The GCN+ streaming service offers, in addition to extensive race coverage, interesting documentaries covering cycling history, technology, personalities and two-wheeled travel adventures. The latest GCN+ video is about a three day trip riding along the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland, with stunning vistas of an alien landscapeand bread baked in geothermal steam!GCN+’s filmmakers want to bring viewers to amazing places, to inspire cyclists to discover new experiences and while some of the videos have gone to noted cycling regions in Europe and Australia, some have been wilderChile, Colombia and, now, a series of three videos will be available focused on Iceland. The Rift is the second of these and features Jenny Graham, who currently holds the women’s around the world cycling record and appears in other GCN+ documentaries, and Lael Wilcox, noted endurance bikepacker, who has set records on the Tour Divide and Baja Divide challenges. Together they spend three days riding along the ridge that divides two tectonic plates, the North American and Eurasian ones, a ridge that is part of the the world’s longest mountain chain, much of it underwater. There are a few areas where the ridge appears on land and Iceland, the world’s most geologically active place, is one of these.The adventure begins at the famous Thingvellir, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, where the rift is very evident. The site has significant cultural, political and geological importance and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, although this is not mentioned in the video. It…
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