DONE AND DUSTED (and mudded and rocked and rolled)
Just a quick note if anyone returns to this thread. The CDR this year was a roaring success! Hardly a drop of rain, beautiful weather, great routes and lots of brilliant riding.
One thing I can't quite get is that many of the routes avoid the Silverton/Ouray/Telluride/Lake City area...I realise it's not technically on the continental divide, but what an amazing area to ride around! I thoroughly enjoyed my detour there, and wished I spent even more than 2 10hr days riding there. The rest was good too, plus a few sneaky passes also not on the standard route. I'd love for the route to continue off road across the border into Canada, but sight-seeing on the tarmac was nice too. Met some riders doing a bit of off-road as I was racing south again, but even that was only 130km total according to them.
In short, go ride the CDR it's a dream route, especially those technical sections! I made a wee video in case anyone wants to watch it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xdZKJXTsdc
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