Chris Jahn from Centralia, IL on 6/7/2009 9:35:00 AM:
Hands down the best option is renting, but I would bring my own seat. And it might limit your number of miles each day if the bike is a lot diffrent than yours. At the end of the trip, you just turn in your dirty bike and fly home, minimal headaches. I have rented before on the Pacific Coast Hwy on a Treck 1000 road bike. I forgot to bring the saddle my butt was used to, and it let know it at about mile 300. I brought an oversized seat-post bag for tools, tubes and pump.