Mountainbiking in Sussex and further afield too
Heading out of Bear Bones HQ we went a different way to those we have used in the past, out up the valley on the bridleway. It was a good choice, not too steep, but it got us all warmed up ready for the day ahead. We rode a variety of bridleways, heading towards Machynlleth….
We hit the jackpot with April’s bivvy, the weather was awesome and the trails were fast and dry. We camped in our usual spot near Chanctonbury and then had a way too expensive second breakfast in Steyning.
I thought I’d give a breakdown of my bikepacking toolkit. This is the full set up I took for the Tour Divide, so in reality there may be a little more there than you would use for a couple of days riding round Wales, but in the end I had to know that I could…
Tour Divide Diary Day 32, to the end of the trip….. 26/07/16 So this bit just ties up the rest of the trip, essentially we were killing time till our flight back. The right hand side of my face had swollen right up and the toothache got so bad I had to give in and…
Tour Divide Diary Day 31 25/07/16 Moab Slickrock Trail 10.2 miles 1660 feet of climbing As a mountainbiker from the UK my first experience of the Slickrock was in the 1994 film Tread:The Movie. In the film it says “once a cool thing is done, it cannot be undone”, well I was looking for a…
Tour Divide Diary Day 30 24/07/16 It was only 149 miles to Moab and we got that done pretty early in the morning. There were yet more incredibly straight, incredibly tedious roads to drive, but once we were getting deeper into Utah the scenery started to get more interesting and we were both really excited…
Tour Divide Diary Day 29 23/07/16 It was time to repeat the process from the previous day, stick Tom in the car and pack up quick. We headed south through the Grand Teton National Park. We stopped at a pull in by the lake and I got out to take some pictures. A little further…
Tour Divide Diary Day 28 22/07/16 In the middle of the night there had been a very short mini hurricane and downpour which had woken us both up, fortunately though the tent was still waterproof and in one piece. I woke up early and decided that the best way to get us to our destination…
Tour Divide Diary Day 27 21/07/16 This was the day of the great escape. We packed the bikes up early and shot down to McDonalds for breakfast. After looking at the previous day’s statistics we really we could get up to a pretty good speed down the rather steep Montana Street. So the plan was…
Tour Divide Diary Day 26 20/07/16 We had decided that the previous day would be our last on the trail. We knew that we could get a car in Butte and after a lot of searching it appeared the next place where there would be an opportunity was Steamboat Springs in Colorado. Working on our…
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