Tony’s Almonzo
“Got up early and drove up to Spring Valley, Minnesota for the Almonzo 100. Arrived at about 0800 and found a parking place between the Start and Finish lines. Rode over and got my number and a few stickers and went back to prepare the bike and gear for the ride. As we were assembling […]
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A Solo 100
“The ride started out hot, but quitting I was not. A planned solo route, the distance was to be stout. Doing large loops to make many a mile, I thought myself clever with guile. I turned the cranks for hours, my will was not going to sour. Off in the distance a storm loomed, I […]
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Metric 5
“Solo cycling, it’s a beast, so many commitments, distractions, tempting the least Now fight your way out the door, don’t let the mind wander anymore Swiftly push those thoughts aside, kit-up, flip-in, it’s time to ride The adventure is what you’re yearning for, not a couch, a beer, or a living room floor Go explore, […]
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A Windy Metric for Tony
“The wind was already blowing me around at 8:00 AM as I rode my motorcycle home from work. I have been riding in stiff winds all Spring, so I decided to knock out a dirty metric before supper. The wind was out of the North and was supposed to switch to the NNW after noon. […]
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Michelle’s Cup O’ Cedar
“Since this is my first Cup O’ Dirt submission I would like to share a little history from not so long ago. It was 2014 and my husband and a friend were training for Dirty Kanza, I had only discovered biking for about a year and was steadily improving, having finished my first century the […]
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An Interrupted Lake Loop
“This was going to be a ride around Lake Okeechobee, which I’ve done several times, but last time was 3 years ago. It’s about 118 mile loop around the lake on the dam, with the west side mostly very bumpy limestone road and deep grass, the south and most most of the east smooth fast […]
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Pete vs. The Epic
“The ride started at Cry Baby Campground. It was a very appropriate name for the starting point of this ride. I had originally planned to camp however as I began set up, the skies began to open up and the rain came down. I opted to just sleep in the van. The rain continued all […]
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100 More Miles for Jeff
“Assorted farmland gravel Fields of crops rolled on and on Locals looked at us strangely” -Jeff M.
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Ryan’s Woodchipper Ride
“I’m three weeks away from the Royal 162 and I thought I better get a solid training ride in. I did the Ragnarok 105 two weeks prior and my knee had acted up, so I wanted to test that too. I decided to do the Woodchipper 100 course. It’s a route that was created by some local bikers […]
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Jon’s Trans Iowa
“TransIowa is a cruel beast. Proud to say I rolled all 340 miles, but finished past the time cutoff, so it’ll officially go down as a DNF for me. Lots of ups and downs over 35+ hours: I pushed too hard to keep up with a group at the start, then fell off the back […]
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Cup O' Dirt Challenge 