I'm Mr. Grumby, aka Ron. You might remember Jen and me from such journals as Undaunted Porridge, and The Grumbys' Pre-tour Shakedown Ride. 

This year I'm taking on the 2730 mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR), from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, NM.  And for the first time, I'll be attempting to use compound declarative sentences just to punch things up. Maybe I'll even include an adjective or two along the way. Risky, yes. Scary? Of course. But fear has no place at my table. 

 Yeah I know, a couple hundred people do the route every year, and a few even use compound declarative sentences. So you might be wondering what will make this journal unique and worth reading. Well I'll tell you. I'm going to ride the entire route on a unicycle while blindfolded. And juggling. And  I'll be wearing a coat made of honey and delicious crispy bacon to test my mettle and wits against the thousands of massive, bloodthirsty grizzlies that I'll encounter along the way*. (Prediction: I will fail both tests). 

 And if that doesn't keep you coming back for each post, there will be plenty of witty, hilarious and insightful writing, in case someone takes over this journal and writes it for me. Otherwise it might just be more of what you see here. At least until the grizzly catches a whiff of my bacon-honey outfit. This might be a pretty short journal. 

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I've been modifying my trusty Surly Long Haul Trucker for this route, which I'll cover in a subsequent post. And soon I'll convert myself from a sedentary Cheeto-eating couch potato (mmmm, potatoes) into a lean, efficient riding machine. Haha! 

*Some of the compound declarative sentences and statements in this section have proven to be false and should not be read, repeated, spoken or thought by anyone. 

(Title photo courtesy Sergey Pesterev / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)