- Estimated Cost: $2100
- Max Trip Size: 2 people
Please carefully read all trip details on LMB website – all the info is there.
I am looking for a bicycle rider companion to share the trip/experience with, the travel costs (gas), pre and post bike ride hotel or camping and the bike ride tent rental cost (includes setup/take down at each overnight site).
Starts and ends in Traverse City, MI – getting there is approximately a 10 hr drive 625 miles each way.
Biking distances are 50-60 miles per day (324 miles or so total). The trip is fully sag supported.
I comfortably ride at the 12-14 mph pace; sometimes at 14-16 mph.
I have heard from multiple people that this is a great, very scenic trip. I went on the LMB Upper Pennisula trip last June – they do a fantastic job planning, supporting and catering the food.
At the end of the bicycling there is a party for all attendees – so a late finish to the day. A self planned hotel or camping on the night of 8/10 will be needed to enable the next day early start for the return drive home.
I plan to arrive at the start of the trip one day earlier (late in the day) and either camp or hotel it to be able to start the trip well rested.
Sharable costs are estimated at $1310 total or $650 each as listed below:
2 nights hotel about $300 (camping would be less), gas about $175; Padres tent service for 2 (large tent) $835 if register before 2/25:
- 2 nights hotel or camp (night of 8/2 and 8/10) no snoring please.
- gas for approximately 1250 miles (625 miles each way from Saint Paul) I am willing to drive – Toyota Corolla
- Padres tent service info is here https://padrescycleinn.com/pages/shoreline – need to register by 2/25 for discounted price.
Trip registration per rider $1499 ($50 LMB membership deducts $50 from registration)
Food costs for car travel and pre and post trip days should be estimated on your own.
I am willing to help with tent set up etc if a ride buddy has a tent that we can use instead of renting.
Let me know if you want to be a travel buddy for this trip. Please let me know by Friday 2/23 because of the tent rental share and discounted cost deadline.
If sharing tent or hotel is not good for you, perhaps sharing the drive to/from might work.
I can accommodate 3 passengers in my car. Must be willing to depart on 8/2 by 6:30 am to get to Traverse City the night before the ride and return home the morning after the ride on 8/11, arriving home by 8 pm at the latest. This does require overnight accommodations pre and post bike ride (nights of 8/2 an 8/10)
Interested folks should be willing to meet and discuss prior to payments to be made for tent service (before 2/23). Rover Membership is required for this overnight trip.