Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide

For a man who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself -- setting off at 4 a.m. each day to avoid being caught by the pros -- riding a mountain-bike race with a dozen or so participants should hold no fear. But this isn't just any race -- this is the Tour Divide. Undaunted, Howard swaps the smooth tarmac roads of France for the mud and snow of the American Continental Divide. Instead of chasing the shadow of Lance Armstrong, he has deal with grizzly bears, mountain lions, and moose. Battling bad weather, drinking whiskey with a cowboy, and singing karaoke with the locals, Howard's journey turned into more than just a race -- it became the adventure of a lifetime.