Buffalo Gap Tour de Gap: One Ride at a Time After My Tour Fell Apart
🚴 One Ride at a Time: After my solo bike tour ended on Day One, I committed to something new — one organized event a month. This is the start of that story, beginning with the Buffalo Gap Tour de Gap. I Trained 6,000 Miles for a Tour That Ended on Day One — So I Started Something Better I trained over 6,000 miles for a solo bicycle tour from San Diego to Las Cruces. Six thousand. That’s a number most people don’t throw around lightly. I rode in wind, in heat, in the middle of nowhere. I pushed through the doubts and the soreness. I dialed in my gear. My legs were ready. My heart was in it. And then — Day One. Crash. Broken bike. Bloodied pride. Tour over before it even began. I stood there in the desert, stunned. After all that work, after all that discipline, it was just… gone. I could’ve shut it all down. Put the bike in the garage, closed the door, and let the disappointment settle in like dust. But instead — I chose something else. One Event a Month. ...
