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Bicycle Accessories

• GIRO bike helmet - Must have item - Saved my life on a low speed fall. I hit the ground so hard with my head that it broke into a dozen pieces.
• Specialized RESOLUTION D2 PRO Tires
  • PRO: Fast, good grip, nice and squishy
  • CON: Too soft, they wore out in 300 miles.
• Ritchey Z-Max Millennium Tires
  • PRO: good choice for overall terrain. The cheaper harder rubber is better for this type of ride.
  • CON: performed poorly on loose gravel roads and wore fast.
    • RECOMMENDATION: Go for the fattest tires. The may offer more resistance, but they will absorb more shock, offer better traction on loose gravel roads, and will ultimately give a more efficient and satisfying ride.
• Compass Bell - A Bell is a must have to alert bears in closed in areas. I scared off four grizzly bears with mine that I am aware of. The compass part is handy and convenient to check your GPS for accuracy. During the trip I found I had to recalibrate my GPS many times because it did not agree with my Bell compass.
• Bar-ends
  • PRO: Allows you to move your hands to different positions.
  • CON: None
    • RECOMMENDATION: Install foam grips on the ends and then wrap them with handle bar tape for extra padding and better gripping.
• Brooks Flyer seat
  • PRO: Excellent for long days in the saddle. Springs help make wash board roads more bearable.
  • CON: Heavy
• Cateye HL-300 400 candle power LED light
  • PRO: Excellent batter life. Can be easily removed and used as a flash light.
  • CON: Poor lighting. Not bright enough to adequately light up dirt roads
• 4 Trek plastic water bottle cages
  • PRO: Cheap, plastic, serious grip. Best choice for BOB trailers and bottom side frame mounts. Shave off bottle lock and MSR fuel bottles fit great up to 33oz.
  • CON: Bottles are too hard to pull out for use as a primary holder.
• Specialized Rib Cage MTB
  • Too fragile - mine broke
• Specialized clear top water bottles
  • Clear tops made it easy to see when they need cleaning. Bacteria likes to hide in the threads and the bit valve.

The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, GDMBR, also called the Great Divide Route, GDR, Great Divide Trail, GDT, is the mountain bike touring version of the Continental Divide Trail, CDT. Pictures may not be used without consent. The off road ride extends from Banff Canada to Roosville, Montana MT, Idaho ID, Wyoming WY, Colorado CO, to New Mexico NM, Mexico. Long distance mountain bike touring 05/17/2008 Site Map