Canada

Canada is where it all began… with two bikes stuck in Paris! On June 19, 2024, once we finally had our bikes back, we left Calgary for Banff, the starting point of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR), the long gravel route that runs all the way to the Mexican border. Here you'll find all our stories from this first part of the trip: 391 km and 4,855 m of climbing in the Canadian Rockies, bears, basic campgrounds and our first struggles.