The Length Of Time. Inside The Tour Divide
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- The Tour Divide is a 2750 mile (4400 km) unsupported mountain bike race from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the Mexican border. The Length of Time documents the race from a rider's perspective telling the story of Josh Ibbett’s ride. See the emotional highs and lows of this classic bikepacking race from the inside.
Find out how Josh prepared for the ride and discover the emotional battles both before, during and after the ride.
A film by Ryan Le Garrec
Filmed by Ryan Le Garrec, Lander Deldime and Josh Ibbett
Supported by HUNT - Sport
Don’t even know how many times I’ve rewatched this and other films of this nature during the pandemic
For those that don't ride they won't understand what a ride like that does to a person, it leaves scars and bruises but also leaves you extremely happy with accomplishment. Nothing worth doing is easy. Congrats Josh!
Finished the film and read the comments. As a finisher, I think you all did a great job of capturing the feel, size, lonliness and the headspace of the race. I liked both the cinematography and the music selection. There are portions of the race that are crystal clear to me know, nearly 5 years after finishing, and there are entire sections of the route that are nothing more than a blur. The B&W and focus changes captured did a great job of bringing back those feelings.
While I appreciate the film, I will echo other comments in stating that it would have been good of this crew to have been held to the same standards that the other film crews were held to this year.
Excellent film capturing Josh Ibbett's rookie year on the Tour Divide. I think it's infinitely better than 'I just want to Ride'.
Josh seems like an amiable human being, humble and a great athlete. Kudos to him and Hunt for making this film.
Just a wonderful film, thank you. Josh is a star. Keeping it calm when it gets really hard.
Also Lael is always laughing. She's amazing. 😁
What he’d a few time in the last few months. Never boring to watch. Well done.
After no longer being able to race my bike, from the second I saw bikepacking on youtube I was hooked! Just got back from 4 days bikepacking around my region and now planning a 2 week bikepacking adventure around Sth Island NZ in March. And yes, there is something very liberating living entirely off one's bike...as Leonardo da Vinci said "Simplicity is the greatest sophistication".
This was great. Disagree completely with the top comments here. Kudos for the doc crew for not putting themselves in it and also making an hour+ movie of basically similar footage of a dude on a bike so entertaining. I, for one, have never heard of the race before and only know it now because of this film. I’m personally glad they were allowed to make it. What an absolutely incredible journey to share.
usafsmoky1080 thanks for that!
@usafsmoky1080, as far as the public knows, they didn't ask for permission to make the film. The other crew did though, and look how that went...
Loved the film, really captured what I imagine is the mind set necessary to sustain such an effort. Thanks for putting it together.
".....thriving The Divide...." awesome quote and film.
Required viewing for anyone thinking a bike packing race would be a fun thing to do I reckon. I enjoyed the realistic portrayal of the highs and lows, great scenery and music. Nice work.
Josh and Team, great great film. Great impressions and insights to the tour. Loved every minute of it. Know that you are such an inspiration.
Wow Josh well done, what a fantastic achievement, just watched the film from start to finish and thought it to be the best thing I’ve ever watched on CZcams, you were open and honest with your emotions and how you were feeling about the challenge, I do hope you do it again, but only when you are ready, and your heads in the race from day one, absolutely brilliant film, thank you Guys, and all the very best to you for 2020.
Loved the themes.
Captured the excruciating nature of ultra riding for me.
I have never ridden an ultra.
Congratulations all.
Excellent film. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I’d love to (tour) the GDMBR one day. If one thing really struck me from watching this - and this is no criticism of this team’s conduct - it’s the far stricter rules applied to Lael Wilcox’s documenting team. Really did seem to be double standards and I feel the organisers need one set of suitably robust rules for everyone’s media next year.
I was thinking the same thing. I see the camera person following him along a back road, how is that not mental support at the least?
freddixon just to be clear I’m not suggesting it was ‘support’ in this case, as it was all done in accordance with the rules. But why Lael’s team was treated so differently (the fact Rugile, her GF, was a team member hardly makes it a game changer) is a mystery and left a bitter taste for me at least. I really hope it was an anomaly and confined to this year.
freddixon hey Fred! Honestly I don’t think that neither Lael nor Josh need any mental support to finish and win races. Also I think a car following you twenty minutes once or twice a day doesn’t solve your saddle sores. These riders have long ago and on many occasions more than proven themselves. They just want to share their love for racing beautiful routes. They re not feeling or needing or creating any support here.
Agreed.
I would like to see if the race organizers / independent filmmaker(s) could film the race as oppose to a team's crew?
Lael, Josh and everyone that participate in this race are awesome and inspiring to me ;
@@ryanlegarrec5380 they may not need mental support to finish races, or even win races, BUT it is still an unfair advantage knowing you have someone out there. It potentially means they can push harder because they know there is someone lurking around nearby that can bail them out if the shit hits the fan. Sure everyone has a SPOT tracker but not everyone has a couple of people, mates, partners or otherwise not far away throughout the event. It's not in the spirit of the event to have a crew following one rider.
I like your documentary very much. Captions, music, stories. Everything.
Fantastic,, a true story of solitude and a test on your body like no other. Well done josh for the doc.
I think the B&W really shows a rider’s perspective. When deep in the attrition, sometimes you don’t notice the surroundings but only the road ahead
Bravo! What a beautiful film.
Loved Josh's self-published TD videos! Having the extra footage and commentary is awesome!
Fantastic, added to my playlist of great adventures
Fantastic film.... what an epic race ... really enjoyed that 👌🏽
Thanks for sharing. 2020 should be interesting. See you there.
Great story, wonderful cinematography and very well edited. Thanks!
Come on man the edit sucked and you know it.
Great video, Inspirational. Gives me the feeling I should be out there cycling!
Loved it. Hope to tour it someday!
Really enjoyable film and really wets the appetite to one day maybe do this ride.
The next best thing to a really long bike ride is a really good film about a really long bike ride. Great job!
The Meech happy to be your next best thing man!!! I d have put pizzas after the long ride in second place and pizza in third and maybe the film not to far!!!
@@ryanlegarrec5380 lol 👍👍👍
Awsome video guys and great insights from the inside perspective of a experienced and talented rider ! More content like this in the near future. :)
Loved it. All of it.
Brutal and beautiful, thanks for sharing ;
Beautiful film. ❤️🎥
Really shared/shows the courage and vulnerability you brave cyclists endure in such races. Breathtaking scenes and landscapes.
Very Inspiring!
i love bikepacking. 영상 잘 보고 갑니다.
The scenery is amazing and Josh's achievement is inspiring. On a purely stylistic note, I wasn't crazy about the amount of dramatic music in the background. I understand the notion of drama and human interest but it felt overplayed to me. Purely my opinion and it doesn't detract from Josh's effort, which is nearly unfathomable.
Ace! Inspirational Josh ... I'm inspired by the eating, and ever changing big landscapes ... not so much by the shivering. Ant
I watched Lael go "rogue" on her video, and it's great to know you're one of the folks she hooked up with for the ride. It's the best thing in the world to just ride a few more miles with friends, old and new :)
Inspirational film. What an amazing effort by Josh and all the other riders. Fantastic! 👍🏻
On the movie editing, I liked the b&w and the saturated colour footage, they added to the mood. Great music too. There were a few glitches with the titles showing 1st June instead of 1st July towards the end, but overall I found it very watchable.
Loved the video. Thank you. Strongly disagree with the criticisms about editing or B&W shots. You captured the gruelingness, the monotony, and the beauty. One slight editing issue: toward the end of the video, date stamp says June 1 at certain points when it seems clear you meant July 1.
21:30 What a shot
My inner adventurer / explorer is speaking to me while watching this video ...
So inspiring .
Watching this after Ryan Van Duzers tour divide video makes me realize the expirence is all in the perspective !
Fantastic film Ryan 👍 hope you go in for another shot and beat your own time .
Far superior to anything on TV during this shutdown . Thank you
Great film inspiring ,I need to ride this ,due To C19 think this years out .
So many people in the comments are total negative jackasses, man. Its a documentary- If you enjoy the journey it brings you on, power to you. Feel like all the complaints about the editing fall short, because you only need half a hemisphere to realize it's made to make you feel like you're going insane and dragging on for ages.
thank you!
Awesome heroic effort
This is raddd.
The best film yet about the divide! Great work!
great vid.. ride safe !
Everything you said in the first 2:30 is also true of motorcycle travel. The further from home you get and the tougher the trip, the more people come up to you to connect. I think subconsciously people want to be like that. It’s a lifestyle that has the same attraction as water. People can’t help but want to look at it, touch it and be a part of it because inside, there’s a large part of it in them. Same way with minimal living and traveling. Even those that have chosen to be anchored long to be free somewhere inside.
Inspirational
Well said in word, music and image. Moving footage. I didn't know the cyclist when film began; by end, I was sad that I was not at finish point to greet him. My loss. - Steve Parkin, Utah
So good
Nice film, and another interesting insight into racing the TD. I think some of the time stamps towards the end are wrong “June 1st” rather than “July 1st”??
WOW!!!!!
Directors of GDMBR could do better, equally applied rules could/should be enforced. Props to Lael for calling it quits when she recognized this distortion and finished the race anyways. I find it refreshing that that she didn't seem to get too bothered and finished anyways, enjoying the experience and still doing very well.
Lael is a drama queen, who knew she was violating the rules, and sought permission to do so. Josh, I'd bet, didn't even bother to tell the organizer that he was violating the rules. Both of them should have been disqualified.
Beautifully put together and captures the grind of the TD. I guess you will be back there in June 2020? Would be good to know the music - great selection.
Great film, well shot and edited. Just adding my voice to the feedback about the time stamps late in the film which denote "June" when you meant "July". If it's at all possible to go back and edit those I believe it would add value to the film. Thanks again for a sensational piece of work and a superhuman effort.
Great film: got me excited for the day my medical advice is to: Get back on the Bike!
I really identified with the emphasis on “stuff.” Much of the appeal of cycling for me is getting away from all that “stuff” I want to leave behind. The stuff has become more anchor than comfort-my bicycle is freedom.
I need more bike stuff.
2.21 was you going over the snake pass, A57 glossop to sheffield.
Life is full of beautiful colour - don't take that away by switching to black and white.
Allan Phillips am colour blind. Sorry.
@@ryanlegarrec5380 If that's true, then you have my sympathy, but it's still no reason for the rest of us to be deprived of colour.
Allan Phillips Well am the director, that’s my choice, sorry.
Allan Phillips you aren’t deprived of color. More of the movie is color than B&W. Try taking in the texture, form, and mood of the B&W segments. That’s what it’s about.
Will this gravel wide wheel set hold up on 29er xc hardtail are they capable for that for xc trails etc
It is not the intended use for that wheel, and we would recommend the XC wides. However they are great wheel and if you are at the lower end of the weight range then you might get away with it.
I cannot wait to hit the GDMBR!!!
Needs more soundtrack consisting of a single sustained note, I reckon...
for sure, at least 2 notes.
The TD is an affliction, and I hope never to recover...
nice
Дальние поездки -- моя страсть и мечта. Иду к мечте..........
I want to know what that mudguard with strap slots is!
Mason ISO + fender that comes with it and voile straps is my best guess.
Awesome video. Thank you. Did you have a chase van. Through Las Vegas looked like you were driving. Not judging just curious. I am planning the divide for June 2020.
He had a film crew getting some shots. The way those clips are edited in sure is confusing if you're not aware of the back story.
Got it thank you.
This is almost a beautiful film, the music is great, the filming as well, but man, the editing is all over the place. Not sure why i needed a black screen with the time and date every couple of seconds, that really kept taking me out of it
I feel like it adds to the mentally destructive nature of the Tour. Time feels long when you're constantly reminded of it's presence.
I can live without( Facebook 👎!!!! ) lots of Love 💗 🚴♀️ 🚴
Bike hiking from Brush Mountain Lodge to Steamboat Springs in that mud would have likely taken 24 hours.
What sunglasses is he wearing?
What a journey. From a certain point in the trip, it seems clear that you are tired. Are you sure about that handlebar choice ?
I like black & white photography so that didn't bother me; the music was a little too somber, but it conveys the monotony and isolation of biking alone. I think it could have been balanced with some upbeat music to convey accomplishment and happiness of being in nature.
So this is "the other film crew" on the Divide this year? Was disappointed they didn't stand up and either follow the same rules applied to Lael or at least be more present and say "hey we are doing this too, why the discrepancy?" Hopefully my interpretation of what happened is wrong. Didn't bother finishing the movie, nor feel the need to support Hunt Wheels.
Maybe they weren't there to break records like lael wilcox, just to tick one off the bucket list
@@richardmidgley4369 BS double standard a**hole!!!
@Zach Morrow Money rules all for the fame ... You can read about th truth just google it , but your interpretation is not that wrong ..It was a big shame what they did to Lael and her film crew ...
They were both violating the rules, but Lael turned it into a drama because she's a girl. Fuck them both.
I'll echo the other comments: why didn't Josh or the crew raise their hand with "we're doing the same thing" when Lael's case was "discussed"? I am also surprised that the sponsors wouldn't distance themselves from this. I certainly view Hunt Bike Wheels differently after this - they knew they were indirectly enabling double standards, and stayed with it.
A lesson learned for the film maker. An excellent film for sure. It must have taken a lot of efforts and thoughts into this.
To be frank, I am not an expert nor even close to be good in film making why would ever gray out almost 1/3 of the whole clip? Viewers are enjoying the magnificent nature as much as the ride but you've just taken the taste away by blacking out the beautiful colors from nature. Plus, please do not use a funeral music. I second that.
When its colds but you need lots of carbo, ice cream
Amazing but grim 😎
Okay further into the video it became clear that you did have a chase vehicle. I need to see if I can talk my friend into doing same. I imagine there are sections vehicle cannot go and it’s a matter of meeting up down the road.
No chase vehicles and no support.
He has a film crew getting shots here and there, that's it.
I think the use of black and white was great. Especially to differentiate between pre trip prep and arriving in Canada for the race.
Inspiring film, but what is that god awful noise that sounds like a road sweeper 26min in!
After watching this and Laels film, both I really enjoyed, but good god how is sexism in biking so bad! Great film and story
This would've been great, but damn, the camera work and editing were so amazingly shoddy. If you're gonna film something epic like this, at least hire a camera operator who can shoot better than most sub-par art students.
Ross Finnie thank you Ross. I liked your showreel. I still think I ll keep filming myself. Please don’t hesitate following our work and commenting again.
Honestly I thought the camera work was well done and fitting to the story they were trying to tell.
Good filmmaking and good cinematography isn't always about obtaining the most technical or beautiful shot, it's about using the lense to capture real life in a way that accurately communicates the feelings of that moment. The whole thing was gritty, and it had to be. There was no time to plan or time shots, it communicated the urgency of the race.
Ha. Freehub gets louder and louder as the days wear on.
For the map geeks & armchair race stalkers, you can follow this ride on a map beside the vid on a 2nd screen at: trackleaders.com/tourdivide19i.php?name=Josh_Ibbett
Don't get me wrong the film is great, but Lael Wilcox caught so much unnecessary shit for also having a camera crew on course in this race, to the point that the additional rules/restrictions placed on her were one of the contributing factors to her scratching. All the while Josh and his film crew stayed completely silent on this matter neither defending her nor rebuking the people attacking the presence of her film crew, why were they not subject to the same scrutiny she was?
He isnt a woman and he is not Lael Wilcox...
Good effort, great route and really tests you physically and mentally. It’s a route that’s really too nice to race if you have never rode it for fun.
Well done mate, but the same can’t be said for the editing it kinda spoils the journey. Maybe an 8min edit of all the best bits would be better.
The best bits are the worst bits, really. A highlight reel of the most intense ultra on the planet would be like a AFV compilation of birthday parties in an amnesia ward.
An hour of watching a dude ride his bike to the soundtrack of Interstellar
Nice job on the film. But the ending of the race was pretty anti-climatic. They have no one there at the finish to greet people? I was part of a crew for RAAM and they had this finish line with a bunch of people cheering you on no matter where you finished. Pretty amazing accomplishment never the less.
That is the whole ethos of pure ultra unsupported bike packing; no big arch at the start, no entrance fees, no support and nobody finish line fanfare or medals - you do it for yourself as part of your journey.
@@petealdwinckle9301 I see. I didn't realize that there was no fee involved. That makes sense now.
The other film crew!!! Way to step up when Lael and Rue where catching sh*t!!! Also, it was reported that the film crew provided the rider with dry clothes and a warm RV to change- at least that is what has been reported.
Where has this been reported?!
A great achievement, congratulations. However, Label Wilcox got so much shit about a film crew and friends on the course that she scratched. From her film I gather the organizer didn't help either. So WTF is it here with crew, etc., what about equal expectations and "rules" for all competitors? I personally don't think a film crew has any business on the course, even if the competitors are "clean" regarding outside support.....a slippery slope.
What would Mike Curiak think about >100 riders at the start, sharing hotel rooms and riding together for days on end? The slope is slippery indeed! The Divide is about the love of austerity, the bike and the mountains! Do it in a way that is pure in your own eyes, for you, and I approve!
This thing is like 15 years old and here we are... People are taking this way too seriously. If they want to be filmed they can. Guess who had a crew ? Mike Hall.
12:57 - He's clearly sitting in a support car. Totally against race rules.
it s not him, this is Lander Deldime, watch closely...
@@ryanlegarrec5380 That's good to hear. Happy to be proven wrong on this one. Strange they included that bit.
@@swishswish1612 i included that bit dear, as i made the film... you obviously didn't read the credits!!!
The divide is arguably countryside with some of the most beautiful and colorful landscapes in the world, then to be ruined with a black and white film, what a shame. Otherwise I loved it!!
Horrible editing. Made for painful watching. Hope you're not epileptic. I struggled through half of this and gave up. Gave a good impression of the brain fog and suffering encountered during the race. If a video could be so depressing then the ride itself must be far worse. Feel like never riding a bike again. Ugh! Makes Love Island seem like the pinnacle of film making. The dolorous music and nonsensical time jumps are a lesson in how to effectively convey the emptiness of the experience. Excruciating.
carlos flanders thanks, I love your work.
My work? I occasionally put up raw gopro vids of races or rides. They do not have any inherent quality and are only of interest to those who also rode.
carlos flanders your feedback made
My day. Thank you you legend.
@@ryanlegarrec5380 Killing me with kindness
Not to be a shit stirrer because it's a nice movie, but did your team have to jump through any of the hoops that Laels had to?
Not Josh's team's fault, but no. Lael talks about it in her doc. That there was another film crew who didn't get the same shit she got.
@@nw2s ah ok, yeah so this is that team. Yeah, not to blame them for it just thought it should be acknowledged.
No they didn't because they didn't tell the organiser they were filming it - unlike Lael's crew
And they were only there to compete. Not to break records like lael.
@@richardmidgley4369 I don't see how that's relevant, though.
Editing 👎👎👎👎👎 film seemed promising but could get passed 15 minutes
The constant date and time updates make this video unwatchable
Ahh shit James, did you really have to leave your two cents here. Really? The date and time is what did it for you? I bet you left a thumbs down on the video too. Well done James, your day is complete now.
@@mikechajecki7323 What I think he means is that the constant change of time and day make the story a bit of a fragmented mess, and I would agree. At least he left an honest opinion and constructive feedback, which is better than your personal attack.