He said his wife told him it was lame not to leave more information, so he logged a three-minute final call, which was probably longer than all of his previous GDR call-ins put together. It was the 2.5 years of.Fred Wilkinson called from Moab on Saturday afternoon with some thoughts on his race. Failure was certainly on my mind the entirety of my training for the Colorado portion of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. All totaled, I am looking down the road at a 2,500-mile ride with 150,800 ft of elevation gain from the border with Canada to the border with Mexico along the Continental Divide. It's essentially the same, less than 250-miles of riding along the Canadian Rockies and follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route by Adventure Cycling Association.

Riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route once in a lifetime is the dream of many cyclists. The CDNST and notions of traveling the Divide corridor are what inspired Mike and Dan Moe of Laramie Wyoming to ride (and push) their. The GDMBRs roots lie in both the mid 1970s rise in US bicycle touring and the creation of the Continental Divide Scenic Trail (CDNST), established (undertaken) 1978.

At 2,745 miles, the Great Divide Mountain Bike Ride (GDMBR) is the longest off pavement route in the world. It rained every day on me in New Mexico and a lot near Silver City and Pie Town.Great Divide Mountain Bike Ride July 2021. I don't know if people realize how much it is raining in New Mexico. I hope it's not raining that much on them.

I had some knee problems then, but I got it back together in Colorado, so that was OK.My bike and equipment all worked great. I ended up having to stay in Rawlins for 18 hours to recover. I had to walk up every single hill, even the paved highway into town. And also that final stretch down below Silver City is really nice leading down to Interstate 10, downhill and you know that the finish is coming up.My biglow point was the day into Rawlins I had a horrible day that day. I actually had a goal of maybe a faster time which I missed, but I was happier to finish.The epic bike race follows the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route for roughly 2,700 miles, connecting the U.S.-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border across some of the highest mountains in the U.S.The other high pointwas riding up Boreas Pass because that's when I started feeling better in Colorado and thought I actually might finish. I was really psyched to finish.

No chain problems - one chain for the ride, one set of tires, one set of brake pads for the ride, my grips worked great. The only flat-type issue I had was the first day, some air escaping and I was able to seal it with a sealant. I didn't even have any flats.

Saw a couple of Tour Divide racers out there. I didn't get to talk toher more because I didn't want to intrude on her, but I'm glad that she's riding again. I did see Jenn in Abiquiu and I felt bad that she felt bad.

Huge thunderstorms moving across. 'That has to be one of the most beautiful places I've been. Her call from Antelope Wells was a bit warbly and hard to understand, but it sounds like she had an amazing last few days.'I had a long day yesterday from Beaverhead, all the way down through the Gila which was stunningly beautiful, just gorgeous,' she said. Jenn also is the first woman to complete the Great Divide Race on a singlespeed, which would make her time the new female singlespeed record. Sunday to say she arrived at 6:40 a.m., for a seventh-place and first-female finishing time of 22 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. The guy who helped me was not very much help, but another guy did help me get onto a shuttle, so within 10 minutes of getting there I was on my way to Phoenix, and that got me home quick.'If any other racers have some final thoughts or pictures they would like to post on the blog, e-mail me at Much easier than transcribing! Whew.Link to original article: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713333.post-3825316574467461740Jenn Hopkins called from Antelope Wells at 10 a.m.

As I said, it was a bit hard to understand her call. It's been beyond everything else that I realized it would be.''Thanks to everyone who got messages to me along the way to wish me good luck and to keep track of how I'm doing.' Jenn thanked her family and a few individuals (Debbie?). 'As normal as thisis, I guess. She didn't know how hard that would have been to finish the race to a closed border station with nobody around.'Time to get back to normal,' she said. She said it was wonderful to see people there to greet her.

Congratulations to all the racers.Link to original article: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713333.

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