Back On The Road

Dean Moriarty, in Jack Kerouac's On The Road, said that 'it's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow'. Although the Tour Divide won't be happening for a while yet, that's not the end of the road; other adventures are on the horizon. 

After an extremely vivid dream involving my late grandfather, I have been inspired to cycle the length of Norway next summer. Roughly 3500km of incredibly undulating terrain going from Bergen to Kirkines (on the Russian border) is not going to be an easy undertaking, especially considering I'll be riding on my own for the bulk of it. There's the possibility of Amy riding the first few days, but the rest will be just me and the bike. 

Talking of the bike, I am currently building up an old steel frame my dad has had lying around into a touring bike. The picture shows it in its current state (tactically chosen titanium-coloured paint...), post being stripped and re-sprayed. Hoping to complete the build over the Christmas break to give me and good few months to hone everything before setting off. 

I will hopefully keep this updated fairly regularly with how planning is going, but now, I am off to fail miserably in a 5 mile TT and probably throw up. All for a good cause, I guess...

A Rather Major Update

I really haven't been very good at keeping this updated. Lots to report, but I'm going to keep it quick. 

After carrying out a full and cynical (read: realistic) budget, we've come to the unbelievably reluctant decision that riding/racing the divide in 2013 is not something that we can financially afford to do. This isn't to say it will never happen, because it will. Whether it's in 2, 3, 5 or 50 years, it will happen. In the mean-time, we're going to set our eyes on some smaller (read: cheaper....) challenges.

Tomorrow we collect our new (and first!) road bikes, so expect a flurry of new posts in the coming weeks!

For now, as someone once said, "life's too short not to take these adventures".