“Since this is my first Cup O’ Dirt submission I would like to share a little history from not so long ago. It was 2014 and my husband and a friend were training for Dirty Kanza, I had only discovered biking for about a year and was steadily improving, having finished my first century the […]
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“This was going to be a ride around Lake Okeechobee, which I’ve done several times, but last time was 3 years ago. It’s about 118 mile loop around the lake on the dam, with the west side mostly very bumpy limestone road and deep grass, the south and most most of the east smooth fast […]
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“The ride started at Cry Baby Campground. It was a very appropriate name for the starting point of this ride. I had originally planned to camp however as I began set up, the skies began to open up and the rain came down. I opted to just sleep in the van. The rain continued all […]
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“Assorted farmland gravel Fields of crops rolled on and on Locals looked at us strangely” -Jeff M.
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“I’m three weeks away from the Royal 162 and I thought I better get a solid training ride in. I did the Ragnarok 105 two weeks prior and my knee had acted up, so I wanted to test that too. I decided to do the Woodchipper 100 course. It’s a route that was created by some local bikers […]
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“TransIowa is a cruel beast. Proud to say I rolled all 340 miles, but finished past the time cutoff, so it’ll officially go down as a DNF for me. Lots of ups and downs over 35+ hours: I pushed too hard to keep up with a group at the start, then fell off the back […]
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Hello and Good Day, My Name is Karlos, in some circles I am known as the Naked Indian, in others as the Singletrack Samurai. Based in Florida, for the past 10 years I have been mapping off road routes in my home state and organizing grassroots events. Some routes you may have heard of, The […]
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“Yesterday another metric was finished with the help of my friend Gary.I had designed this loop with google earth and ride with gps over a year ago.I had found a grid of dirt/gravel roads in the middle of the state near Avon Park. Finally I managed to go and ride the loop.It turns out that I found […]
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“Another Metric on the back roads of Florida, we got to cross several preserves and forest near and around Deleon Springs. This nice loop was designed and promoted by the local riders, a dozen of strong riders from the Florida Gravel powerhouses showed up for this one. The main group of riders dropped me promptly […]
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In the Midwest, they say; if you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute. This day was no different, except it was the first day of spring, and you’re hopeful for better weather. While loading my bike, I was reciting (mumbling to myself) the forecast that I heard the night before, “A chance for […]
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