How I did it: I'd just started really getting into bike riding last year, and not really had the opportunity to ride a lot in the last year.  After I got back in the country this year I hitched out to Portland, spent a couple weeks rummaging through parts bins, looking for ways to make my old 10-speed a touring machine.  After the conversion, I went on one 50 mile ride fully loaded with my touring gear, and was on my trip two days later.  Here I am at home, nearly 2800 miles later.  Sure, not coast to coast, but still, across the country as far as I'm concerned.

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Jun 22, 2009, 03:40PM PDT | 0 comments | 5 cheers