the route

The route begins in Coos Bay, Oregon, fighting jet lag the team will begin the ride with an easy day to Florence. The pace will pick up as they head to Euegene, from there the team will split into 2 teams - an early start and a later start, with each team cycling nearly 100 miles a day. (As much as we'd like to cover every mile of the 4,295, with heavily restricted time constraints we are unable to)

Therefore the entire BOAB team will cover approx' 200 miles a day, with each and every team member covering nearly 100 miles a day.

The days will be long, not only for the cyclists, but for the all important support team.

For a detailed analysis of the route please visit - http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/transamerica.cfm?pg=more

Our calculated programme is as follows; the 'team' distance is first, the individual cyclists distance is shown in brackets.

May 31st - Coos Bay to Florence                    55m

June 1st - Florence to Eugene                        72m

June 2nd - Eugene to Mitchell                        187m(93.5)

June 3rd - Mitchell to Halfway                        205m(102.5)

June 4th - Halfway to Riggins,(Idaho)               196m(98) Neil's 42nd birthday

June 5th - Riggins to Lolo Hot Springs(Montana)  186m(93)

June 6th - Rest Day

June 7th - Lolo Hot Springs to Jackson*                 178m(89)

June 8th - Jackson - West Yellowstone                   191m(95.5)

June 9th - West Yellowstone to Fort Washakie (Wyoming) 208m (104)

June 10th - Fort Washakie to Riverside                         199m (99.5)

June 11th - Riverside to Hot Sulphur Springs(Colorado)  112m

June 12th - Hot Sulphur Springs to Fairplay               96m (Hossier Pass 11,500ft)

June 13th - Rest Day – Fairplay,

June 14th - Fairplay to Sugar City                     181m(90.5)

June 15th - Sugar City to Dighton(Kansas)          185m(92.5)

June 16th - Dighton to Newton      200m (100)

June 17th - Newton to Pittsburg        197m(98.5)

June 18th - Pittsburg to Summersville(Missouri)   202m(101)

June 19th - Summersville to Murphysboro (Illinois)  192m (96)

June 20th - Rest Day - Murphysboro

June 21st - Murphysboro to Whitesville(Kentucky) 199m(99.5)

June 22nd - Whitesville to Harrodsburg      172m(86)

June 23rd - Harrodsburg to Hindman    166m(83) Roberts 40th Birthday

June 24th - Hindman to Wytheville (Virginia)  204m(102)

June 25th - Wytheville to Rockfishgap (Waynesboro 5m north) 200m (100)

June 26th - Rock fish gap to Ashland 95 m

June 27th - Ashland to Yorktown - Finish     97m