What a ride! Now I know what mountain bike riding is all about. Now I know why people have mountain bikes and a bike-packing set up. Now I know what 200,000ft of elevation feels like from riding up anywhere from say 500ft to 6,000ft on a daily basis over dirt roads. Now I know thatContinue reading “The Ups and Downs of the Great Divide”
Category Archives: The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Colorado, Here I Am!
Phew! Made it to Steamboat Springs, Co. after many hard earned miles and many more feet of elevation. In fact, on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) there is no day where you are not climbing anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000ft. It’s insane. Some days that’s on relatively decent packed gravel and other daysContinue reading “Colorado, Here I Am!”
Feeling hot, hot, hot!
Wicked Hard Rooseville to Helena…check. Two weeks, 370miles, 33,000ft up and 32,000ft down. If you read my last post, you can delete it now. I was clueless. This is freaking hard. Bike packers are dialed in to this whole divide route. It turns out that less really is more, cold beans rule, energy bars areContinue reading “Feeling hot, hot, hot!”
Practice Run
I was lucky to have nice weather on my weekend shake-down ride. I usually try to go to the San Juan Islands for a couple of nights but this year I only had time for a quick overnight to Vashon Island. I rode from Bremerton to Port Orchard then along the water to Southworth whereContinue reading “Practice Run”
Biking for Clean Hands and Clean Water
I bike for a variety of reasons. For example: I bike for exercise, to be kind to the environment, to be outside in nature, to get fresh air deep into my lungs, to learn about new places, to meet new people, to live in the moment, to give the ruminating in my head a rest,Continue reading “Biking for Clean Hands and Clean Water”
The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR)
It’s time for another adventure. I’m going to do this summer what I hoped to do last summer until my plans turned upside down by a not so little pandemic. The time has come to ride the epic continental divide bike trail developed and marketed over twenty years ago by the organization, Adventure Cycling. ThisContinue reading “The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR)”
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