Hi All,
I am from the Netherlands and will be in Florida for a month in February to run the Miami Marathon, have holiday and do some biking. I want to do a 10 day bike tour around Florida. Planning to bring my own bike and cover at least 60miles/100km a day. I am a very well trained biker so do not have any difficulty with being on a bike for 4-5 hours a day.
I will start in Miami. I was thinking of the following route:
- Going west via H-41 to Naples (read that most of this route has paved bike trails)
- Go north to Sanibel island
- Easy day to Fort Myers
- Go north to Sarasota
- Go north to Tampa to take train next day
- Rest day, take train to West Palm Beach
- Go south to Fort Lauderdale
- Go south to Miami
- Than take two days to bike to Key West were I will meet some people
I will be biking alone and will sleep in hotels/other accomedations. I know Florida is not the greatest state to do a lot of cycling but I figured that most of the coast rides are OK and therefore take the train to cross the state to the west coast. What do you guys think of above route? Any advice.
Help is much appriciated! Thanks in advance.
Laurens