Singles Going Steady
A guest post from Greg G. out of Somerset, WI “In the early 80’s my older brother brought home a copy of The Buzzcock’s Singles Going Steady. Like other bands that filtered through my ears in my adolescence, this album grabbed me, shook me and kicked me across the street away from the preppies, the […]
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Neil’s Magic Carpet Ride
This just in from Neil T. “Music on shuffle Riding another metric Oh CRAP, Let it Go! There is a story to that Haiku. I went out really early this past saturday morning. I was about 7:30 when I got out an the sun was just rising. It was a brisk 32 degrees with the […]
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A Soggy Canadian Metric
Lennard P. writes in with his first metric… “Awoke this morning at 5am to the first day of spring with my first dirt century of the year planned, only to find it pouring rain outside – this was going to be a muddy one! Riding dirt in Kamloops BC means climbing out of the valley, […]
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A Metric From the Land of DK
From Neil T…. “Finished another flint hills metric. Got out early in the morning for this ride. Left at about 8 AM. It was 38 degrees so I dressed accordingly. I rode out towards Cottonwood Falls and picked up the final 50 DK route from last year at V road. It wasn’t to bad of […]
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Melissa’s Misguided Metric
“I did my first metric for the year at the end of January with two other guys. It was a warm day for the season, so a friend who’s usually more of a roadie wanted to retrace the Lakeville-Milltown-Lakeville route from last year. (http://lakeville-milltown-lakeville.blogspot.com/) Since I’m usually up for absurdity, I said sure, why not […]
Read moreShifting Winds, Ostriches, and Mental Monsters in Emporia
This just in from Neil Taylor… “Finished my first official 100k this year. I had a 97 k back on January 19th before I found out about this challenge. Today I rode out into that flint hills south of emporia, KS into about a 15mph wind. I wanted to get the wind out of the […]
Read moreA Pair of Fat Bike Century Rides for Christopher
From Christopher T. “With spring now here in Minnesota, I wanted to provide some details and photos of my two centuries so far in 2015: JayP’s Backyard Fat Pursuit 126 miles on snowmobile trails in Idaho and Montana January 10-11, 2015 This was my second try at this fatbike race. In 2014, the elevation (between […]
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A Frozen Wisconsin Metric
Dallas Wynne writes in… “The Northern Wisconsin gravel season began in February this year. On February 25th we braved the single digit temps in the remote wilderness to attempt our 1st 100 miler of the year. Our ride was also intended as a recon ride for the 4th annual Mammoth Gravel Classic that is scheduled […]
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Meet Melissa
Melissa Hunter wrote in to share her story, and it’s one worth reading… “I currently hold on to an “impostor” Cup O Dirt — I did nothing to earn it. It’s dated 2008 and heck, I didn’t even OWN a bike until 2012. Now I have 7 1/2. (impostor mug courtesy of my dad, Dave […]
Read moreUpdates!
Despite some challenging weather, several riders marked off some more mileage towards their cup. From Kristopher Williams 2/1/15 “I love the dirt. It doesn’t hurt. Although, my legs are tired, I am wired. I just rode the furthest I’ve ever gone, and I now am done.” https://connect.garmin.com/activity/688385337# The file shows a serious drop in heart […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 