Originally Posted by
Charles Lathe
I rode the TransAm last year east to west. Because I had to be at a wedding in July, I left too early in the year — April 11 — and I had a lot of bad weather and a lot of wind. I met a fellow in Kansas who was coming from Tucson, Arizona. The wind was in my favor that day and I said I felt a little guilty that he had a headwind and I had a tailwind. He said I shouldn’t feel bad; he’d been on the road for 21 days and had had 20 days of tailwinds.
I would like to ride the TA next summer leaving from coastal NC but have a commitment in mid July as well. I was thinking I needed to leave early April but was trying to figure out the weather. Sounds like it was a problem for you. Any additional advice? Would you do it again at this time? Thanks very much.