Day 2 – Sand Hills

Riverside, CA to Indio, CA - 92.7 Miles Today’s ride was supposed to be 92.7 miles from Riverside to Indio but my ride was actually 93.41 miles, due to the fact I left my sunglasses at the second SAG stop. I had to double back into a headwind to pick them up, which was totally…

May 15, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

2018 LA-Boston Pedalling Thoughts

Day 1 – And off we go

Manhattan Beach, CA to Riverside, CA 78 Miles At last I am on my way East until we reach Boston. After riding the bike in groups of two side by side the 5 miles from the hotel to the beach, I took of our shoes and socks and dipped Irma’s back wheel into the Pacific Ocean.…

May 14, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

Pedalling Thoughts

Day minus 1 – Tomorrow we ride

So the ride is here. The wait is over and all of my training done. It is just over 9 months since I got my ‘old bike’ out of the garage and started this journey to Boston. According to my Garmin these are the cycling facts and figures from my first ride on August 4th to…

May 13, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

Pedalling Thoughts

Day minus 2 – Bike Exam

At 9 am sharp I headed down with Irma to have her inspected by the Crossroads Cycling Adventures team, who want to make sure our bikes are fit for purpose and safe for the journey to Boston. Dana, one of the owners of Crossroads took Irma off my hands, and with another mechanic, gave her…

May 12, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

Pedalling Thoughts

Day minus 3 – My Name Is

I often watch the US TV series 'Diner’s, Drive-Ins and Dives'. I like to see how these eclectic restaurants and their very unique owner/chefs make simple but always super tasty food. The show gives me ideas for my own cooking. I downloaded the 'Triple D' app, so I could stop in to some of the…

May 11, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

Pedalling Thoughts

Day minus 4 – LA LA Land

I looked out of the window of row 2 on United flight 564, I saw orange and white lights painting cobwebs across the dark evening land as we chase the last of the sun westwards. We had another 2 hours to fly to Los Angeles over 1,100 miles away. It struck me then, as I looked…

May 10, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton

Pedalling Thoughts

Day minus 5 – Canadian Bacon

Well it's now actually Wednesday morning and we leave for LA later today from Orlando. I met up the Canadian boys last night (me and a couple of Americans become honorary Canadians this week). I met Don, the ringleader of this group, quite by chance a number of years ago. I was trying to escape…

Day minus 6 – Ride the Hashtag

So now I have found out what a hashtag actually is, how and why a social media page needs to refresh. Geotagging, linking, liking, sharing and blocking have a new meaning for me now. Yes, I have been delving into the world of “social media”. It all started when I noticed I had posted a…

Day minus 7 – One Week to Go

So I spent the day packing, unpacking and then repacking all the things I would like to take on the tour. We have been sent two duffle bags from CrossRoads for all our worldly belongings and a limit of 30 lbs in total weight for the trip. At first I thought that was no problem…

Day minus 8 – What a Year

This time last year I was in Orlando with 11 Canadian friends for our annual golf trip. It was also when the process of being diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s began. I mention this just because I think I was lucky how things unfolded. Before this golf trip, I had been feeling OK as normal and had…

May 6, 20180Comments

ByChris Edgerton