“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“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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“We have some friends in Kansas City. So when the wife suggested I leave early and ride the katy and they’d (her and the kids) pick me up along the way somewhere I was intrigued. I hope to finish Leadville this august and although there is no climbing on the katy this would help my […]
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“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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“This was a nice trek into southwest Cloud County and into the wild corners of Mitchell and Ottawa Counties. I don’t know if those areas are especially wild and the roads less developed, or if it just seems that way because they are a little less familiar to me, but in either case, just that […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 