Riding The Great Divide 2019 - Butte MT to Salida CO - 1,146 Miles

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This is part 2 of our self supported bicycle trip along the Adventure Cycling Association Great Divide Route. This route starts in Banff AB Canada and ends in Antelope Wells, NM. Total distance is around 2,700 miles. For 2019 we picked up where we left off last year in Butte Montana and rode to Salida Colorado. Took us 17.5 days to ride the 1,146 miles to Salida and we had an awesome time. Next year we hope to finish the route.
Link to ACA Website for more information on the route:
www.adventurecycling.org/rout...

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  • @mikekearsley2407
    @mikekearsley2407 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic vid!!!! and I love the music. Thanks, Mike from Woodinville

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so very much! Again, it was really getting meeting you. Happy trails.

  • @SerNOELTV
    @SerNOELTV Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this video. Superb!!!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much and for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @lucapompei2753
    @lucapompei27532 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video and music!!! Thankyou!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, appreciate it.

  • @robertbotta6536
    @robertbotta65364 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely awesome. Thanks for taking the time and hassle to produce this video. Just awesome.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment, much appreciated and glad you liked the video. Ride on!

  • @TheTrakker
    @TheTrakker2 жыл бұрын

    Man! What an epic journey! That was awesome!!!

  • @canica99
    @canica993 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video and amazing scenary. Thank you so much for posting and absolutely loved the music and simplicity. Cheers to many more adventures.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, ride on!

  • @secretdaisy6484
    @secretdaisy64842 жыл бұрын

    Love 💕 your video. I can't wait to ride that trail! 👍☮️🌞🌟🚵🚵🏼‍♀️🏔🏕

  • @mswarrior932
    @mswarrior9322 жыл бұрын

    Great video!! I really enjoyed all the awesome scenery shots!! thank you!!!🚴

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @tonyfrewin4822
    @tonyfrewin48223 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, really loved watching this.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. Appreciate it.

  • @karlkrieg858
    @karlkrieg8583 жыл бұрын

    What a quality I loved every second of the video 👌👌👌👌👌 Really good job and awesome trip Thank you for sharing

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Karl, much appreciated! Ride on!

  • @Paul_James
    @Paul_James3 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video! Great music selection. Until I can do this dream ride, I can live it through yours.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment, much appreciated! It's an amazing adventure waiting for you when the time is right. Ride on!

  • @sharonparkhill7576
    @sharonparkhill75764 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful scenery🥰

  • @cujomtb250
    @cujomtb2504 жыл бұрын

    Stunning! Great job!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, much appreciated!

  • @yannickb.9237
    @yannickb.92373 жыл бұрын

    Great ! Thank you for sharing. Congratulations from France.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, much appreciated! We met a super nice couple from France riding the divide in 2018. Would love to make it to France someday.

  • @tombristowe846
    @tombristowe8464 жыл бұрын

    Great vid. Amazing scenery. I particularly like your choice of atmospheric music. So rare on KZread. Usually we get the thump, thump thump techno beat which is such a turn-off....literally. All the best from the UK.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the nice comment, much appreciated. Not sure if you have done this route, if not it is a great experience and well worth coming over to the States! Ride on.

  • @ourwilliam2405
    @ourwilliam24053 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. I really enjoyed it, watching from Chile.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, much appreciated! Ride on!

  • @karlr6810
    @karlr68104 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! My home state of Colorado is one of the best places to enjoy and ride - God's Country! Thanks for sharing!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. I agree Colorado is amazing, can't wait to finish riding through it this year. Ride on!

  • @steveretiredandcycling
    @steveretiredandcycling3 жыл бұрын

    I discovered your channel this morning. Thank you for this video. Love your style, exceptional filming and editing!! One of the best I've seen on KZread. Doing my own adventure in two weeks, 850 miles from Key West to Charleston SC.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment, much appreciated. Your upcoming adventure is going to be awesome! Ride on.

  • @blain5827

    @blain5827

    3 жыл бұрын

    How’d your trip go?

  • @steveretiredandcycling

    @steveretiredandcycling

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blain5827 Hey Blain, thanks for asking. The trip was awesome. Next October I will pick up where I left off in SC. I will take an alternate route north since the East Coast Greenway map takes you on many high speed roads with no shoulder. Editing videos now and will start posting them next week. Subscribe to get notification when posted.

  • @TapioBlue
    @TapioBlue3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, awesome film work! It was somehow very satisfying see you ride back for the camera which nobody seems to show, lol.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, much appreciated!

  • @fredwells_pnwdad
    @fredwells_pnwdad Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @terrybuccambuso7917
    @terrybuccambuso79172 жыл бұрын

    Impressive ride down Fleecer! I was barely able to walk down the sagebrush to the left!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @curtbrown7967
    @curtbrown79673 жыл бұрын

    Great journey! Helpful to planning post Covid

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, much appreciated. Riding GDMBR is an awesome lifetime experience that you will love. We have 1000 miles left and had to push to 2021 thanks to COVID.

  • @DaveRucci
    @DaveRucci4 жыл бұрын

    Hey man! Long time no see old friend... so cool to run into you on KZread of all places! And by the way, this is a cool channel you've got going here too. Some of the footage I've seen in this video is just breathtaking! I've always pondered trying something like this myself, but I'm quite sure it take years of training and conditioning to travel such huge distances. Maybe we could catch up at some point in the future... I'd love to pick your brain about everything involved with such journeys. Hope all is well with you and your family, and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy 2020!

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dave, wow it has been a long time. Indeed pretty cool that you found me on KZread, haha. Things are going good, would love to catch up sometime. I see you are still into music and enjoyed watching your videos which are really good by the way. I remember when you first got a guitar and your brother was into drumming, pretty cool. Seeing the country by bicycle is awesome and if you have the desire you should give it a try for sure. There are tons of new bikepacking routes springing up all over the USA, it’s the perfect time to go for it. Happy 2020!

  • @DaveRucci

    @DaveRucci

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dwayne Allgire hey man. Thanks regarding my videos! Yea I just got an RV last year so I definitely want to get out West more and would love to explore more trail biking there as well. If you wanna chat more anytime my email is Evadguitar@gmail. Peace out! ✌🏻

  • @karlstine2065
    @karlstine20653 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t expect it to be this good.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, ride on!

  • @jayexpilly4331
    @jayexpilly43314 жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful vidéo ! I hope some day doing the same trip. Congratulations from France.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment. The GDMBR is awesome and hope you can do it. We want to make it to France one day.

  • @tonylochner
    @tonylochner3 жыл бұрын

    Wow 😯 as I am residing in South Africa - would love to do this one day 🤞🤞🤞

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is definitely worth the trip over to BC and USA. Thanks for watching!

  • @lukespack
    @lukespack3 жыл бұрын

    Love the pronghorn antelope. Did you see any wild horses south of Atlantic City, Wyoming? Love the Great Divide area. Nothing else matches it, in America, for scenery. This is a very nice video. That Banff- Jasper area is also great for scenery. Thanks again.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    We did see some wild horses which was amazing but by the time I got the camera out they were not close enough to get any good video. We totally agree there is nothing so far we have ridden that beats the scenery of the Great Divide it is such an awesome route. Also agree on Banff area, really amazing, have not been to Jasper area yet.

  • @nikkilesley2525
    @nikkilesley25254 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Regarding the music, I always hope for no music as I like to capture as is with nature.

  • @meech7520
    @meech75204 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video!!!!! Really great work here! I feel like I actually did the ride myself. Had a quick question. I have never camped in my life but I love cycling and recently picked up a touring bike. Something about the idea of touring and bikepacking resonates with me but here's my problem..........I have a very serious fear of encountering a bear out there by myself. I know there are bear whistles and bear spray but I just don't have much confidence in those things. Did you guys have any close-call wildlife encounters out there?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment! Trust me we were worried about bears and did everything we could while riding and camping at night to not have a bad bear encounter. Don’t know if it really helps but made us feel better and we just tried to not worry about it. This year we didn’t see any bears and last year we saw one bear while riding in the flathead wilderness in Canada. No issues with wildlife. The GDMBR is such an awesome adventure and experience, it’s well worth sleeping around bears at night, lol. Not sure if you know about these websites and I’m sure there are plenty more but bikepacking.com and crazyguyonabike.com are two good resources. The crazy guy website is a place where people upload their touring/bikepacking journals which sometimes helps with planning and just seeing what people are doing. We have a journal on this website: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/GBMR2019. Good luck with your adventures, touring by bicycle is an awesome way to travel around and see this amazing country. Ride on!

  • @komarovalex8610
    @komarovalex86103 жыл бұрын

    !!!!!!!👍

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @frankducett9
    @frankducett9 Жыл бұрын

    I am thankful for a volumn button. Your tag lines are to short. Great scenery.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    10 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the feedback. I am always striving to improve on each video as it is something I do for fun with our trips. I have been working with some new editing software as well and think our latest videos are better volume-wise now. Happy trails!

  • @bobp3531
    @bobp35314 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Great video. What camera did you use? I might have missed it, but what dates were you riding this year?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used a GoPro Hero 7 Black with foam windscreen cover and my Galaxy S10 phone. We started riding July 30th in Butte Montana and ended on August 16 in Salida Colorado.

  • @spacemonkey0077
    @spacemonkey00774 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for the late question, how long did you go between restocking supplies? Is there a place that you list the gear you carried with you? Loved the videos. Was really cool to see someone break up the great divide over some time rather than 1 shot.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    William, no worries on the late question, thanks for watching and the question. We carried enough food for 3 days, however we never had to go 3 days without seeing a restaurant, gas station or grocery store based on the mileage we did per day. Most days we could find a restaurant to get a second breakfast or late lunch and if there was an option to hit a restaurant at the days end point we did not pass it up. We have an online journal for both 2018 and 2019 and are located online at: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=21158&v=Dm and www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=1mr&doc_id=22238&v=Fp We get into more detail of the trip and list our gear there. Ride On!

  • @locoflahute8916
    @locoflahute8916 Жыл бұрын

    Great ride, camera work & soundtrack! What tires (size/make) did you run? How'd they hold up?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks much appreciated. We were running 27.5 x 3in Schwalbe tires.

  • @register1430
    @register14303 жыл бұрын

    Gonna need more info on the rail bridge, that looked great.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    The rail bridge was pretty sweet. The trail is located on Trailforks.com. Here is the link to the trail: www.trailforks.com/trails/rr-bed-to-tunnel/

  • @register1430

    @register1430

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalPowerAdventures just for the link you get a SUB. That could be camp spot perhaps. Was it out and back or did you connect to the main trail at the end?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@register1430 Thanks for the sub. There is a sketchy tunnel at the end of the trail that we went through then not too long after that you come to Delmoe Lake Rd. go right then to the Sketcy TwoTrack to Blacktail Canyon Rd. that meets back to the GDMBR route.

  • @register1430

    @register1430

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalPowerAdventures looks like the road is conveniently called Continental Dr. What a great little detour. I think Butte is worthy of some extra time to explore. So Part 3 is waiting for final edit to finish the series?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    reg ister Butte is a pretty sweet town from our limited time there, defiantly want to go back and ride their mountain bike trails. Part 3 of the GDMBR is going to have to wait until 2021 due to Covid, New Mexico was making anyone who enters quarantine for 14 days. However we did just get back from riding the 1,000 mile Arkansas High Country route which was pretty awesome and will have multiple videos out on that pretty soon.

  • @joeyvonny5146
    @joeyvonny51464 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful video!........why did you choose 27.5 over 29 plus? I’m looking at ECR’s but I can’t decide which size tires

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice comment, much appreciated. I may have a unique reason for choosing the 27.5+ ECR's, I originally wanted to get 29+ but my wife is only 5'2" and they don't make the 29+ in small. Since I always like to have the same equipment on both bikes to keep everything simple and be able to swamp parts if needed, we went with the 27.5+. This will probably not help with your decision, sorry about that. Iv'e never ridden a 29+ bike so I cannot give you a comparison between the two.

  • @randyjorgensen8363
    @randyjorgensen83634 жыл бұрын

    The rider with the back pack seemed to be bobbing up and down quite a bit, was there a suspension post on that bike?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, she has a suspension seat post.

  • @jamesparvana716
    @jamesparvana7164 жыл бұрын

    Did you change out the handlebars?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    I ordered ECR frames and built up the bikes with components that we wanted. I am personally not a fan of the stock ECR handlebar and chose to go with a normal mountain bike handlebar because that is what we are familiar with. Ride On!

  • @vanagonegone9691
    @vanagonegone96914 жыл бұрын

    Hi, whats the tent u are using

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big Agnes Copper Spur UL3, this is our second one, first one lasted 8 years. Been really happy with their tents.

  • @ryanthompson1442
    @ryanthompson14424 жыл бұрын

    Riding the Fleecer downhillbis impressive, I ride that mountain at least twice a month and have never made it

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, not sure I would ride down it again though, it was getting out of hand towards the bottom and I was no longer in control and was just goring for a ride at that point, LOL.

  • @cswan1362
    @cswan13624 жыл бұрын

    What dates are you riding?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    We started on July 30th and finished on August 16th. Thanks for watching!

  • @tomfrohlich123
    @tomfrohlich1232 жыл бұрын

    If you had 3 weeks open to ride, where would start to get the best ride?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is a hard question to answer without knowing your logistics as it varies for each person. My recommendation is to start at the beginning in Banff or Jasper and ride south as far as you can in three weeks. This way it will set you up if you want to do the entire route like we did. Canada was our favorite section BTW. Thanks for the question and for watching. Ride on!

  • @tomfrohlich123

    @tomfrohlich123

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your response

  • @fakami11
    @fakami113 жыл бұрын

    What kind of bicycle did you ride?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    We were riding Surly ECR's with 27.5÷ wheels.

  • @alanmiller4122
    @alanmiller41224 жыл бұрын

    Just out of curiosity what rigs were you riding?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    4 жыл бұрын

    The bikes are 2018 Surly ECR’s with 27.5+ wheels and 3” wide tires. Thanks for Watching!

  • @alanmiller4122

    @alanmiller4122

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalPowerAdventures right on, love the video, great content

  • @curtbrown7967
    @curtbrown79673 жыл бұрын

    Time of year?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    We started July 31.

  • @christopherjacquez8605
    @christopherjacquez86053 жыл бұрын

    Was that mira at 3:40 ?

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    3 жыл бұрын

    It might have been, although there was no stick in her mouth, haha.

  • @christopherjacquez8605

    @christopherjacquez8605

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalPowerAdventures 😂 true lol

  • @youngzoo5

    @youngzoo5

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was my first thought as well. Definitely looked like Mira.

  • @jnjpascale1
    @jnjpascale12 жыл бұрын

    Nice job on video. Would have preferred hearing you talk too.

  • @PedalPowerAdventures

    @PedalPowerAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. Appreciate the feedback and have been including more talking on newer videos.

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