Chasing Out the Border Ruffians
“Another gorgeous weekend called for another long gravel ride. Being familiar most of the gravel roads south of town and northwest towards Lawrence, we decided to mix it up a bit and head out from Spring Hill and come into Lawrence from the south side. Got an early start on the day from the Spring […]
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A Full Moon Metric
“When Mother Nature gives a gift of spring like days, in February, you take it and ride. With mild temps and a full moon to boot, we started out with 7 @ 7:00 (4 of us chasing the cup), as we rolled out south into the farms and fields of Hill County Texas. The moon […]
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100k#5
“Scents of smoke I smell Pizza beer sofa I crave Damn this Cup o Dirt” -Kristian H.
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Sun-burnt in February
“Kansas always seems to have trouble making up its mind when it comes to weather, so you are always on your toes and never trust the weatherman! However, every so often it seems to get it just right and when that happens you have to drop everything, get outside to enjoy it! With the forecast […]
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A Kansas Back Roads Metric
“Knocked out #3 with some company for a change. Jay, a roadie that I’ve been riding with on gravel quite a bit recently, came along for what turned out to be his longest day in the saddle ever. We couldn’t have asked for better conditions, relatively light wind and ridiculously nice temps in the 60s-70s […]
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Josiah’s Metric Poem
“Mye nayme is Jo, And wen it’s colde, Or wen th winde blews oh so bolde, I just put on an extra shyrt, and ryde my byke, for cup of durt” – Josiah D.
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The Huracan 300
“Last weekend I did the Huracan 300.We can definitely debate the smarts required to do this, and I will voice different arguments today than before the start, but all in all it was an extremely satisfying way to spend some time on a bicycle. You basically line up anywhere along the route (I chose the mass-start […]
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A 100K Shakedown
“I have been slowly piecing together a bike for the next few years, thinking that it’d be awhile before I looked at a gravel ride because of my complete distain for cold. When the opportunity arose, I was excited for my swiftly planned Kansas Day Adventure… There was a fury of boxes that showed up […]
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100 Miles of Red Roads
“I’ve knocked out a few metric+ rides this year, but I don’t like counting those. Saturday was by birthday & rather than take my chances on the KS roads that I know are still sloppy in places, I hit up my friends at District Bicycles in Stillwater, OK to see if they had a route […]
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Katy Trail Metric #2
“Time to ramble….. I was up before dawn. I wasn’t sure what I should bring for food. COD #1 was warmer and bike stop cafe was open in down town St. Charles. That trip I didn’t bring anything but water. We were going the opposite way and it was 0745 when we left. So that […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 