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We met a few guys riding it while on the TransAm. A broad mix of riders from an elite German racer to a family with two boys aged 9 and 11 who were riding a different section each year. They started it when their youngest was 8. Oh and they rode 'cross bikes.
It looks an epic trail with what looked like a lot of Land Rover track in some super remote landscapes.
Are there any blogs or forums that give a balanced picture of the trail?
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not done it, but the maps are available and maintained by [url= http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm ]Adventure Cycling[/url] America and there's some info on there.
Also this film is worth a watch [url= http://www.ridethedividemovie.com/ ]Ride the Divide[/url]
There's a few but Aidan and Blackhound spring to mind.
Jenn did (she raced the Tour Divide but di the Canadian bit as a 'warm up' I think.
And then cycled from the Mexican border to San Fransisco as a 'warm down'.
There's a nice article in the stw archive wot she wrote about it.
No, way out my league, just watched the Blu-ray of Ride The Divide, stunning, and read this [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Wheels-Wagon-Bicycle-Adventure/dp/1845965612 ]Two Wheels on My Wagon[/url]
I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to ride it back in 2008. I kept a basic blog which has one or two links: [url= http://gdr2008.blogspot.com ]Clicky[/url]
There is also a specific GDR blog page on the Adventure Cycling America website which I trawled through for information before heading off myself.
Hope this helps 🙂
I'm fairly confident [url= http://www.iamnotasinglespeeder.blogspot.com/ ]this[/url] is Aidan's blog (can't view from work, so apologies if I'm wrong!). He's a very tough chap, and an excellent rider, certainly a hell of a challenge!
Aidan's got a [url= http://www.aidanharding.com ]new website[/url]. He's raced the TD twice, doing really well both time despite various mechanicals. I'll let you know what it's like after June next year 😉
Thanks for that folks.
If you can get hold of the latest copy of the ctc magazine (oct / nov 11), it has a feature on the Great Divide Ride from a woman who rode it this year (and she'd never ridden off-road before!). Also a link to her account of her trip:
http://eatsleepdrinkbeerride.blogspot.com
Jill Homer rode it in 2009, set the female course record
http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/
She also wrote a book about it. Links on her blog.