Has anyone every road to California on a bicycle from Ohio?

Question

Me and my friends a planning on taking a trip to Venice beach, California this summer on bicycles. I was just wondering if anybody has every done this and what i need to know before i make such a trip... and i heard there is a bike path that goes across the U.S.---- is this true???

Answer 1

I am Brit . but some of your guys over there do long distance touring , search the web and the tours are there .

Answer 2

Are you asking if anyone has ridden every road between California and Ohio, or are you asking if anyone has ever ridden from Ohio to California?

If you are asking if anyone has ridden every road between Ohio and California, I could confidently say no. If you are asking if anyone has ever ridden from Ohio to California, then I can confidently say yes. I am one of those, but went from Pennsylvania, through Ohio, to California.

EDIT: Ah, so your question should read "Has anyone EVER RIDDEN to California on a bicycle from Ohio?" Maybe you should stay home and work on your writing skills.

Answer 3

No, but I sure fantasized about it when I was 14.  I grew up in Dayton, and my girlfriend moved back to California and I was plotting routes on the map to see if I could ride there.   LOL.  

I know this doesn't help you worth a flip, sorry.   :o)  

I can tell you that once you enter the plains states, the wind increases dramatically (from the south and west, in most places), and it's a long gradual climb for hundreds of miles as the land rises to the continental divide, so be prepared to work pretty hard for awhile.  It also gets very dry and you'll need to prepare for that if you find a route and make the trip....the sections through Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, eastern Colorado, and of course all of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada can be pretty barren and scorching compared to what you're used to back in the emerald east.  It's very beautiful, though (well, much of the time, anyway).

I'd get with the League of American Bicyclists, League of American Wheelmen, and maybe see if you can get in touch with someone involved in the RAAM event....maybe they can help or point you in a good direction.  

Good luck!   And if you stop into a K&G bike shop, tell Doug or Stan that Chris from Oklahoma says hi.   :o)