Kiwi Brevet veteran, Ollie Whalley, has just set a new Tour Divide record. His time of 16 days and 2 hours for the 4,420 km MTB ride from Canada to Mexico is truly amazing. And he managed to ride most of it with a really nice Canadian chap by the name of Craig Stappler. Double win!
Really looking forward to his account of the trip. In the meantime here's part one of an article from Colorado's Mountain Flyer - http://www.mountainflyermagazine.com/view.php/2012-tour-divide-part-1-the-northern-half.html
and there's some great audio coverage here http://mtbcast.com/site2/
Nathan Mawkes, who also cut his teeth at the Kiwi Brevet, is still out there and hammering along at an impressive pace. We expect him to finish in about a week. Good luck Nathan!
26 June 2012
07 June 2012
Big Rides around the World
Couple of bits of exciting news for cycle adventurers. Mike Hall has just set a new world record for riding round the world. Check out the details here:
http://road.cc/content/news/59544-mike-hall-smashes-round-world-record-time-91-days-18-hours
And on the 8th June, this years Tour Divide kicks off at either end of the North American continental divide. Kiwi Brevet veterans Ollie Whalley and Nathan Mawkes are starters. Good luck guys!
You can follow their blue dots here:
http://trackleaders.com/tourdividei.php?name=Every_Man
Hopefully there will be some coverage here to - http://tourdivide.org/ and here http://mtbcast.com/site2/
http://road.cc/content/news/59544-mike-hall-smashes-round-world-record-time-91-days-18-hours
And on the 8th June, this years Tour Divide kicks off at either end of the North American continental divide. Kiwi Brevet veterans Ollie Whalley and Nathan Mawkes are starters. Good luck guys!
You can follow their blue dots here:
http://trackleaders.com/tourdividei.php?name=Every_Man
Hopefully there will be some coverage here to - http://tourdivide.org/ and here http://mtbcast.com/site2/
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