Dream Tours
The Pan-American
Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego
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The stuff of legends: an epic trans-continental cycling expedition/race, spanning the Western Hemisphere from Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego!
I am new to this DreamTour thing so I welcome all input from the community on how to make this dream of mine a reality!
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18 People Counted In
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Graeme
Counted in Jan 26, 2010 |
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Phil
Counted in Jan 26, 2010 |
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Leana Niemand
Counted in Jan 27, 2010 |
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Cristiano
Counted in Nov 25, 2009 |
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bubu
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sev6
Counted in Jan 30, 2010 |
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Cody Stugelmayer
Counted in Feb 23, 2010 |
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markymark
Counted in Mar 12, 2010 |
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Geert De Decker
Counted in Apr 11, 2010 |
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hot_biker1951@hotmail.com
Counted in May 5, 2010 |
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adeporto
Counted in Jul 26, 2010 |
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ErikD
Counted in Oct 7, 2010 |
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bikerbynature
Counted in Nov 16, 2010 |
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mearp
Counted in Dec 3, 2010 |
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pete_h
Counted in Dec 16, 2010 |
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Daphne
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fredp1
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mvdave
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Geert De Decker
Apr 11, 2010 07:29PM |
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Looks like a magnificant tour which I would like to do in 2 - 3 years time. Please keep me informed of planing progress.
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hot_biker1951@hotmail.com
May 5, 2010 02:42PM |
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I have meet people who have done this self-supported. In reality that maybe the way to do this tour. It maybe more realistic to push a few bikes with full gear than a truck. I assume you intend to camp. I think that the distance estimate is overly optimistic. You have a hard time doing 90 avg on paved roads. I did LA-Boston and averaged 85mi/d and was worn out. I would believe 40 though South America and 75 in US and Canada.
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bikerbynature
Nov 16, 2010 10:30PM |
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Averaging 90 miles per day for nine months is a bit eager. I would suggest averaging 75 or so per day, which means some days in the mountains you do 45, on flat days you haul ass and do 120. Regardless, this trip will be sick, and needs to be done. Look forward to future posts and interest in the ride.
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Phil
Dec 17, 2010 06:04AM |
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hello all! sorry for my neglect of this dreamtour but i'm currently backpacking around the world and my access to the internet has been sporadic at best. i was excited to see that the pan-american was mentioned in this months newsletter; i hope it will get more people interested in taking part. i appreciate the feedback from bikerbynature and hot_biker1951 and will incorporate these suggestions into the plan. any additional comments would be greatly appreciated. thanks again.
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bikerbynature
Dec 17, 2010 08:50PM |
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Phil, My name is Jason. I was in contact with a TDA staff member the other weeek and asked him if they might promote the PanAmHwy tour to genterate some more interest, which it appears it has! I was thinking it would be a gret idea to set up a facebook page for this ride so we could get to know the people who are genuinely intersted in this tour, as well as ideas to make it better, more managable and more fun. I am more than happy to do some heavy lifting on this end as far as route, lenght of ride days, rest days, breaking the tour up into sections to attract additional sectional riders etc. I can be contacted at jason@beefcakedesign.com
Keep in touch everyone!
Jason
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mvdave
Jun 6, 2011 07:56AM |
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I had been putting together something like this on my own; (but starting from Anchorage AK and finishing in Peru) then a friend suggested I look at this site and I found you guys!
Very keen to progress this if it gets sufficient opt-ins... Lemme know how I can help.
David. Sydney AU
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Phil
Jan 31, 2012 05:28AM |
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Hello all! I'm home again and ready to make this DreamTour a reality! I'm open to any and all suggestions to take this adventure to the next level. What are your thoughts on the route? Do you like the start and end points or should they be changed? Thank you so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you all :)
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