Despite being a University of Wyoming Cowboy who worshipped Roy Rogers as a kid, Michael McCoy feels more at home on the seat of a bicycle than in the saddle of a horse. In fact, he pioneered the Canada-to-Mexico Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, which is credited with helping ignite the worldwide boom in bikepacking and gravel riding. The author of ten books, his writing on travel and the outdoors has also appeared in numerous magazines and in compilations by National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, and others.