Interesting proposal here by a couple to ride from N Carolina to Oregon mostly off road:

http://www.bikepacking.com/plog/trans-a ... l-odyssey/

Follow links to blog and kit lists.

Loving Tom's bike described as 'All Road' Nichetastic!

That looks like a nice touring ride. /me adds to his list of thing to do...

Greetz

S.

Will follow this with interest, spent some time looking at that route last year, looks great. Tough in places too. Motorbike touring sites are worth a look, good info on and ideas for the routes we took along the Italy-France border came from off-roader sites.