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Expert Profile: Robert Ashworth

Expertise: Travelling by bicycle across the northern USA, down the California coast or around in the Pacific Northwest. Find out what to expect, where to camp, what to see, where some good routes can be found. Learn about the geography, climate, road conditions and highlights along the way.
Crossing USA twice by bicycle and returning by train. Total trip time took about 2 1/2 months. Also been down the California coast and around in the Pacific Northwest. I maintain a website with my photos and stories. http://www.theslowlane.com/

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What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? This coming summer I hope to bike in southern Oregon and Northern California.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Some cyclists are quite assertive and try to confront the traffic. I try to stay out of people's way and have a more relaxing time. If I was really in a hurry, I would book a flight.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Possibly the hardest part, for most people, is being able to take the time away from day to day obligations. A good way to prepare for a long trip is to take many shorter trips and see how you like it.

What do you like about this subject? Seeing more of America than the "in flight movie." Bicycling is a great way to avoid the rat race, especially if one can find the good bike paths.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 538
Knowledge	9.43 Excellent
Clarity of Response	10.0 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.57 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		15
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		67

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	02/21/07
10	10	10	10	07/26/05
8	10	9	10	07/29/04
10	10	10	10	08/21/03
8	10	9	10	08/06/03

User Comments

I rated knowledge high because it would be unfair to rate on a question outside the scope of the expert. The rest of the response met high scores.
(Steve Sanchez on 07/26/05)

Thanks so much for the reponse to my 100's of questions. Don't worry, it was very clear, I will "pedal lightly while shifting"
(cetacn on 07/29/04)

Thanks very much.
(Steve on 08/21/03)

Very polite and honest.
(Mike Myers on 08/06/03)

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Recent Answers from Robert Ashworth

2007-05-16 saddle setting: I don't know a lot about this except I just use the method of trial and error. What rides comfortably seems to work for me. Many bike shops have techniques for fitting people to the bike. Some even...

2007-04-14 biking maps: I am not from that area so I don't know a lot about it. When I biked through that area, I found a bicycle map of the north bay area. It covered parts of Sonoma and all of Marin Counties. I am sure there...

2007-04-11 Mountain biking: It depends on what you're planning to use the mountain bike for. I don't know a lot about specific tread patterns. The more knobby, rougher tread patterns are less efficient for riding on pavement, but...

2007-02-19 big trip: Good to hear from you. 35 miles doesn't seem real far to me, but it depends on road conditions and wind direction. Head winds can make things harder while tail winds make it real easy. In my...

2006-10-13 Bicycling The Pacific Coast: I don't go at a fast pace. Vancouver, BC to San Diego, CA. was almost 6 weeks for me. Maybe 5 weeks. That also allowed for a leasurly trip. There are a lot of web pages with advise also your local...