Dreux's Great Divide Adventure

Time to start putting in more gravel miles prior than  the event. The focus will be getting my tuchus conditioned for riding everyday. This picture is at Cockaponset State Park, great gravel roads and trails. This is the steed, Specialized AWOL that I'll be using stripped down. Soon I'll be installing 2.2" mountain bike tires, rack and panniers. Once the bike is loaded with 25/30 lbs of gear it's becomes a different bicycle. Let's hope there is enough gearing for the 200k feet of climbing!

Dreux's Great Divide Adventure I had to go back and re-read my definition of adventure. Adventure, def.- stepping  out of your comfort zone and opening yourself up to the experiences and beauty that life gives you. Well this adventure will be more of a leap than a step. Comparing this adventure to my TransAmerica ride,  It seems worlds apart, even though the route intersects several times.  http://dreuxsadventure.blogspot.com/2015/05/planning-is-over.html      So what is the great divide mountain bike route, here's a good link for a description -  http://www.bikepacking.com/routes/great-divide-mountain-bike-route-gdmbr/# I'm thinking in terms of attempting the GD rather than finishing the GD ..... Failure “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Michael Jordan. Here's a link to my TransAm blog - http://dreuxsadventure.blogspot.com/2015/04/creating-blog-for-big-adventure.html...