Eat, Sleep, Ride

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For a man who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself—setting off at 4 a. m. each day to avoid being caught by the pros —riding a small mountain-bike race far removed from cycling's European heartland should hold no fear. But, although there may only be a dozen or so participants, this isn't just any mountain-bike race. This is the Tour Divide.Running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is, at more than 2,700 miles, the longest mountain-bike race in the world. Not only is it 500 miles farther than the Tour de France, its route along the continental divide goes through the heart of the Rocky Mountains and involves more than 200,000 ft. of ascent—the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest seven times.The other problem is that Howard has never owned a mountain bike, and even when he does finally get hold of one, how will training on the South Downs prepare him for sleeping rough in the Rockies? What's more,...