By Shem Flitton Riding centuries day after day for a couple of weeks will wear you down, but there are a few practices that can help your body recover and to get ready for the next day. What you do off the bike is just as important as what you […]
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Our Riding Schedule for 89
We’re about two and a half months out. We’ve been getting some people asking for our schedule. Some want to ride with us. Others just want to wave as we go by. For your convenience, our schedule is bleow. The hyperlinks are to the ridewithgps maps. We invite anyone interested […]
New Sponsor: LactiGo
During this ride, we’ll be crossing the Continental Divide. On average, we’ll ride 109 miles each day, and climb 4,191 feet. That’s a lot of stress on the legs. That’s why we’re excited to announce a new sponsor: LactiGo. LactiGo is a company based on British Columbia. They make a […]
Training to Ride Highway 89
In cycling, your fitness and conditioning build year over year. Even so, planning a training program to ride daily for a month can be challenging. I’ve been asked how to train for a cross-country ride. I’ll share it here, and I’ll try not to get too technical. The program I […]
New Sponsor: Beetroot Pro
As we contemplated our ride: 16 days of back-to-back rides with two rest days, we knew that recovery is going to play a crucial role in successfully completing this ride. Our body has to get ready for each day’s effort. Shem has spent a lot of time in the past […]
The Ups and Downs of Cycling: Climbing and Descending
Climbing hills sounds like a pain, when you’re cycling right? But when you’re riding from Canada to Mexico across the Rocky Mountains, climbing hills is something that happens—a lot. In fact, over the course of this ride, we will do 67,067 feet of climbing, and 67,589 feet of downhill. That […]
Planning a Multiday Ride
I ride my bike almost daily. The longer the ride, the more coordination it takes. If I’m leaving for an hour, I fill a water bottle, put a cycling kit on, and I’m ready to go. When the ride is longer than 90 minutes, I grab a little food. I […]
Logo and Map Reveal
We’ve been working with the very talented Miles Abernethy at Miles Abernethy Design to develop a logo and a map. Miles is a real professional. He started working in New York City as a designer and art director. He’s incredibly creative. He designed a logo for us. I love it. […]
Why I Ride for Huntsman
2010 was a year of cancer for me. My mom had fought cancer in 2006. She was treated at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Six months later she called me and said she was in remission. Three years later I had just moved back to Utah when she called me and […]
Why Ride a Bike 1,753 Miles?
The first thing I’m often asked when someone hears about this plan to ride Highway 89 from Canada to Mexico is “Why?” Following the Line To explain, I guess I should start by talking about maps. As I child I liked to follow along on a map while we drove. […]