike 4 228 miles across america.