What are your plans for 2010?

[John G]

Here in Germany we don't have any unsupported multi day races, I'll do some of my own to get ready for the TDR.

Looks like this is going to happen again in 2010, but I don't know enough German to make much else out.

http://www.grenzsteintrophy.de/

[phil_rad]

John G I forgot about that one. Problem is that it starts on the 17th of June 2010. So I can't use it as training for the TDR. I would like to do it one day, since its here where I live.

[phil_rad]

The Grenzsteintrophy is actually not a race. On the web site it says its a tour. The rules are the same as the self supported races in the USA. The length is around 1300 km.

[epicbonk]

I'd like to do the North Umpqua River Trail.

http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/recreation/umpquatrails/index.html] [url]http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/recreation/umpquatrails/index.html[/url]

[Majcolo]

TNGA, TU, CFITT

Edit: adding a solo Trans North Georgia.

[DaNM]

GLR, CTR.

[SandSurfer]

Likely solo, not in groups: Trans Georgia, Eye of the Huracan, CFITT, and a couple of local rides in the FLA panhandle.  I've got ideas for developing a ride from Bent Creek Trails outside Asheville, NC to the beginning of Trans Georgia, and then on across to Alabama.

[Majcolo]

Any good links for the Trans Georgia route? Last I saw it was still in development and the guys doing the route research weren't ready to share yet. Hopefully they've completed their first ride of the route.

Edit: nvm, found this: http://trails.firstworks.com/trails/trails.cgi/default/index.html?startpage=http%253A//trails.firstworks.com/trails/trails.cgi/default/navigation.html%253Fstartpage%253Dhttp%2525253A//trails.firstworks.com/trails/trails.cgi/default/trailsystem.html%2525253Ftrail_system_id%2525253D199%25252526startpage%2525253Dhttp%25252525253A//trails.firstworks.com/trails/trails.cgi/default/trailsystem/trails.html%25252525253Ftrail_system_id%25252525253D199

[gbach]

oh boy, oh boy!
some spring rides with moab in mind
GLR - I wrote it now I gotta do it
run a couple 50 milers (spring desert and bighorn)
CTR - no gimping out!

[jonesy792]

nothing set in stone yet:

24 hours old pueblo
AZT 300
AZT thru ride (as long as there isn't 100+ degree weather)
CTR (dependent on how AZT went for me)
Coco 250
several misc. mtb, road and/or triathon races

[Pawel]

CTR +back to Denver
a couple of local rides in Poland
I would like to explore some trails in Ukraine (if I find time)

[Eric]

The organizers of the Grenzsteintrophy speak English so if you're actually interested they could give you more details.

[krefs]

Man, I thought I had things all planned out in my head and then I read what everyone has to offer next year, and there's too much to fit in! Fortunately the Divide is out of the picture, at least for another year or two.

Anyone have interest in trying to follow some of Dan and Mike Moe's original Divide route?  I'm contemplating something like that at some point...

DH - the last half of the TU may convert me to an inflatable sleeping pad user for the particularly wet sections ;-)

And it seems like there are a lot of people planning on doing the GLR.  Do they even know what they are saying?

[Marshal]

Man, I thought I had things all planned out in my head and then I read what everyone has to offer next year, and there's too much to fit in! Fortunately the Divide is out of the picture, at least for another year or two.

Anyone have interest in trying to follow some of Dan and Mike Moe's original Divide route?  I'm contemplating something like that at some point...

DH - the last half of the TU may convert me to an inflatable sleeping pad user for the particularly wet sections ;-)

And it seems like there are a lot of people planning on doing the GLR.  Do they even know what they are saying?

do you have the Moe's original route? if so is there a link?

[dream4est]

two.

Anyone have interest in trying to follow some of Dan and Mike Moe's original Divide route?  I'm contemplating something like that at some point...

I want to do some form of CDT with wilderness detours as well Kurt. I think it would be sweet for someone to design a route that has tons of singletrack and some GDMBR/dirt road detours to get around wilderness and insane sections.

Maybe do the whole enchilada or just Colorado? Both sound pretty appealing to me.

Mark C.

[ScottM]

I want to do some form of CDT with wilderness detours as well Kurt. I think it would be sweet for someone to design a route that has tons of singletrack and some GDMBR/dirt road detours to get around wilderness and insane sections.

Maybe do the whole enchilada or just Colorado? Both sound pretty appealing to me.

Mark C.

It'll be a bunch of work to figure out a CDT bike route, but definitely well worth the effort.  I have a start for a few sections I have ridden on bikepacking trips.

There was a guy here on bp.net last spring that was getting heavily into mapping it and said he was going to ride the whole thing.  I revived his thread and sent him an email but never heard a peep back.

Based on what I've seen, I estimate a CDT thru-trip would take minimum 2 months at a highly motivated pace.  3 months might be more realistic.  Of course it depends on how many GDMBR detours you take.

Chad and I have been tossing around the idea for the summer, but it's a big, big trip.

[dream4est]

Chad and I have been tossing around the idea for the summer, but it's a big, big trip.

Any random thoughts on start date? direction? I mapped Colorado and added my own wilderness detours and IMO you would do it in about 14-15 days and me about 18-19 (south to north- which in Colorado I feel is easier).


Mark C.

[krefs]

Marshall, I don't have Mike and Dan's route.  Although I do have a couple ice axes that I found on Baffin last summer from their final expedition.  We'd have to get a look at their maps and journals to figure out their route.  But part of the magic of their trip was that they didn't plan much out in advance.  They had topos following the Divide, and they picked their route as they went.  Sometimes it worked well, sometimes they got stymied by private property or pack trails shown on the maps that didn't exist in reality.

There really are a couple ways to do it - map out everything in advance, locate all the singletrack you can, and link that together with detours where necessary, or go for a real adventure and just take some good maps with.

I'd love to do a week or two of either at some point this year, but the whole thing would have to wait for another summer.

[Mathewsen]

Marshall, I don't have Mike and Dan's route.  Although I do have a couple ice axes that I found on Baffin last summer from their final expedition.  We'd have to get a look at their maps and journals to figure out their route.  But part of the magic of their trip was that they didn't plan much out in advance.  They had topos following the Divide, and they picked their route as they went.  Sometimes it worked well, sometimes they got stymied by private property or pack trails shown on the maps that didn't exist in reality.

Not sure if anyone has linked to the Moes' Divide ride write-up elsewhere on this forum but you can find a really bad copy (the only one known to me) in a .pdf here: http://tourdivide.org/GDMBR_origin
I got it from ACA's Michael McCoy a few years back. It's a 25 year old photocopy (rather, mimeograph) to the 10th degree. The 2nd part of the story (West is West) is more readable than the first. I would kill to have the two issues of Bicycle Rider mag the story was printed in --if anything, just to see clearly their bike set-ups. I have spent literally hours on the phone trying to back track with publishers of Bicycle Rider without any luck. It was only in biz for a few years at the height of the touring boom.

At any rate, you can glean their general route from the story. It's nice to read that 'Grand Tour' sensations they experienced in 1984 are still very much alive in Divide riding today. Here's a meaty, but worthy excerpt from the story conclusion:

The thought of reaching our destination is exciting, but sad as well. It will mean the end of a trek we've grown accustomed to. We've shared many frosty mornings, exciting days and fiery sunsets along the Divide. In a way, it will be like leaving friends when you move away from your hometown. You know you'll see them again, but things will never quite be the same...Canada is just 12 miles away. We push hard for the border, flashing up and down the last hills like we're riding 19lb racers. The wind has eased up, and only a whisper in the trees breaks the steady hum of our chains. Neither of us speaks. Vivid memories of the last two months fill our thoughts.

In my mind I can again taste the sweet waters of the Firehole River in Yellowstone, and laugh out loud recalling when we pushed our bikes over the steep snow at Tincup Pass in Colorado. It seems as if we were riding over the high plains of NM only yesterday, and I can almost feel the cold rain pelting my back as it did when we left the Mexican border 2600 miles ago.

Suddenly, the border is right in front of us. For Dan and Me, this is the end of one very special dream, but the beginning of many others. We grin at each other, raise our hands high and coast into Canada.

[sherpaxc]

I tried my best to read it.  My eyes were crossed by the time I got to the first page.  I just couldn't finish it.  Looks like a good read...