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How to get to start of TransAm Trail in Virginia?
I'll be riding Adventure Cycling's Transamerica trail from Virginia to Oregon starting next month. I live near Chicago and I'm having trouble finding a way to get my bike there. Most likely I'll try to find a way to do it through Amtrak. Has anyone had to transport their bike to the east end of this trail before? And how did you do it? Does anyone have any experience bringing a bike on Amtrak? Any expierence with Amtrak Express Shipping? There are no cars with bike racks on the route I'll be taking, and I can get checked baggage only as far as Richmond (trail starts in Yorktown). If I were to take a bus from the train station to Yorktown (Ft. Eustis - Newport News), I would have to get off at Charlottesville instead of Richmond so the bus station is within walking distance (bikes need to be in a box for Greyhound too). Any ideas?
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- roderick_youngLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Fly into the airport at Norfolk, Virginia, then get a motel room near there. In the room, you can assemble your bike. Then its only a day's ride to Yorktown, if you really want to start on the coast.
You're on a bike - it's just a day's ride. A short day, at that.
Writeup of my trip (long ago) is at:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/roderick/story.htm
skip to the end to the part about Williamsburg, Yorktown, Norfolk.
Or, call up Adventure Cycling during business hours. Since they run supported tours starting from there, they probably have standard advice as to what to do.
