Tour Divide racers are completely self-supported and have to finish the ride in about a month?s time to qualify as finishers: 27 days for men and 31 days for women. They carry their own gear and stop for resupply (and lots of frozen burritos) in towns along the route.
Thanks to satellite tracking technology, you can track the Tour Divide race progress in real time and listen to audio updates via podcasts and racer phone check-ins. There?s also lively, ongoing discussion of the race and other MTB-endurance events over at bikepacking.net.
If you?re interested in tackling a Great Divide cycling adventure at your own pace, Adventure Cycling can provide you with the maps and the gear to do it.
Photos by Aaron Teasdale
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BIKEPACKER is written by Casey Greene and Paul Hansbarger -- Adventure Cycling staff, part-time adventure seekers and gear nerds alike. It appears on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.
Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/06/tour-divide-starts-today.html
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