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never seen it before........WOW. 8)
Same guys are making a film about the Trans AM race this year, should be good!
got to be on every MTB'er bucket list. Aiming to do mine before I'm 50!
ton, what was that on?
Certainly one i'm aiming for.
Was that 'Ride the Divide' you watched?
Its a great film and an equally great soundtrack.
I've got it on disc and have watched it countless times and it really stokes the imagination and enthusiasm for cycling and adventure.
Matthew Lee is one cool guy ....
awesome ride, I can confirm. watch out for bears and seriously pine trees are so yesterday yesterday yesterday .
It is great, and i've also been wanting to do it since seeing the film. But whatever you do, don't watch 'Reveal the Path' by the same makers. It is a truly awful, over-earnest 'nature-quest' kind of film. Can't wait for the Trans AM bike race film though.
Trying to do this before I reach 40...
Great film and soundtrack.
Got me in to Codes in the Clouds.
("Distant streetlights" instrumental that they play).
One for when the kids have left home.
Yeah, right. 😐
Some good Tour Divide reading out there too, check out Paul Howard and Jill Homer.
Agree with above re: The Path, fat bike camp fire chat, cringe.
Great film, watched it last night, very inspirational.
Thanks again for the link 😀
Agreed. He posted a fair bit on BP.net a few years ago, for me quite influential stuff about riding/racing style.Matthew Lee is one cool guy ....
I'd down-play the importance of the TDR itself unless you want to get in pretty deep, it's a wonderful route that's worth taking a little more time over and the TDR may distract many of us from what the route really is. Riding it with a more open schedule is my retirement aim.
Thanks for posting the link, I'm now 90 minutes behind my schedule for the day.
Very very interesting, remarkably tear jerking in places too.
The film's great. I first saw in a cinema screening put on by Dales Bike Centre, then bought the DVD and have watched it a few more times since.
I'd like to ride the route one day, but as a fast(ish) tour rather than racing it; my brother lives near (in Canadian terms) Banff, so I could coincide it with a visit to him at one end of the ride. My sister walked the Pacific Crest Trail and I'm very jealous of that.
Just been watching it. Good film and inspiring. Realised - although I think I already knew - I've really not got what it takes to be able to ride alone for that long, irrespective of the fitness and time commitment. I've now got to find myself a more realistic goal.
Bloody dear to enter though
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Bloody dear to enter though
The Tour Divide is free to enter.......... expensive to ride (travel costs, food, accommodation, etc.) but free to enter none the less. 🙂
The film is largely saved by the backdrop and a bit of knowledge about the level of the challenge. Unfortunately the riders it focused on seemed bent on turning it into some sort of spiritual/philosophical/whimsical experience and whined all the way through it as they "found themselves".
There actually seemed to be some more interesting and natural characters doing the race that year, that barely got a look in as they didn't fit the dippy hippy profile.
That said, still hats off to anyone who does the race.
and if you do the ride make sure you like 4x4 track, singletrack isn't as much as you'd hope.
Would anyone be interested in a NW screening of the Trans AM if i can twist Mikes arm?
I thought the route was getting updated year on year to make it more "singletrack" orientated.
You have to remember the route started from rough stuff touring, before what we now know as bikepacking.
Little true singletrack on the route at all. What there is is great, but it's 5% or so. There's a bit more in the 2014> route north of Butte. It's not that sort of ride though. MSP's right it's more dirt touring than what many see as MTB today, more open landscapes and mileage than technical thrills.
2800 miles of interesting singletrack could take a good couple of weeks or more longer to complete I think. There is the actual Continental Divide Trail if you want a major challenge .. I think it's still un-ridden in one go?
yep, barely any singletrack, indeed I found it boring in places. Sure the views are amazing and countryside stunning but it becomes: oh look YET another stunning view. You sort of give up taking pics after a couple of days, they're all the same.
Bah! Foiled again.
watched reveal the path, earlier today.
proper enjoyed it to be honest. the trail in scotland looked fantastic.
Bah, they've taken the video down...
and if you do the ride make sure you like 4x4 track, singletrack isn't as much as you'd hope.
Yeah I don't think I could manage 2,800 miles of challenging singletrack!
Enjoyed that (so did the missus) thanks Ton 😉
I watched it on YouTube. Is it not still on there?