Pete’s Epic
“I went down to Lake Ozark and the Cry Baby Camp Ground for another metric. Last year I camped out and it turned out to be a real mess. This year the forecast was even worse so I opted to live it up and get a hotel. Good thing because it stormed pretty good that […]
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Hill County Ramble 100k graveler
“Springtime in Texas, where you never know what the weather’s gonna be. Could be 80 degrees, 50 degrees, windy, calm, sunny, cloudy, rainy…on the same day. With the exception of calm, April 22 was all the above. Being the only one of our little group that bothered to show up and since I had all […]
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Night Riders – A Bike Adventure by Moonlight
“We started the ride out at 10 pm with 8 of us in tow, On the tandem we headed north dreaming of gravel, adventure and good times to go. Heading up along the St. Croix River and through Wolf Creek, Into the Sand Barrens bogging down at times into axle-deep sand we sneak. Through Crex Meadows and Fish […]
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A Double Metric Weekend
“Anyone that has taken on their own home improvement projects knows that it always takes more time than you planned for. Such has been the case since Feb. when my wife and I started in on the kitchen. That being said, the last bead of caulk was set this past week which made for a […]
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Linked Singletrack via the Katy
Today was a spur of the moment ride. Great weather and a schedule change presented an opportunity to ride. I decided it was a mtn bike kind of day so I decided to link a couple local trails via the Katy Trail. So I took off from creve coeur park and rode the single track […]
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Mindi’s Landrun100 Duathlon
“So, against my better judgment the morning of March 11th , I reluctantly got out of the car, into drizzling rain, to join countless others in my pursuit of getting a hug from Bobby at the finish line at LR100. I had been watching the weather all week, and thanks to a great new boss […]
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Kevin Conquers Landrun100
“I’ll try to keep my Land Run report brief. To be honest a lot of it was a blur, particularly after the CP. Hopes of hanging on to faster riders quickly vanished and were replaced by just wanting to survive & finish. The cold & wet took its toll, particularly on my hands & my […]
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The Landrun100: Be Careful What You Wish For
Originally posted on The Off-Brand Cyclist:
I had heard of the?Landrun 100?before, but it wasn’t until my?Virtus?teammates came back after last year’s race with tales of high adventure that it really hit my radar. They talked of on-course kegs, amazing people, and red dirt roads so muddy you had to carry your bike. It sounded…
The Dirt(y) Pecan 150
“On a crisp and clear morning we rolled out of Monticello, FL for a not-so-short romp on the Georgia clay. The game plan was to hold a wheel as far as we could and then ease around the loop enjoying the sights. The first part of the plan did not last long past the neutral […]
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An Unintentional Flint Hills Century
“With unusually warm weather on the forecast, I decided to bring my bike with me on a quick weekend trip to my hometown of Elbing, KS. I was planning on only a 50 to 67 mile ride. I slept later than usual and hit the road at 6:30 going straight east towards the Flint Hills. […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 