Hi all - I'm planning on riding a portion of the GDMBR next summer, leaving Banff sometime in late June, spending 2 weeks on the bike, and then heading back. My wife will be roughly paralleling me and we'll be meeting up along the way every 3-4 days, but by no means will this be a supported tour. Speedwise, I'm planning on riding 12-14 hours/day and averaging 100 miles/day or more. That's about my standard pace out here in the PNW along doubletrack and logging roads, usually climbing 7-10,000' per day. I'm also not opposed to taking a shorter day every few days as well. Planning on camping some of the time, grabbing a room inside every 2-3 nights.
Just wanted to see if this aligns with anyone else's plans for next summer. Not looking to spend that entire 2 weeks side-by-side, but occasionally riding with someone else would be nice.
Let me know if you're interested and we can discuss.
-Nathan
Nathan - Have you firmed up your departure date? I plan on leaving Banff July 10th and it sounds like our riding plans correspond.