[the-one1]

Example: On the Colorado Trail, how do you get back to where you started, expecially when its on the other side of the state over a mountain pass?

 

[wschruba]

I usually have someone shuttle me to one side or the other, and leave my car where I'm riding TO. YMMV, but around here, you can get from one side of something to the other without too much extra trip.

Or you ride with an accomplice, and one of you leaves the car at one end, and shuttles back to the other car when done.

 

[dysfunction]

I usually have someone shuttle me to one side or the other, and leave my car where I'm riding TO. YMMV, but around here, you can get from one side of something to the other without too much extra trip.

Or you ride with an accomplice, and one of you leaves the car at one end, and shuttles back to the other car when done.

Exactly this.

 

[Mike Aswell]

Oh come on, be adventurous and bike back.

 

[Sparticus]

Oh come on, be adventurous and bike back.

…or only ride halfway, then turn around and ride back to your start point where your car awaits.
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[spaightlabs]

I feel like this is tongue in cheek coming from a long-time member and frequent poster...expecially with the use of the word expecially.

 

[She&I]

So many possibilities. But it depends.

I rode from Durango to the airport and put my bike in a rental car, friends picked me up at DIA. Friend/shuttle service/bumming on AZT, rental truck/Cricket Butler/bus for GD, rode back to car on some.
@evdog has it wired. Truck/moto rack, moto with bike rack.

 

[WHALENARD]

Thumb it.
In popular outdoor areas this was once upon a time very common and still somewhat common.

I still thumb at least one or two rides a year. I'll usually hang out at the entrance to campgrounds, popular pull offs, overlooks, what have you.

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[the-one1]

I feel like this is tongue in cheek coming from a long-time member and frequent poster...expecially with the use of the word expecially.

C'mon guys, I'm super serial. Also debating if I should wear pads while sleeping in my tent.

 

[Jayem]

Oh come on, be adventurous and bike back.

Exactly. It’s what we did on the Iditarod.

 

[the-one1]

Just future planning for the Colorado Trail. Most likely will be solo going from Denver to Durango.

 

[dysfunction]

C'mon guys, I'm super serial. Also debating if I should wear pads while sleeping in my tent.

And helmet.

 

[TimTucker]

And helmet.

I've never heard of anyone sleeping in a tent getting eaten by a bear while wearing a helmet.

 

[dysfunction]

I've never heard of anyone sleeping in a tent getting eaten by a bear while wearing a helmet.

Exactly. Besides, tents are expensive. You don't want to damage them with your head.

 

[Ogre]

Ran into some folks doing the Oregon Timber Trail where were renting a Uhaul at their destination. It's often less pricey than a normal rental, has room for your gear, and allows one-way rentals.

 

[noapathy]

FedEx yourself home and when you arrive just pop out of the box and sign for it. Make sure to get the insurance, of course.

 

[evdog]

Just future planning for the Colorado Trail. Most likely will be solo going from Denver to Durango.

For the CT this year I drove to Durango and lefty truck at a friend's house. Flew to Denver, assembled my bike in the baggage claim area and then hopped on the metro train to the last stop, 12 bike path miles from Watertown canyon. Perfect warmup. Hardest part of the scheme was finding a bike box when no shops were getting new bikes. Flight was easy and cheap, something like $30 plus $75 bike fee.

For AZT 300 I self shuttled using moto since I didn't start with the grand depart. If you do, there is a shuttle service or you might be able to carpool with someone else.

For AZT 750 I flew to Tucson with bike, and Mark at Sun and Spokes in Sierra Vista picked some of us up at the airport. He gave me a ride to the start line. At the end, I hitch hiked to Kanab and then to St George, caught a shuttle to Vegas and rented a car home. Again the hitch there was needing a bike box for the Vegas shuttle, complicated only because Id lost my phone.

For local shuttles I use the moto to self shuttle. It has a bike carrier on it now which makes shuttling very easy.
Hitch hiking can work but it's harder when you have a bike.

Sure you could turn around and ride back to the start, but why not finish the route first?

 

[ransom208]

Buy a shuttle from a shuttle service.

 

[Sean Allan]

I’ve always had good luck with a one way car rental. Depending on your start and end points. Sometimes a bus or self shuttle by bike is required but I’ve not had to do that too much.