San Francisco to Chicago

By: Felix Rode - Editors' Choice Aug '08

In the spirit of our recent story of Riding with Rilke we selected Felix Rode's ride from Chicago to San Francisco as our August '08 Editor's Choice winner. You know you're in for a long haul when you're categorizing national parks.

"Must see/ride: Badlands, Mount Rushmore to Custer National Park, 120 through Yosemite and before, Highway 1. Nice to see/ride: Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole to Idaho Falls."

Here's a few thoughts from Felix:

Sunday Morning Rides: What is the level of difficulty of this particular ride?
Felix Rode: The many segments of this ride range from easy (long stretches of empty roads in Nevada) to moderately difficult (Custer National Park)

SMR: What level/style of rider would enjoy this route?

SMR: Are there any key lookouts/scenic stops that you would recommend?
FR: Badlands, Mount Rushmore to Custer National Park (US16-Alt), Big Horn Ntl. Park (US14A), Yellowstone, Grand Titons, Yosemite, Highway 1 from Monterey to Cambria.

SMR: Can you briefly elaborate on why this ride is recommended? Is it the scenery, the technicality, the quality of the road, all of the above?
The ride was put together with the idea to have many scenic elements combined with moderately challenging roads that would allow for some enjoyable rides. In addition it allowed for some hiking along the way.

Felix Rode on Highway 1 in CA

Yosemite National Park

Bighorn

Grand Tetons

See all the pics and download the GPS coordinates here.

Published: Aug 1, 2008

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