2018 Rides, Rider Updates

The 2018 Huracan 300

The Huracan 300+ is the second longes bikepacking race in Florida. This year it was around 340 miles, give or take with reroutes, etc. It consisted of dirt forest roads, singletrack and some road connectors. It’s a loop that starts and ends at the Santos MTB trails in Ocala, FL. February 3rd, about 80 of […]

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2018 Rides, Poems, Rider Updates

The Dirty South Roubaix

“I read about a gravel ride In the same state where I reside Three hours south of my domicile To get there took a little while In Alto Pass this race takes place The man said go and I gave chase The rollout was a lot of fun By I am slow, so was outdone […]

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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

Josiah Bags #11

“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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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

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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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

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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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

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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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

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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2017 Rides, Rider Updates

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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Rider Updates

True Century

“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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