Mountainbiking in Sussex and further afield too
Tour Divide Diary Day 23 17/07/16 Helena to Boulder 54 miles 5190 feet of climbing Cumulative 688 miles 38664 feet of climbing We said our farewells to Dawn and rode to Steve’s Cafe for our final mega breakfast in Helena. The trail out of Helena was the same as we had ridden previously when we…
Tour Divide Diary Day 22 16/07/16 Mount Ascension 20 miles 1804 feet of climbing Cumulative 634 miles 33473 feet of climbing We got up early and headed to Steve’s Cafe for yet another breakfast, French toast, bacon and maple syrup, yum. I finally figured out what quantity was correct to order that didn’t leave me…
Tour Divide Diary Day 21 15/07/16 Rest day in Helena 12 miles 500 feet of climbing Cumulative 614 miles 31669 feet of climbing The best laid plans of mice and men and all that stuff! We were planning to ride Mount Ascension trails today, but various things got in the way, but as I’d learned…
Tour Divide Diary Day 20 14/07/16 Rest day in Helena 12 miles 400 feet of climbing Cumulative 601 miles 31167 feet of climbing When we woke up Jeff and Sue had already gone on their way to the Adventure Cycling Association 40th anniversary in Missoula, so we had a lazy morning with another breakfast at…
Tour Divide Diary Day 19 13/07/16 Helena ridge trail 18 miles 2487 feet of climbing Cumulative 589 miles 30767 feet of climbing Today started off with yet another breakfast at Steve’s Cafe. Jeff lent us the Helena South Hills trail map and we decided that we would tackle the Mount Helena Ridge Trail, a trail…
Tour Divide Diary Day 18 12/07/16 Rest day in Helena 0 miles 0 feet of climbing Cumulative 572 miles 28280 feet of climbing We really didn’t do much today, on Jeff’s recommendation we went to Steve’s Cafe for breakfast, voted the “Best breakfast in Helena” it seemed to be a good choice. This was a…
Tour Divide Diary Day 17 11/07/16 Lost Llama Cabin to Helena 39 miles 3497 feet of climbing Cumulative 572 miles 28280 feet of climbing We woke up in the awesome Lost Llama Cabin at Prickly Pear Creek, the weather was fortunately not as bad as what was forecast, but it had been raining heavily all…
Lisbon to Sagres – Bikepacking Through The West Coast Of Portugal from truedynamicfilms on Vimeo. This looks great, I could use some summer sun and dusty trails myself right now!
Tour Divide Diary Day 16 10/07/16 Lincoln to Lost Llama Cabin 23 miles 2313 feet of climbing Cumulative 533 miles 24782 feet of climbing The weather forecast had been hideous and originally we had planned to stay in Lincoln for another night before heading off to Helena. However when we got up the promised torrential…
Tour Divide Diary Day 15 09/07/16 Rest day in Lincoln 0 miles 0 feet of climbing Cumulative 510 miles 22469 feet of climbing Not much to report today as it truly was a day of rest. Being such a small town there wasn’t a lot to see or do, although our stay did coincide with…
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