The start of the Tour Divide

Finally the trackers arrived last night. This gives me about a 24 hour head start on the Grand Depart. I'm looking forward to seeing all the top riders coming past me. I'd love to get a chance to have a chat with some of the big names in my sport.

My bike is very front heavy but I've been riding like this for a while now.

My sleep system is packed in my handlebar roll. My tent and cooking in my seatbag. My food is all in the drybag on my handlebars and my clothes are scattered around but mostly in the two sidebags on my aerobars.Read more