Stoneham to Waltham 29miles / 512ft climb A beautiful day for our last ‘Cycle Across America’ ride. Lots of sunshine and no hint of yesterday’s rain. A very slow, wobbly start for me only served to remind me what an enormous challenge this has been but also I am filled with gratitude that ten years … Continue reading We’ve Done It! 4,500 Mile Cycle Across America – Day 104

Rockport to Stoneham 38 miles / 1,372ft climb We had a false start for our penultimate day today. By the time we had left our hotel room, pedalled round the corner to reception to drop off our keys, the sky had become black, the heavens had opened, the thunder and lighting had started and the … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 103

Salisbury to Rockport 36 miles / 1,368ft climb With 4,398 miles completed by the end of yesterday’s ride, we clocked up another 36 miles today across varied road types and a variety of landscapes. A real mix of bike paths, a brief foray along a highway, some gorgeous, quiet lanes and a twisting, turning and … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 102

Wednesday 27th August Manchester to Salisbury via New Castle (and the Atlantic Ocean) 42 Miles / 1175ft climb A relaxed start today. We are under no time pressure and so we intend to take it easy and simply enjoy reaching our destination. In reality, we have three destinations. 1) Our destination for the day - … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 101

We’ve only gone and done it!! Cycled Across America From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean Pacific OceanFort Stevens State Park 19th May 2025 The Atlantic Ocean New Castle, New Hampshire27th August 2025 More details to follow………

Manchester to Dover 40 Miles / 1,909ft climb https://videopress.com/v/XeuwsutW?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Last night, when checking the route for today, the climbs looked almost the same as the those for the last three days. I had set myself up for three days of hilly cycling and not four. I wasn’t sure if I had it in me to … Continue reading Cycle across America – Day 100

Peterborough to Manchester 36miles / 1411ft climb https://videopress.com/v/t2Yry9T6?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true We have a few deliberately short days planned this week. We want to take our time and just enjoy our last few days of this amazing adventure. John was particularly keen however, that we should reach Manchester, today’s destination by early afternoon. He had chosen a cafe … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 99

Brattleboro to Peterborough 46 miles / 2674ft climb https://videopress.com/v/VXr41zTD?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true It was a hard day today. I’ve embraced the hills in the mountains as much as I can, but frankly I’ve had enough! There were far more hills than I would’ve chosen today and some extremely steep sections on them but we are edging closer and … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 98

Bennington to Brattleboro 47 miles / 2388ft climb Today started with an eight mile climb. It was already hot when we set off and it was hard. I’d like to say that it was all downhill after that, but it wasn’t! We are however making our way over the Appalachian mountains in our quest to … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 97

Clifton Park to Bennington 44 miles / 2031 ft climb I had been more than a little apprehensive about today, the first of a few hilly days as we head up and over the Appalachian mountains. I needn’t have worried. Our legs remembered exactly what they were supposed to do and we both enjoyed an … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 96

Johnstown to Clifton Park 43 miles / 823ft climb After yesterday‘s cycling experience, I might have been forgiven for curling up in bed and refusing to get on my bike today! Tempting but thankfully, I knew things couldn’t get much worse than they were yesterday. No one in the right mind would’ve chosen to go … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 95

Utica to Johnstown 63 miles. All day to cycle it. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, it would seem. Cyclist Collision Not us! Two very inebriated cyclists crashed into each other just as we were leaving our hotel this morning. A complete tangle of limbs and bikes, a lot of cursing, a few … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 94

Canastota to Utica 33 miles / ft climb Breakfast had been a pretty poor offering from the hotel we were staying in, so 20 miles into our ride it was lovely to find a busy pub serving good food. We stopped, enjoyed and rested for a while and the last few miles were easy after … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 93

By John Anderson Trying to anticipate what spares will be required on a three month cycle trip is challenging. There will be bike shops en route but not necessarily when you need them, nor stocking what you might need. You cannot take a spare of everything or you’ll be riding two bikes! You need to … Continue reading Spares and Repairs

Baldwinsville to Canastota 41miles / 820ft climb We have learned to expect that we need only wear t-shirt and shorts to cycle in. It has almost invariably been hotter than is comfortable so it was a surprise to find it a little chilly when we set out on our ride today. Along the route, over … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 92

Newark to Baldwinsville 50 miles / 1000ft climb https://videopress.com/v/fIEBELQL?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true In anticipation of the forecast of another blisteringly hot afternoon, we started early to get a few miles completed during the cooler morning hours. We needn’t have worried about the sunshine but more the rainstorms that circled us threateningly all afternoon. The sky was dark and … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 91

Pittsford to Newark 28 Miles / 190ft climb We picked our bikes up at midday, mended, sparkly new parts, clean and riding like new. Within a few miles on the canal path today, they were dusty and dirty but they still rode like new bikes and it is a great feeling to know that they … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 90

Pittsford Friday 15th August A ‘rest day’ today, so we cycled to the bike shop and dropped our bikes and bits off to be repaired. The bikes may not be ready until tomorrow, so we have planned only a 30 miles stretch along the canal, just in case. Accommodation is still surprisingly hard to come … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 89

Lockport to Rochester 68 Miles / 771ft climb https://videopress.com/v/tkrxZMYI?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The Erie canal path was simply the most beautiful setting to spend the day cycling along. In the searing heat, there is plenty of shade from the trees lining the path, some shelter from the headwind and hardly anybody else using it. The only downside is … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 88

Port Colborne to Lockport (via Niagara Falls) 59 Miles / 817 ft climb Ambling was the theme for today. With Lori and Steve back in Toronto, for the first time since our first week of this challenge, it is slightly strange to find, it’s just the two of us. We enjoyed ambling our way along … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 87

Port Dover to Port Colborne 59miles / 738ft climb https://videopress.com/v/FYDEnu8u?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Another extremely hot day. Once again, we were grateful not to have to carry our bags and once again, our average speed was higher than our average, average speed! Today’s route took us along the north shore of Lake Erie, close to the water’s edge … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 86

Port Stanley to Port Dover 72miles / 1,535ft 880 miles to go! We met Steve And Lori when they joined our Bike to Barcelona team in 2023, all the way from Toronto. We have since cycled many hundreds of miles with them both, had much fun and this was a brilliant opportunity to meet up … Continue reading Cycle Across America (the Canadian Bit) – Day 85

Chatham to Port Stanley 69miles/ 702ft climb We said a sad farewell to Caroline and Paul this morning as we set off in different directions for the first time in 84 days. They spent some time on Pelee Island and then went onto Kingsville before they return to America tomorrow. I cycled with Steve and … Continue reading Cycle Across America (the Canadian Bit) – Day 84

By Caroline Broekman Final summary of our amazing journey together. We have just realised that tomorrow night is the last night just the four of us will be together. The night after that a couple from Canada join us as we cross the border into Canada and then on 10th August we go our separate … Continue reading Summary 7th August

https://videopress.com/v/llqbH4px?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true St.Clair to Chatham, Ontario 51miles / 272ft climb Once again our day did not match our expectations. We had anticipated a quick sixteen miles to Algonac to catch the ferry to Walpole Island in Canada where we would meet with Steve and Lori, have lunch and then cycle the remaining 24 miles. Easy! https://videopress.com/v/dPNpTmYT?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true … Continue reading Cycle Across America (and into Canada) – Day 83

Lapeer to St.Clair 54 miles / 827ft climb Today’s cycle was predominantly through small townships. We have long since left behind the Columbia River windings its way through Washington and Oregon with its beautiful gorges and stunning waterfalls. We were pleased to have completed the mountainous climbs over the Rockies but immediately missed their beauty … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 82

Bay City to Lapeer 69 miles / 1,083ft climb Exhausted, bedraggled, soaked through but otherwise the perfect day! At 70 miles, today was too long for me. I had had enough by 3pm but we still had 30 plus miles to cycle, a few hills to climb and a thunderstorm to shelter from. We found … Continue reading Cycle Across America – Day 81

So far, during our cycle across America, between the four of us, we have: Cycled 13,800 miles Turned 6,000,000 revolutions of our pedals Spent 1,200 hours in the saddle Burned 1,600,000 calories Consumed 1,300,000 calories (1% of them from fruit or vegetables and 10% of them from M&Ms!) Drank 1,600 litres of water to rehydrate … Continue reading It All Adds Up