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Bicycle touring post-mortem

San Francisco to San Diego was my first multi-day tour, and overall I’m very happy with how it went. I’ve done plenty of overnight bike tours to Half Moon Bay or Samuel P. Taylor, and I carried basically the same kit on the multi-day tour.

Here’s a breakdown of what went well and what I might do differently on my next tour. I’m really eager to do the northern section of this route (Seattle or Portland to San Francisco), perhaps next year.

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Riding the 101: Bicycle Touring Mega-Update

I spent about two weeks of my sabbatical riding from San Francisco to San Diego (Jul 31- Aug 15). I got in the habit of posting end-of-day recaps to Facebook and Strava as I went, which really helped me reflect on what happened. I’m reposting all of them here as a mega-post.

Total distance: 622.9 miles

Total climbing: 24436 feet

Total riding time: 55.85 hours

Sunsets on the beach: whenever possible

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