Kevin L. writes in… “Training ride planned on the Katy Trail in Missouri hitting some gravel loops off the trail to get some climbing in. There are lots of gravel roads off the Katy Trail that you can take that will add some climbing and will loop back to the trail. A Katy Trail ride […]
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Sheila T. writes in with an update… “Texas boasts only one IMBA Epic Ride, out at the Big Bend Ranch State Park. My buddy, the other Sheila, and I tackled it on Feb.13th during our annual West Texas pilgrimage for the Chihuahuan Desert Bike Fest. The week had been especially warm so we rolled early hoping to […]
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A sign of spring, I needed the little ring, one bar end one brifter, check out my ghetto shifter. -Kasey C.
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Pete L. gets back to back metrics “In early January my wife informed me that she would be traveling to St. Charles, MO this past weekend for a 2 day workshop. I figured I would join her and spend a couple hours on the Katy Trail each day , then spend the rest of the […]
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Solo metric on roads of white A beautiful day to ride Wind and fresh limestone to fight on tires 38 wide Hope the farm dogs don’t bite and ride the hills for pride Remind myself I chose this plight on a beautiful day to ride -Jim
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“I participated in Actif Epica up in Canada this past weekend. It’s 125km on bike or foot and 165km on bike. I was in the 165km option. As the event drew closer, I was concerned what the temp and wind would be. It started at St. Malo which is 75 miles south of Winnipeg and ends at Two Forks in […]
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Kevin K. Tackles some Florida gravel… “Having an invite to visit my sister in Miami Beach this winter, I looked for a gravel ride in the area and was lucky to find the Everglades 100k, Battle on the Gravel, hosted by Gravelers Bicycle Group. Training through a New Hampshire winter for a long ride in […]
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Neil T. is back for more… “I can’t tell a whole lot about this metric for fear of dismemberment. Ok, so maybe it will not be that severe, but I have to be cautious with what I share. I had the great privilege of being able to ride and recon the second loop of the […]
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Ben S. Writes in from Manhattan, Ks… “This Sunday was an invigorating ride that turned out to be more of an adventure than anticipated. It started out as a nice sized group ride including Austin, Dan, Daren, Dave, Scott, Jamie and myself. With a daunting 20mph NW wind facing us, I mapped out an approximately […]
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Kevin C. Rolls out another full century! “Century #2 (‘Murican distance) last Sunday, finally getting around to writing it up. Decided to lay out a gravel route to Atlanta, KS based on a 5 year old story about a restaurant that may or may not still exist and may or may not take cards. Typically […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 