I've written much about my armchair obsession with the races on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. I don't know that I'm destined to hurtle myself from Banff to Mexico, but who knows. Until then, I'm happy to follow the racers as they face all manner of physical and mental challenges whilst traveling at top speeds, self-contained, alone, down the spine of the Rockies.
I just got word that Ride the Divide, Mike Dion's much anticipated documentary about a few of these intrepid souls will premiere in Vail on April 2, 2010. The filmmaker is also working on a string of showings in towns along the Great Divide Route that will parallel this year's Tour Divide race, starting with a screening on June 10 in Banff (the Tour Divide starts there on June 11). Watch the screenings page for more dates and times.
This is the kind of grueling, inspiring, life changing endurance challenge that most of us wish we had the courage to undertake, but very few of us ever will. Watch the trailer.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Look for a Whitefish showing on Day 2 of the race (Saturday night) and a Missoula installment as well.
ReplyDeletenice video they ride the bike with great passion and it was a great event of cycle racing .
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the video, looks like the event was very exciting. Cycling races is one of the most challenging sports which involves a lot of risks as well.
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