Pete’s Pony Express Gravel Dash 120
“This ride was billed as a ride back in time. Taken right from the ride description, “This area was the intersection of 8 historic trails of significance – The Pony Express, Oregon, California, Mormon, Otoe-Missouri Trails, Fort Leavenworth Military Road, St. Joseph Road, and the Overland Stage Coach” Sounds inviting doesn’t it? This has been […]
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Ryan H. Wraps Up More Miles
“I’m a little behind with posting some rides, so here’s my one from the 4th of July. I was staying at the family cabin on East Silent Lake, MN and decided to ride into Pelican Rapids by hopping on part of the Woodchipper 100 route. It was basically a 32 mile out and back. It […]
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Rebecca’s Private Idaho Tandem
“To Sun Valley we drove, in anticipation for gravel Found an alcove and rested from travel The next morning we rose to worrying weather With frost on the nose, we set out together On a tandem we rode over gravel and sand and though the wind slowed us, we continued as planned To ride a hard ride […]
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Tour de Lyon County
“Sept 3 I rode the Tour de Lyon County here in Emporia, KS. This was 105 miles of beautiful Kansas roads. This race started off different than any other I had ridden in the past. I was dropped within a mile from most of the racers. However, I had a goal in place of finishing in […]
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Pete’s Gravel Worlds
“Gravel Worlds, AKA The Good Life Gravel Adventure, is just that: A day on the bike on gravel having a good time. The best part of GW is that you get to be a pirate for a day. The PCL crew from Lincoln always make this a day a good one. Late Friday afternoon downpours […]
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The Guitar Ted Death Ride Invitational
”Dirty Metric Centuries # 11 & 12. This was my third GTDRI in as many years. The weather looked like it was going to cooperate, and I was looking forward to seeing who was going to show up for the ride. We were scheduled to leave the start on the SW side of Waterloo at […]
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5 Days, 5 Metrics and Lots of Views
“This was a five day trip on the historic C and O Towpath and Great Allegheny Passage from Washington, DC (Georgetown) to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traveled ultra-light on my Salsa Warbird Ti, staying at hotels along the way. July 30, 2016. From Georgetown (Washington, DC) to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. 64.55 miles on the C&O. Pictures are […]
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Jon Earns His Cup the Long Way
”Just finished the Cowboy Tough 3 1/2 day adventure race in Wyoming for my last two full centuries. We paddled 100 miles, biked 240 miles and trekked 30+ miles. The race started with a 30 mile paved bike with a neutral rollout out of Casper, followed by a 75 mile paddle on the North Platte […]
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Tony’s Revenge
”Odin’s Revenge – Gothenburg, Nebraska Made the 7 ½ hour drive out to Gothenburg on Friday after my 24-hour shift at the fire station. Guitar Ted was going to ride with me, but his sister had planned a surprise family get together for his mother’s birthday so he had to back out. After checking into […]
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The Lutsen 99er
“This was my first time doing Lutsen and my wife Tasha decided to come along. We made it into a vacation weekend. For most of the gravel events I’ve done this spring, I’ve slept in my tent. This weekend was at Blufin Bay. A real bed!! We headed out on Friday and made it up […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 