Progress report. Friday 3 June
We have ridden 3,027km. (44%) We have climbed 24,137m (48%) We still have 3,953km and 31,603m to go
Testing after the downtime
Ancient music
West Yellowstone to Bay Bridge. TransAmerica day 24
West Yellowstone to Bridge Bay campground. 101km. 957m ascent. 5:43 ride time We had been looking forward to this day for quite a while and our expectations were more than met. Today was to be a sightseeing day following tips we got from Larry in Dillon We saw bison, a lot of bison! and the…
Ennis to West Yellowstone. TransAmerica day 23
Ennis to West Yellowstone. 116.73km. 970m. 6h23 riding After a good night’s sleep at our Warmshowers host’s house, she was absent but gave us the use of her house anyway It was a long ride that shouldn’t have been too hard if we didn’t have the 30km/h head wind. That made the ride a real…
Dillon to Ennis. TransAmerica day 22
Dillon to Ennis. 112.15km. 847m ascent. 5:19 riding Great day with just one steep climb of 5km at 7-8% 🥵 The clouds were low as we set off from the hostel but by 11:00 they were high up again and our view was unimpaired 😊 We set off with a good tail wind and covered…
Wisdom to Dillon. TransAmerica day 21
Wisdom to Dillon. 113.63km. 804m ascent. 5h30 ride time What a day! Huge skies, cold but clear and sunny ☀️ We had 2 climbs and another highest peak at 2,243m on the Big Hole pass and we have been maintaining altitude above 1600m for several days now The views were breathtaking with snow covered mountains…
Darby to Wisdom. TransAmerica day 20
Darby to Wisdom. 93km 1,192m ascent Today we left our Warmshowers host Curtis to go over the Chief Joseph pass. Our highest pass so far at 2,216m The first 2 hours were gentle climbing to Sula where we had a last coffee (also the last chance to top up on water and food before Wisdom)…
Missoula to Darby. TransAmerica day 19
Missoula to Darby 96km. 490m ascent An easy and not particularly inspiring ride today, at least until we got onto the old Darby road after ~65km of riding a tarred but rough cycle track next to Highway 93 We picnicked off the highway with provisions bought on the road At least today we had no…
Lochsa to Missoula. TransAmerica day 18
Lochsa to Missoula 105km. 710m ascent Today started again with a climb this time up to 1600m so our highest peak so far Unfortunately the views were nothing to write about as everything was covered by clouds. It was cold but at least dry. After a warmup and some coffee it was downhill for the…
Lowell to Lochsa. TransAmerica day 17
106km. 717m ascent Another grotty day ahead. Although it didn’t start raining immediately it did start earlier than forecast 😓 Today was 1 long ride upstream and surprisingly hard 105km with no chance to freewheel. Even though the grade was seldom greater than 2% it was a slog The biggest compensation was the fantastic rapids…