THE BAJA DIVIDE
A full documenting, self filmed movie (produced by OSM films) will premier at the Berliner Fahrradschau 2017 on March 3rd to 5th, and released soon after on our Vimeo channel. So stay tuned, and until then enjoy this beautiful lookbook! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In 2012 the German couple Franzi and Jona (“Tales on Tyres”) quit their jobs and went for a global hiking tour starting in New Zealand before crossing to India and Nepal. Soon they got tired of walking, organised some bikes and continued on two wheels through Iran and Mongolia. After working in Canada for a year to replenish their funds, they started their current trip zig-zagging from Alaska to Patagonia. After completing “The Great Divide” they realised the bikes they were using couldn't withstand the conditions they were encountering – and that’s how we came on board. We met up with Franzi and Jona in the Sierra Nevada in September last year and provided them 2 of our Beyond+ bikes. After getting them loaded up Franzi and Jona headed south, to take on the famous “Baja Divide” – an offroad bikepacking route down the length of the Baja Californian peninsula leading from San Diego (USA) to La Paz (Mexico). With a video-documentary of their trip due to be released early March, we thought we could just wet your appetite a little with some stunning images taken during their incredible journey. The full documentary will premier at the Berlin bike show “Fahrradschau” on March 3rd to 5th, and released soon after on our Vimeo channel. So stay tuned, and until then enjoy this beautiful lookbook! More information about TALES ON TYRES: http://www.tales-on-tyres.com More information about the BAJA DIVIDE: https://bajadivide.com More information about the BEYOND+ bike: http://bombtrack.com/bikes/beyond-plus/ /////////////////////// (editorial design by www.mtttt.it)
A full documenting, self filmed movie (produced by OSM films) will premier at the Berliner Fahrradschau 2017 on March 3rd to 5th, and released soon after on our Vimeo channel. So stay tuned, and until then enjoy this beautiful lookbook! //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In 2012 the German couple Franzi and Jona (“Tales on Tyres”) quit their jobs and went for a global hiking tour starting in New Zealand before crossing to India and Nepal. Soon they got tired of walking, organised some bikes and continued on two wheels through Iran and Mongolia. After working in Canada for a year to replenish their funds, they started their current trip zig-zagging from Alaska to Patagonia. After completing “The Great Divide” they realised the bikes they were using couldn't withstand the conditions they were encountering – and that’s how we came on board. We met up with Franzi and Jona in the Sierra Nevada in September last year and provided them 2 of our Beyond+ bikes. After getting them loaded up Franzi and Jona headed south, to take on the famous “Baja Divide” – an offroad bikepacking route down the length of the Baja Californian peninsula leading from San Diego (USA) to La Paz (Mexico). With a video-documentary of their trip due to be released early March, we thought we could just wet your appetite a little with some stunning images taken during their incredible journey.
The full documentary will premier at the Berlin bike show “Fahrradschau” on March 3rd to 5th, and released soon after on our Vimeo channel. So stay tuned, and until then enjoy this beautiful lookbook!
More information about TALES ON TYRES: http://www.tales-on-tyres.com
More information about the BAJA DIVIDE: https://bajadivide.com
More information about the BEYOND+ bike: http://bombtrack.com/bikes/beyond-plus/ /////////////////////// (editorial design by www.mtttt.it)
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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>BAJA</strong> <strong>DIVIDE</strong><br />
The Baja Divide is a new established 2735km long off-pavement<br />
bikepacking route, starting in San Diego, USA and following<br />
the length of the Baja California Peninsula all the way to<br />
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.<br />
It crosses the Peninsula several times, connecting the Pacific<br />
Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. On it’s way cutting through<br />
beautiful backcountry deserts and major mountain ranges.<br />
Using already existing roads and tracks, of which more than<br />
95% are unpaved, the Baja Divide leads into the remote<br />
wilderness of Mexico’s Peninsula. This often requires the<br />
rider, to carry 2-3 days of food and up to 12liters of water.<br />
The condition of the route varies, between graded dirt roads<br />
to rocky or sandy jeep tracks and this makes the riding tough<br />
and sometimes technical. It’s essential to pack light and make<br />
use of the warm, dry climate between November and March.<br />
When we heard about the Baja Divide, we immediately<br />
knew that we wanted to ride it. Finishing the Great Divide<br />
in the USA, we not only wanted to explore more bike packing<br />
routes on our way to South America, but also to ride something<br />
even more challenging. Excited to test out our comfort zones<br />
and physical boundaries, we started the Baja Divide at the<br />
beginning of November, as one of the first ones ever riding<br />
the route. It took us more than seven weeks to ride from San<br />
Diego to La Paz, the covered daily distances varying between<br />
50 and 80km.
AREA: <strong>BAJA</strong> CALIFORNIA / <strong>BAJA</strong> CALIFORNIA SUR<br />
San Diego<br />
SAN DIEGO USA<br />
↓<br />
SAN JOSE DEL CABO MEXICO<br />
2735km +95% unpaved<br />
bikepacking route<br />
La Paz
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The riding was tough, beautiful and breathtaking in every<br />
way. We enjoyed being surrounded by vast desert landscapes<br />
and days, passing without coming across towns or many<br />
other people. The Baja Divide is mainly about being in the<br />
backcountry, but nonetheless specially in the south part of the<br />
route, we passed through small Spanish mission towns, with an<br />
abundances of history, palm trees and charm, basic fishercamps<br />
or bustling highway towns, Which give you the opportunity<br />
to refill your resources and enjoy some worldy comforts. The<br />
Baja Divide felt raw and bold to us and we can only recommend<br />
to take on the challenge and ride it. Be aware, that this Route<br />
requires special equipment and some previous bikepacking<br />
experience, for more detailed information head over to...<br />
www.bajadivide.com<br />
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“After a while you get used to<br />
all the prickly plants in the desert<br />
or at least you try.”
“The camping opportunities<br />
where plentiful and suberb”.
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“Despite Mexicos‘s bad media<br />
coverage, we felt always safe<br />
and welcome.”
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“The quailty of Tacos, can vary<br />
between dry with hardly any filling<br />
to juicy and stuffed to it‘s limits.
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“Officially it‘s recommended to be<br />
able to carry 10Liters of water per<br />
person on some stretches. We often<br />
carried more, running out of water,<br />
in our opinion, is absolutely no fun.
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“At some point we bummed into the preruns<br />
of the Baja1000, an off-road race.<br />
We were not too excited sharing the road<br />
with those monster trucks but after getting<br />
handed an ice cold coke and water,<br />
we decided it had some advantages too.”
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ROADSCAPES
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“Daily drivetrain maintenance is a must!”
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“Steep but never hopeless.”
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“ The Route is pretty remote and often<br />
leaves you having to deal with mechanical<br />
problems or sickness on your own.<br />
A wasp stung Franzi‘s eye and an allergic<br />
reaction, let it swell up completely.<br />
For a while she had to ride one-eyed.”
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“Sometimes we were swearing out<br />
load and other times we pushed<br />
on in silence. This is not an easy<br />
ride across Baja California. It has<br />
challenged us as riders and personally.”
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“Sometimes, we caught ourselves glancing at<br />
the elevation profile, thinking it was flat and<br />
so somewhat it should be an easy ride. That was<br />
never the case, because when it was flat, it was<br />
sandy. And believe us, that‘s sometimes even harder<br />
than being confronted with some steep climb.”
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“Bringing enough limes is essential.<br />
Even if the water we drank was purified,<br />
it sometimes had this weird taste...”
“The most stores are small and only offer<br />
limited food options. It requires some<br />
creativity and we can promise you, after<br />
this you will not eat fried beans and<br />
tortillas for along time.”
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