duderino
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Recently, I tried to do a tour on the transam. The first week was awesome, but then I hurt my knee. Before I left, I read a lot of things saying not to worry about training to much and that you can train on the road. While this is mostly true, you should still try to be aware of your fitness level and factor in your age and other things. Also, I think if you're new to touring, you should plan an easy route without many climbs. Taking on the transam for my first tour might have been a little too ambitious for me. I thought I was taking it pretty easy only averaging 25 miles a day and taking rest days every other day. I was even avoiding climbs because I didn't feel ready to do them yet, so I either hitched or took the bus over them. Even though I was playing it safe, I developed tendonitis in my left knee after putting 150 miles in on my bike. It's not like I had a shitty bike either. I was stuck in eastern Oregon for a bit, and it sucked. Part of my problem I think was that I was overloaded. I started with over 50 pounds on my bike, and I had only ridden my bike loaded a couple times before I left and never did more than 5 or 6 miles. By the time I sent some stuff home, It was too late.
I'm now back at my parents house waiting for my knee to heal. My plan is to fly to Denver in a couple weeks and continue my ride from there. If my knee isn't healed by then, I will try to make my way across the country some other way. I'm also making some changes to my bike to make it easier to pedal. I just wanted to say be careful because all it takes is one little injury to either end or postpone a bike tour.
I'm now back at my parents house waiting for my knee to heal. My plan is to fly to Denver in a couple weeks and continue my ride from there. If my knee isn't healed by then, I will try to make my way across the country some other way. I'm also making some changes to my bike to make it easier to pedal. I just wanted to say be careful because all it takes is one little injury to either end or postpone a bike tour.