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Just Ride

Racing 2,725 Miles to Mexico

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Just Ride

Written by: Ty Hopkins
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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The Tour Divide, a 2,725-mile mountain bike race along the Continental Divide from Banff, Alberta, Canada, to the Mexican border crossing at Antelope Wells, New Mexico, demanded will-breaking efforts day after day, but the race also returned brief moments of euphoria. Most of the time the race felt impossible, and I loved it!  

Just Ride is an adventure story of the 2018 Tour Divide. The book details the resilience and amazing adaptability of the human body and mind, and it gives a realistic and often raw account of the physical and mental toll required to finish the race in less than 17 days. The route, the conditions, the gear, the strategy, the training, the mental struggles, the embarrassing moments, and the physical battle are all described throughout a story that offers a genuine look into what was experienced and felt throughout the ultimate test of mountain bike endurance.  

In addition, Just Ride summarizes data that was collected before, during, and following the race. The huge amount of collected data tell a story of how the body broke down and how it remarkably adapted to the 2,725-mile ordeal. The book also details how the mind was central to creating and breaking down the barriers that impeded progress each day.

©2019 J. Ty Hopkins (P)2019 Tantor Cycling Mexico Latin America
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This book grabbed my attention right from the first word!
There are so many fascinating things about the story, that is so hard to pick one!
I love the narration, kept me hooked the whole time, and made me wanted to ride my bike all the time haha.

Fascinating!

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I've read a few Tour Divide accounts, this is th best among them. Well worth a listen.

Excellent listen

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The story is good and for those that don't know about Bike packing or the Great Divide trail or race then this would be a good audio book to start with. For those of us who already ride then it's a motivation to get out and do another race ride etc. I think I would have liked to get all the mechanic's body stuff etc that at the end of the audio spread out somehow with the story. It may have helped a bit more to put it into the context of the race and how or what can be done to better your ride.

A good source for those that want Bikepack race.

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