Man that was really cool. Doing the divide kinda made me never want to race bikes again, but this thing has me all excited. Great trail, great riding, great views.

Here are some more pictures and stuff: https://theskrumble.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/colorado-trail-race/

Hey Stefan,

Never found batteries for my big brother box (checked in Silverton and Leadville, forgot in BV), but I finished up at 8:30 last night, just squeaked it in without lights. I can email you my track if ya need it

Tires, tires, tires......
What do you guys down in Colorado run for a front tire day to day and for this event?
Thanks in advance!

Something knobby, but not too heavy. Ardents are super popular in my area. You certainly could get away with something racier, and deal with pedaling something heavier. I really dig a 29x2.5 Minion up front for extra downhill radness

Shoulda ironed this out better before, but I'm still looking for a ride from picketpost (or maybe Tucson) down to the start. If anybody has space for one more, let me know. I'll bring cookies and gas money

Handsome looking van you got there

If it's a current Etrex, the track limit is 10,000 points. But seriously, you should try that little app I posted earlier. It'll save you a lot of trouble

I was having the same problem, and yep, there's a way better way. Turns your track into a map (so there's no need to do any splitting): http://www.javawa.nl/imgfromgpx_en.html.

It works great. The GPS runs faster without having to load all those tracks too

Hey folks, happy new year and good luck with getting ready. I just started putting up some more thoughts from last year's race over here:
http://theskrumble.wordpress.com/category/tour-divide-2/

Can't say I'm sorry that I won't be spending 20+ days on gravel this year- that kind of riding never was my forte. Looking forward to some long single track racing though  

Someone recently said that "this great race suffers from a deficit in administration..."

I'm a little new to this, but isn't that part of the point? There are plenty of other races out there with heavy organization and high fees.

I was really surprised when I got out there, and started hearing from Matthew at all- I received texts telling me when it was time to replace batteries in my Spot Trace, and one telling me that the Sapillo Alternate was actually open. It was nice, but despite paying a trackleaders registration, I wasn't expecting any of that. 

And results- who cares? Is that really the reason some people line up? The results that matter (if any do) are already easy to find- Jeffe and Alice won, Dan was first single speed.

Sure, I'll remember that I was 9th overall and 2nd SS, and maybe my mom and my girlfriend care, but beyond that I realize that the rest of the world (even the rest of the endurance mountain bike community) probably doesn't give a crap.

I think the leaderboard on trackleaders is enough as far as published results go.

This is a great event, but it's in a really grey area. I think that the more "administered" it becomes, the closer it's going to get to being shut down- especially when riders end up needing help, get hypothermic, and so on.

I just got home after finishing up a couple days ago. Man, what a monster of a race. I heard a bunch of people say "once you get out of Montana, it's smooth sailing."

I've never heard a bigger lie. Everyday is harder and harder. Everything from trying to mate an ass full of sores to a frozen saddle before sunrise, to trying to choke down another cinnamon roll when my mouth was abraded and raw from all the sugar, to getting caught in an all day monsoon in New Mexico when I thought the only weather I'd have to worry about was wind and sun.

Huge amout of respect for anybody who finishes this thing, and especially for the people who are still out there plugging away.

The last week, while I was struggling for that border, I kept telling myself that there would be an end to the suffering. I wanted the end so bad.

When I got there, I wanted to keep heading south. Kinda wish I was still out there sleeping in the sage.     

Hey Dave,

I'm gonna give it a shot as well. Probably in early to mid May though. I'll post again when I know an exact date

Long Ways out....but anyone in Colorado planning on driving up to Banff for the start. Don't want to fly if I can help it....
Jefe

Hey Jefe, I'm driving up from Bonedale- maybe we can figure something out. Always helps to split that gas