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The Athens Divide is proof that you don’t have to lose a night of sleep to experience the full range of adventure racing. Billed as a “micro adventure,” this point-to-point race hosted by Donhou Bicycles takes riders over Athens’ urban ridgelines where, no matter the bike, everyone’s hiking somewhere. Read on for Tom Donhou’s recap of the first Athens Divide, with photos from Maliakos Nikos.
We were chilling in a hostel in Kathmandu, enjoying warm showers and the internet when I realized this Coronavirus situation was getting serious. In a few days, Ryan Wilson and I had packed up, booked tickets to wherever we considered home at the time (aka with the parents, as we were both on an open-ended bike trip), said goodbye, and flew out. It turned out to be a wise decision, as in the next weeks the world would go into hibernation.
And so I found myself swapping the tent for my childhood bedroom. In lockdown. My surroundings had never felt so tight. Mapping out routes was still not boring though. And since I found myself living in Greece again after almost ten years away it became evident that this was the perfect time to plan a multi-day bikepacking tour through the Greek mountains: The Pindus Traverse.
It’s nice to see others taking on the Yonder spirit and organizing “Brovets”. Here’s 48×17‘s version:
“Brovet: Γύρος του Μωριά was a 3 day road cycling event organised by the shop at the last weekend of May 2013. The plan was to pass through some of the most beautiful and scenic routes of Peloponnesse, South Greece. There was a lot of climbing and lot of crazy fun riding, a bit of competitiveness, camp vibes by the sea and ancient temples. Apres-bike, the nicest memory was eating together at the end of each day as one big companionship.”
