“After completing the Race/Ride Across Texas in 2014 and 2015, some might say been there, done that. But an unexpected opening on my schedule left me just enough time to pull it together. This year the mileage was bumped up to 1,000 miles so I was looking forward to seeing some new territory. The route […]
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“Dirty Century #6. I mentioned to GT that I wanted to do my 6th gravel 100 mile ride on my Surly Pugsley, and he thought that he would like to ride along on his Ti Mukluk. My original plan was to follow the Shell Rock River up to Greene, IA and then South towards Parkersburg, but […]
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I’ve been putting off Metric 12. I had the first 11 done by mid-June, but my ride consistency dropped off and I knew 12 was going to hurt. The clock was ticking and temperature dropping, so I finally decided to knock it out this past weekend. I mounted my fat bike early Sunday morning with […]
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“For my 6th gravel road century this year my friend Ron B and I set out on an adventure to explore the potential Red Dog 100 Race route. This was Ron’s first ever gravel century. Earlier in the week I asked him if he wanted to join me on exploring the Red Dog 100 course. […]
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“This was the longest 1 day cycling ride I have ever completed, both in terms of distance ridden (150+ miles) and time elapsed (14 hours). The fact that is was mostly gravel with bounty of ‘B’ roads made this even more remarkable for me. The previous weeks ill feelings and eventual DNF due to mechanical […]
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“To my Cup O Dirt Fans, I tried to finish it off the challenge this weekend with 185+ miles of gravel goodness in the heart of Missouri on the KATY Trail. I came up short due to unseasonably hot weekend, wind and time. So I started this adventure by waking my butt up at 2am […]
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”Back in February the first dose of gravel was poured into my cup complements of the KatyTrail. This past weekend I thought it fitting to top it off with a return trip and another metric. Considering how beautiful a day it was, there was surprisingly a lack of activity. Other than a few snake and turtle […]
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“This ride was billed as a ride back in time. Taken right from the ride description, “This area was the intersection of 8 historic trails of significance – The Pony Express, Oregon, California, Mormon, Otoe-Missouri Trails, Fort Leavenworth Military Road, St. Joseph Road, and the Overland Stage Coach” Sounds inviting doesn’t it? This has been […]
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“I’m a little behind with posting some rides, so here’s my one from the 4th of July. I was staying at the family cabin on East Silent Lake, MN and decided to ride into Pelican Rapids by hopping on part of the Woodchipper 100 route. It was basically a 32 mile out and back. It […]
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“To Sun Valley we drove, in anticipation for gravel Found an alcove and rested from travel The next morning we rose to worrying weather With frost on the nose, we set out together On a tandem we rode over gravel and sand and though the wind slowed us, we continued as planned To ride a hard ride […]
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