Originally Posted by Strong Bad

Well, we are doing it kinda solo as we will be alone in the sidecar.

Please note as I stated before, that there is a Continental Divide TRAIL (CDT) and there is also a Continental Divide ROUTE (or ride if you wish) (CDR). The CDT is a route for hikers and bicyclists and has sections of single track trail through areas where motorized travel is NOT allowed. The CDR is primarily US Forest Service dirt roads of various quality with sections of tarmac connecting them.

An average rider should be able to do the CDR IF that average rider was smart and not riding over his head. The ride reports over on ADVrider has lots of pictures, including plenty of pics of guys that have crashed and the type of terrain they crashed in. A few soft spots and occasional muddy sections is it.

Originally Posted by Strong Bad

Howdy Darbya! Twowheels03 gave me heads up on this thread. Indeed SWMBO and I will be doing the CDR starting in late June going from south to north with our sidecar rig:





We live in Southern California and we own land just outside of Anaconda Montana. Having lived and worked through out Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, I've always wanted to do this route and finally get to see Colorado and New Mexico. My planning for late June early July was to allow for snow melt in Colorado but yet be early enough to avoid most of the July thunderstorms, and much of the hottest time of the year through New Mexico. I also wanted to be in Anaconda for the 4th of July.

I've been obsessively researching and studying the route for a while. Over on ADVrider there are a fair number of ride reports and GPS tracks, with the best tracks being BigDogs and Cannonshots. The CD Trail (CDT) that the bicycles follow has sections that motorcycles can not follow (due to a number of different reasons). The CD Route (CDR) overlaps the CDT for most of the way.

I'm not too concerned with mud as once most of these roads get muddy, it is a sticky mess that packs in around your wheels and fenders and pretty much becomes impassable no matter what you are on/in. You either wait for the road to dry out or you bypass on the tarmac.