Tour Divide 2012

I'm not out there riding, but I'm watching the Live Tracker and the forum discussion at Bikepacking.net. There's so much going on right now, with so many projects it'd be great to be out there riding like David Nice. This is the sixth time that he's hit the ride, I wish him the best of luck in finishing this year!

With all that's going on I'm not doing my 'Mock Tour Divide' ride this year, but I encourage anyone else to give it a shot. The idea is simple: ride every day that the riders are out on the divide. Ride with them in spirit. You might not do 100+ mile days under brutal conditions, but if they endure all of that how come it can be hard to get out each day on a bike when you're not faced with those conditions? That's my biggest problem. I'd like to ride the tour divide for real, but right now even pulling three to four weeks of riding every single day is a challenge.

2013 suddenly doesn't seem that far away and I've got so much to do before I could get ready for something like the tour divide. I just don't know if that's realistic given my multiple jobs and family life right now. But I don't want to push it out too far either. I'll see how everything goes. If it comes together, great. If not, well then maybe 2014 will be the year. Or some other year.

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