Tour Divide

Oh and I need these in my life right now.

For between pub stops?

Looks like all my reasons for not mountain biking again have been resolved.

Pfft. It's a long way from the sofa to the kitchen in my house

Fuck yeah!

So now I know who lives in Blickling Hall :-)

That reminds me; I need to get the windows in the West Wing cleaned again...
#firstworldproblems

Good luck to you Gabes. Inspiring stuff.

@jdp yeah, I'll be using a SPOT tracker, all 'racers' are required to have one, so you'll be able to follow my blue dot!

Will that be open for any one to follow? Isn't there some problem in that?

I'd love to see your trackings and dream myself away on the adventure, but I wouldn't love the thought of having my exact whereabouts live on the net.

I've preobably missed something. I'm all stoked for your project though. Good luck!

Yes, it's open for anyone to follow. It's pretty fucking remote out there, I don't think any weirdos are going to come and bum me in the middle of montana. Oh, brokeback mountain.

Bears read the live tracking info though, right?

Brokebear mountain...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=twQlpFrm5iM

OMG I can never unremember that. c**t.

I think there's only one incident where Dave got his fixed wheel bike stolen in Wyoming I think?

Your main concern is traffic I figure.

That will haunt your dreams on a mountain-side somewhere and you'll thank me for it later. :)

I'm more concerned about skin-walkers!
https://theskrumble.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/some-more-thoughts-on-the-great-divide/

Wow

"18+ hours a day of rocks and washboard add up fast"

You gonna be riding a duallie or running a sus post or just panel-beating your arse into the shape of your saddle?

I think those short travel thudbusters look (well, not look, but appear) quite good. Wouldn't work with bikepacking setup tho..

thudbusters

@scherrit runs one of them. If I ever got into mtb enduro again I'd probably consider one.

would @scherrit like to lend me his for a weekend? ;)

You can get thudbuster adapters for the Revelate Viscacha saddle pack

the latter.

to quote my mate "it fucking hurts in the morning when you get on the bike, until the blisters pop"

Is this going to clear 3" tyres? or is there too much fireroad for that sort of weight and rolling resistance?