After a great nights sleep (on a bed!) in our hostel we walked into town and had bagel sandwiches and big mugs of cafe mocha with lots of whipped cream on top. A thunderstorm with hard rain passed as we finished getting ready and we finally hit the road a bit after 08:30. It was … Continue reading Day 5 of the GDMB- our last night in Canada!
We left our campsite in Elkford around 07:30 to get breakfast in a pizzeria. After a very hearty breakfast we hit the road and it turned out to be paved for about 1/4 mile then singletrack with hairpin curves and very steep slopes. It was hard, exciting and dangerous if you happened to be towing … Continue reading Day 4 of the GDMBR: a hot and windy ride to Fernie, BC
It was cold when we woke up this morning- in the mid 40’s. We each had a fantastic mights sleep- being tired and after cleaning off in a river. The route today was all big rolling hills through beautiful scenery that risks becoming mundane- I mean it’s just one stunning mountain after another… We did’n’t … Continue reading Day 3 of the GDMBR- a hard ride to Elkford, BC
After ending Day 1 at 7 pm at an impromptu camping location, with a “No Camping” sign, we awoke the next morning at about 7 am and departed camp around 945 am. The campsite was located about 200 yds off a sometimes busy, and always dusty road. Just as we got to the road, a … Continue reading Day two of the GDMBR and our first crossing of the Continental Divide!
Well, day one was a tough one… Our cool Bob Ibex trailers are really heavy- about 70 lbs when loaded- and they make our bikes handle very squirrelly. Our first 15-20 miles had many very steep, rocky hills that we just couldn’t pedal up…and pushing the bike and trailer up was soul crushing and extremely … Continue reading Great Divide Mountain Bike Route day 1!
I will be riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (google it for some interesting info) this summer with my Brother-in-Law John Davis. The ride is from Banff to Antelope Wells, NM- right on the Mexican border. Out ride will be about 2,900 miles and we will cross the continental divide 32 times climbing a … Continue reading Training in the mountainside
After a pretty average breakfast this morning I left for a short, final, cool, hilly, sketchy urban ride to Fairfield, CT. It was a beautiful morning- about 45 F, mostly sunny and a light headwind. How fitting, I thought, I started with headwinds and finished with a headwind. The roads were typically hilly with mostly … Continue reading Day 72: End of ride, front tire in the Atlantic Ocean in Fairfield, CT!
It was cold this morning- 40 F when I was eating breakfast! My sister and Robin decided to ride with me part way and we decided to start the ride East of the Hudson River due to several sections of high speed roads with no shoulders. We started riding atound 09:45 and it was a … Continue reading Day 71: A nice short hilly urban ride to Ridgefield, CT
Janet and I drove the route to Ridgefield, CT today and over 50% of the route is on roads without any shoulder… For that reason, I will ride to Ridgefield early Sunday morning and will eat, drink and be merry until then! Continue reading Day 69: Rest day in Monroe, NY
I left the B&B at 09:30 this morning after a nice breakfast and several cups of coffee. The first 2.5 miles were all downhill! Then I hit 97 South which parallels the Delaware River and it was beautiful and hilly, just like yesterday. There were some really winding sections of road along the river today … Continue reading Day 68: Another beautiful and very hilly ride to Monroe, NY
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