unless it was in a Velo Mobile on flat Florida roads.
I 'tried' drafting one of those on a flat road ride. Unpossible! First, they throw almost zero draft. Second, they flat out fly as long as there no hills to get over. Dude was holding an easy 28-30 MPH.
"I want to ride my bike across the USA but I only have 3 weeks including flying to San Diego. It would take 155 miles per day and finding places to sleep, etc. I think the 1000 miles to Texas would be easy but then I would hit Texas and would probably think, it is 1000 miles to get across the Lonely Star State to Louisiana and what am I doing here but once I got to the Gulf, it would be a breeze. I'm thinking of packing the bike and just letting it rip."
You can do this. If you have not read the thread I put up about the gentleman I ran into a few months ago while he was on his bucket list crossing of America...please do so.
Link:
http://www.cyclingforums.com/thread...country-bucket-list-ride.448379/#post-3790885
Scott's daily ride blog is also linked on that thread and worth reading for the insight into his San Diego to New York crossing.
Scott was touring with a lead support vehicle and averaging around 120 miles per day. He was not quite so time-limited, but was definitely 'on a mission'. My opinion as to the key to success was his pre-planning all stops. His nephew running interference for him saved all kinds of time and headaches.
Scott told me he had 10 flats by the time he cleared Texas. Having spare wheels in a SAG would be the ultimate and someone else doing puncture repairs/tube changes while you kept making miles a real time saver. No more flats getting to Ohio.
Somewhere along the way he had a chain put on incorrectly (OUTSIDE the rear derailleur cage keeper tab!!!) and had ridden hundreds of miles with the chain sapping energy and making noise before he had it diagnosed and repaired/replace in Ohio. Other than that, his trip had been fairly routine...if you can call any trans-con ride routine.
