Bikepacking from Silver City, NM to Roosville, MT

Sisyphus

Adventurer
Hello!

I'm Miles, a 21 year old from Seattle.

Later this morning (it's 1:30AM as I write this) I will be boarding a train bound for Tucson, AZ. Upon arrival, I'll be renting a car to Silver City, NM and starting my trip there with the intentions of finishing at the Canadian border in Roosville, MT.

Some of your may recognize these two towns as they are apart of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. The distance I will be covering represents roughly 2,300 miles of the route.

I'd also like to add that this community has been a great source of information and inspiration for many of my travels and I can only hope that this trip report might someday do the same for another weary traveler.

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Occupy kitchen table. Gear lists make more/less sense when everything is finally in front of you.

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Gotta love the contrast between 1930s couches and fat bikes. Final changes made to the steed included new brake pads and a little more sealant in the tires for good measure. Be gone thorns!
 

Sisyphus

Adventurer
Currently staying at the Palace Hotel in Silver City, NM for the night and the trip will officially commencement at the sound of my 4:00AM alarm.

Made the train to Tucson just fine, but was stopped by police because the drug dog had picked up a scent from my box. The officers spent 30 or so minutes going through my stuff but they obviously didn't find anything. They were nice and professional throughout the process so I didn't mind too much.

One of the officers was a former professional road racer and seemed to have talked the others out of taking my tires of the wheels, which was a relief as they are tubeless and would've turned the day into a serious headache.

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Took this photo at around 5am on the train in Arizona, can anybody explain what's going on in the sky?

Will update from Pie Town, NM in a few days.

Wish me luck!



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MT6bt

Rock hound
Currently staying at the Palace Hotel in Silver City, NM for the night and the trip will officially commencement at the sound of my 4:00AM alarm.

Made the train to Tucson just fine, but was stopped by police because the drug dog had picked up a scent from my box. The officers spent 30 or so minutes going through my stuff but they obviously didn't find anything. They were nice and professional throughout the process so I didn't mind too much.

One of the officers was a former professional road racer and seemed to have talked the others out of taking my tires of the wheels, which was a relief as they are tubeless and would've turned the day into a serious headache.

dceab13f856a4b7747b5148f42fd9a09.jpg


Took this photo at around 5am on the train in Arizona, can anybody explain what's going on in the sky?

Will update from Pie Town, NM in a few days.

Wish me luck!



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