Two bikes, a satellite dot, and a lot of snacks.
We’re Ben & Liz — pedalling the Great Divide, the back roads of Europe, and wherever the dot points next. Caution: frequent stops.
Latest dispatches
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 3: Galena to Lancaster
Day three started beautifully. Galena has one of those genuinely lovely exits — out through the old residential neighborhoods, quiet streets, a Saturday morning that makes you feel…
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 2: Rockford to Galena
Day 2 started in Rockford — cool morning, tired legs. By the end of it we’d have gone through a quartering tailwind, then a headwind, tornado damage, a…
Spring Fling 2026 — Day 1: Madison to Rockford
Spring had been scheming against us for a while, so Harald and I decided to scheme right back. A few months back we started cooking up a five-day…
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Wrapping Up!
The Whole Enchilada Over twelve days of riding from August 18, 2025 to August 29, 2025 we covered 460 miles with 32,500 ft of elevation gain. During that…
Ben & Liz
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Epilogue: You Can Call Us Al
In the year of preparation for this adventure, Liz and I consulted all sorts of sources to try to understand what we’d be in for. Our aforementioned friend…
Ben & Liz
Great Divide Mountain Bike Route 2025
GDMBR 2025 — Days 10-13: A Wild and Remote Adventure
Going into the trip, I had this stretch flagged as something to be very careful going into. From Horca to El Rito (over 120 miles and likely three…
Ben & Liz
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No schedule — just a note when we’re heading out, so you can follow along on the map.