{"id":17,"date":"2018-05-28T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T00:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2023-04-03T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T02:27:45","slug":"biking-across-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Bike Trip Across America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/06\/GoogleMap_Terrain_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54\" width=\"1378\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/06\/GoogleMap_Terrain_1.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/06\/GoogleMap_Terrain_1-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/06\/GoogleMap_Terrain_1-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/06\/GoogleMap_Terrain_1-1024x291.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1378px) 100vw, 1378px\" \/>I am an economist who teaches at Boston University and does research at The Ohio State University. I am attempting an unsupported bike trip across the U.S. by myself. We each look at the world a little bit differently. This blog tracks my trip through the eyes of an economist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/faq\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">FAQ<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><span class=\"item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/theroute\/\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">The Route: How to optimize<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1157\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-2 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/buying-a-bike\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">Buying a Bike: A lesson in loss aversion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1158\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-2 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/what-to-take-a-lesson-in-marginal-analysis\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">What to Take? A lesson in marginal analysis<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1159\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-2 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/gear\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">The Gear<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"item-controls\"><a class=\"item-edit\" id=\"edit-1159\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-admin\/nav-menus.php?edit-menu-item=1159#menu-item-settings-1159\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1111\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-2 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/day-by-day-trip-log\/how-safe-are-summer-activities-like-bicycling\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">How safe are summer activities like bicycling?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1153\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-2 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/day-by-day-trip-log\/are-silicon-valley-and-wall-street-tycoons-ruining-montanas-cattle-business\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">Are Silicon Valley and Wall Street tycoons ruining Montana\u2019s cattle business?<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"item-controls\"><a class=\"item-edit\" id=\"edit-1153\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-admin\/nav-menus.php?edit-menu-item=1153#menu-item-settings-1153\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1154\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-depth-1 menu-item-page menu-item-edit-inactive\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-bar\">\n<div class=\"menu-item-handle ui-sortable-handle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/day-by-day-trip-log-2\/\"><span class=\"item-title\"><span class=\"menu-item-title\">Day by Day Trip Log Across USA<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I am an economist who teaches at Boston University and does research at The Ohio State University. I am attempting an unsupported bike trip across the U.S. by myself. We each look at the world a little bit differently. This blog tracks my trip through the eyes of an economist. \u00a0 FAQ The Route: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/biking-across-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2018 Bike Trip Across America<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}