Re: Great Divide Ride (was Re: [RBW] Re: my new Bomb)

2009-04-08 Thread ed k
Or a GPS. I see that they offer downloadable .gpx files for many of their routes now. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Daniel Molloy < danielmarkmol...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > JimD, > > I definitely took full advantage of the ACA maps as well as the book > Cycling the Great Divide, which was

Re: Great Divide Ride (was Re: [RBW] Re: my new Bomb)

2009-04-08 Thread Daniel Molloy
JimD, I definitely took full advantage of the ACA maps as well as the book Cycling the Great Divide, which was helpful but not an absolute necessity. I think the biggest planning tool was going on multiple overnight camping trips to dial in the bike setup and the gear choices, as well as becomin

Great Divide Ride (was Re: [RBW] Re: my new Bomb)

2009-04-08 Thread JimD
Daniel, What resources did you use in planning your trip? I think Adventure Cycling has maps of the route. Did you use those? Thanks, JimD On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Daniel Molloy wrote: > I flew to Calgary on July 29, and rode west to Banff, where the route > officially starts. From there