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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 06:53 AM
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my son just moved to the Denver area. Was thinking about shipping bike there this spring and riding back to Florida. What the best month to plan this. Thanks.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 07:03 AM
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Default End of May

If you are planning on riding around in Colorado I would plan for sometime at the end of May.
It snows a lot of the time during the first week. It will still be cold up on in mtn passes. There will still be snow. Just plan on taking some warm gear and you'll be good to go.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2014 | 10:34 AM
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Thanks I was hoping for end of May or early June The only wet stuff in Florida is rain
 
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Old Dec 21, 2014 | 02:29 PM
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We did that trip 1st week of june and it was awesome down the west slope to Ouray to Durango to four corners and on into moab, Utah . Not a lot of traffic and beautiful scenery.
 
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