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Keith with his mountain bike on top of Mineral Basin at Snowbird Ski Resort

Biking Lindsey and I love to ride our bikes. We ride for fitness, fun, and to explore the surrounding beautiful backcountry.

Lindsey and I love to ride our bikes. We ride for fitness, and fun, and to explore the surrounding beautiful backcountry. We enjoy all sorts of biking including mountain, gravel, and road. Check out some of our latest biking posts below.

Keith is ascending "The Wall", an incredibly steep hike-a-bike section, before crossing back into the USA. 🇺🇸

2025 Tour Divide: Racing (Day 3) - Butts Cabin, British Columbia 🇨🇦 to Birch Creek Recreation Area, Montana 🇺🇸

Today is an exciting day... I cross back into the USA 🇺🇸!!! This is a huge milestone toward completion of the 2025 Tour Divide. But first, I must conquer "The Wall" and avoid a large mountain lion. 😱

  • Keith Huster
  • 20 min read
  • Last updated 5 days ago
Keith is pushing his bike up the notorious "Koko Claims" hike-a-bike section of the Tour Divide route

2025 Tour Divide: Racing (Day 2) - Koko Claims, British Columbia 🇨🇦 to Butts Cabin, British Columbia 🇨🇦

I survived day 1, but now I am faced with the first major challenge of the race: the Koko Claims hike-a-bike section. 😨 I also pass through the town of Fernie, BC, 🌯 as I make my way to Butts Cabin for the night. 🛖

  • Keith Huster
  • 14 min read
  • Last updated 5 days ago
All of the 2025 Tour Divide racers are taking a group photo at the official start of the race (can you spot Keith?)

2025 Tour Divide: Racing (Day 1) - Banff, Alberta 🇨🇦 to Koko Claims, British Columbia 🇨🇦

Day 1 of the 2025 Tour Divide was everything that I hoped it would be. It was challenging and rewarding in every sense. I still can't believe that I am actually starting this race! 🤯

  • Keith Huster
  • 12 min read
  • Last updated 12 days ago
Keith's bike is fully loaded with his entire bikepacking kit, including racks, bags, and other equipment

2025 Tour Divide: My Bikepacking Gear and Race Plan

The Tour Divide is an unsupported bikepacking race, which means I had to carry ALL of the gear, food, water, etc. that I would need/obtain along the route. 🧳 🚵‍♂️ This post covers my bikepacking setup as well as the gear that I carried for the 2,745-mile (4,418-kilometer) ride.

  • Keith Huster
  • 19 min read
  • Last updated a month ago
Keith and Lindsey are standing in front of the "Welcome to Alberta" sign during their trip to the start of the 2025 Tour Divide

2025 Tour Divide: My Journey to the Starting Line

My journey to the 2025 Tour Divide starting line was long, arduous, and wrought with complications. Preparing for a 2,745-mile (4,418-kilometer) bikepacking race takes significant time, during which a million things can go wrong...

  • Keith Huster
  • 11 min read
  • Last updated a month ago
The Tour Divide elevation profile map, showing all named mountain passes (Source: oneofsevenproject.com)

2025 Tour Divide: Post-Series Index

This page serves as an index to all posts in this series about Keith's experience racing the 2025 Tour Divide, a 2,700-mile (4,345-kilometer) ultra-endurance mountain bike race from Banff, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦, to the Mexican border at Antelope Wells, New Mexico 🇲🇽.

  • Keith Huster
  • 2 min read
  • Last updated 5 days ago