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🌵 🌊 Baja Divide! Holy moly, three weeks in and I’m loving this route more with each passing minute. The terrain can be rough at times—and for those asking, my 2.2” @reneherse  Fleecer Ridge tires have held up just fine everywhere except the very deepest sand (and from the footprints ahead of me, I can tell that everyone else is walking, too). What keeps surprising me is the diversity: the ever changing shifts in vegetation, light, and energy, especially when crossing the peninsula or coming into town after a stint in the backcountry. ⁉️QUESTION: What does your Tour Divide sleep setup and sleep strategy look like? — 18 Weeks to the Tour Divide — 🌵 🌊 Trail notes from the Baja Divide: — 19 Weeks to the Tour Divide — 🌊 🌵 Baja Divide so far… ⁉️QUESTION: How many bib shorts do you pack for ultras? — 20 weeks to the Tour Divide — 🌵 🚴‍♀️ After 700 kilometres and seven days loosely tracing the SoCal Desert Ramble, I crossed the border into Tecate—and turned south onto the Baja Divide.

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Backcountry Freedom with My WR35 Falcon Wheels

As a dedicated road cyclist, I stepped outside my comfort zone in 2021 to purchase a used Salsa Cutthroat, an ultra-endurance mixed surface bike inspired by the Tour Divide. I fell for this style of adventure cycling so hard and decided to upgrade my wheelset in 2022 to get even more out of the experience. […]

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