“This past Memorial Day weekend, the gravel grunts headed to Medora, ND for the Badlands 120. I rode this ride last year, missed a turn, and tagged on an extra 15 miles. This year, I was determined to stay on course!! The ride was on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, so we headed out on […]
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“Guitar Ted and I drove down to Emporia, Kansas on Thursday. GT wasn’t racing, but he wanted to see everyone and hand out Riding Gravel stickers. He had printed out maps of the area and was going to do a ride-about away from the course; I’m sure he will submit his CO’D metric century soon. […]
Read more“After completing the Burleigh County Cup with no knee or bike issues, I was ready for the Royal 162. I headed down that Friday, took care of registration and found the city campground two miles out of town. I set up my tent and ate at the Dairy Queen in town. Two days prior, out of nowhere […]
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“Swapped the Woodchippers on my Fargo for a set of Cowchippers, and wrapped the bars with some fancy Origin8 tape. I wanted to ride south of town towards Traer, but I wasn’t sure which direction I wanted to go after that. The worst part about riding south is having to ride all of the way […]
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“The Burleigh County Cup was held on May 7th in Bismarck, ND. It’s a 75 mile gravel event along with the Sippy Cup, which is a 35 mile event. This was my second year of participating in the Burleigh. The Gravel Grunts Cycling Squad consisting of Tim Bauer and myself headed there the day before. We had […]
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“Metric #1 Last Friday my wife and I woke up to the news that we were grandparents. Two weeks early but that is ok. We were so exited. The plan was to leave @ noon to head out and see our first grandchild, but some loose ends at work for my wife put a 5 […]
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“Got up early and drove up to Spring Valley, Minnesota for the Almonzo 100. Arrived at about 0800 and found a parking place between the Start and Finish lines. Rode over and got my number and a few stickers and went back to prepare the bike and gear for the ride. As we were assembling […]
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“The ride started out hot, but quitting I was not. A planned solo route, the distance was to be stout. Doing large loops to make many a mile, I thought myself clever with guile. I turned the cranks for hours, my will was not going to sour. Off in the distance a storm loomed, I […]
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“Solo cycling, it’s a beast, so many commitments, distractions, tempting the least Now fight your way out the door, don’t let the mind wander anymore Swiftly push those thoughts aside, kit-up, flip-in, it’s time to ride The adventure is what you’re yearning for, not a couch, a beer, or a living room floor Go explore, […]
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“The wind was already blowing me around at 8:00 AM as I rode my motorcycle home from work. I have been riding in stiff winds all Spring, so I decided to knock out a dirty metric before supper. The wind was out of the North and was supposed to switch to the NNW after noon. […]
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