Cycling the Rockies Helpful Links - Cycling the Continental Divide Mountain Bike Trail

Links

Fellow Great Divide Riders from 2005

Eat, Sleep and Ride the Divide - Triking Along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route and elsewhere

http://heidihigh.crazyguyonabike.com

Route

Adventure Cycling Association

http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm

Maps

http://www.lustfordust.com/journey/route.html

Excellent map.

Town Links

Montana

Eureka -
Whitefish - http://www.glaciercyclery.com/divide.html
Lincoln - http://www.lincolnmontana.com/
Helena - http://helenacvb.visitmt.com/
Butte - http://www.experiencegoldwest.com/communities/butte.htm
Polaris - http://goldwest.visitmt.com/communities/polaris.htm
Dell - http://www.experiencegoldwest.com/communities/dell.htm
Lima - http://goldwest.visitmt.com/communities/lima.htm

New Mexico

New Mexico Tourism - http://www.nmtourism.org/index3.php

Carson National Forest - http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/
Cuba - http://www.cubanewmexico.com/index.shtml
Pie Town - http://www.pietown.com/
Gila Cliff Dwelling National Monument (off trail) - http://www.nps.gov/gicl/
Silver City - http://www.gilanet.com/silverweb/
Gila National Forest - http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/gila/

Trial Reports

Caryl and Brian's 2000 Trip (75 days - 53 km/day)
http://www.outthereliving.com/worldbike/GDBR_2000/GDBR_2000.htm

Very good trip report, great place to start. Great "Water Sources and Other Tibits" page.

Paula and Scott's 2004 ride along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (38 days - 105 km/day)

http://www.topofusion.com/divide/index.php

Good observation, map & photos and GPS pages.

Lust for Dust -- 2003 S-N riders Renate and Bjorn. Nice site design.
http://www.lustfordust.com/

Very good "Route Map" and "The Statistics" pages is great.

Divide Ride Dogs hit Montana - 1997

http://www.bigduck.org.uk/DR/montana1.htm

Good detail and fun report on the Montana section.

PatForeman.com - The Great Divide Ride

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/aonx18/patforemandotcom/GDR/GDR.htm

Very well written on-line book of his experience.

Forums

http://www.thruhikers.com/forum/

A site dedicated to long distance hiking but the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail parallels the CDMBR and lots of the hiking info is helpful for biking.

Bike Touring Info

Randy & Jody Cycling Page - http://www.users.bigpond.com/RandyMiller/BikeHome.htm

Biketrip.org - http://www.biketrip.org/

Gear Info

Ray Jardine Adventure Website

http://www.rayjardine.com/index.shtml

Ray has been said to have re-defined long distance hiking with new way of thinking when it comes to gear. I must site to read.

Water Purification

http://www.pcta.org//planning/before_trip/health/water.asp

http://www.pcta.org/general/links/water.asp

Designing Your Own Panniers - http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/touring/bags.htm

Designing Your Own Bike Racks - http://www.bicyclinglife.com/HowTo/HeavyDutyRacks.htm

Food

Re-supply Options

http://www.pcta.org//planning/before_trip/strategy.asp

Getting Around

Greyhound Bus lines Canada

www.greyhound.ca

Via Rail Canada

www.viarail.ca

Greyhound Bus lines USA

Amtrak

Mapquest

Books

Cycling the Great Divide: From Canada to Mexico on America's Premier Long-Distance Mountain Bike Route

by Michael McCoy

Miscellaneous Links