Ride Your Bicycle
Cycling is one of the best ways to explore once your train journey ends. A bike gives you freedom to wander at your own pace while providing excellent health benefits through low-impact exercise. Many train routes accommodate cyclists, making it easy to combine rail travel with two-wheeled exploration. Amtrak offers low-cost bike passes on popular routes like the Cascades in the Northwest, where your bike travels as checked luggage in the baggage car. Some trains let you check your assembled bike for a fee and pick it up at baggage claim when you arrive at your destination. You can almost always transport a boxed bike as baggage if you’re willing to disassemble it beforehand. This flexibility makes it simple to bring your own familiar bicycle along for the adventure.
If you prefer not to bring your own bike, excellent alternatives exist at most destinations. Bike rental shops operate in nearly every tourist area and offer everything from basic cruisers to high-performance road bikes. Bike-share programs such as Lyft have expanded rapidly in metropolitan areas, letting you grab a bike with a simple app and drop it off anywhere in the network. E-bikes are becoming widely available at rental shops and through bike-share systems, allowing you to travel further distances with less physical effort. They’re particularly helpful in hilly cities or when you want to cover more ground without arriving sweaty at your destination. Below you’ll find trips that successfully used bicycles as alternate transportation, showing how cycling can enhance your travel experience after you step off the train.
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How to Explore San Francisco by BART and Bike in One Day
Beautiful Klamath Falls to Eugene on the Coast Starlight
Train to Portland – An easy Low Priced Tour
