“This was a nice ride on the Prairie Spirit Trail from Ottawa, Kansas to Iola, Kansas, and back again, so a nice There and Back Again. This was my first time in the trail, and I must say two thumbs up (I am pretty good at riding no-hands so this is safe and okay). Kansas […]
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CFITT 2017 – When hell freezes over.
“I slowly rode from my warm hotel to the beach in New Smyrna, FL just before 8am on Dec 9th. I was heading to the start of the 2017 edition of the Cross Florida Individual Time Trial by Singletrack Samurai Productions. It was raining and in the low 50’s, which I was OK with until I remembered […]
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Filling My Cup
“This past summer learned that there was a new brewery just an hour Northeast of me in Menard county in the town of Petersburg. That was reason enough to start planning a metric. I finally got it in and just in time as the temps this week have finally taken a nose dive. I had planned […]
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The Tallahassee Tango
“We had a couple of hotel rooms booked in Tallahassee for Friday night with the plan to get a good nights rest and blast of on Saturday morning with the rest of the riders embarking on the 2017 edition of the Tallahassee Tango. By Wednesday hurricane Nate was forecast to make landfall on the Gulf […]
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Jon Rides the DAMn
“Here is a ride report that I finally got around to writing: This was the first year of the 241 mile Day Across Minnesota race (a.k.a. The DAMn) and I was fortunate enough to be on the interwebs scouting upcoming races when registration opened last winter. This race was well organized and I would highly […]
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LT100 2017 in the Books and Still Married!!!
“Well, it’s done. I started in the last corral so I didn’t expect much. I find that my attitude the day of a race has a lot to do with my performance. I was in a great mood and feel like I did pretty ok. The Columbine and all the flats went well. My biggest […]
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Jordan’s Landrun 100
“About a year ago I caught the gravel bug when I heard about LandRun and Dirty Kanza from a couple buddies who like to suffer just about as much as I do, naturally I decided I needed to do both of these races in my first year as a real gravel cyclist. First up was […]
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A Solo Texas Metric
“Challenge ride #11 started just like #9 did…a solo adventure, because no one wanted to leave at 5:00am. Rolling out at 5:15 under the cover of darkness, there’s nothing quite as exciting & terrifying than exploring an unscouted B-Road with only moon & starlight to guide you….because you forget your headlight @ home, again. The thing about riding […]
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Kristian Tackles Leadville
“So back last December me and couple of my buddies had a very bad idea… we decided to put our names into the Leadville 100 mtb race lottery. Thinking I was safe because it’s very hard to get in. We had tried the year before and were not picked. A long came January 2017 and […]
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Grinnell to Amana Colonies Century
“I am a little behind in my COD challenge this year due to having too many irons in the fire but things finally came together for my 2nd gravel century this year. Speaking of fire, this ride was fueled by wood fired pizza from the Grinnell Heritage Farm the night before. If you are ever in […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 