Race Report: Bit by Crusher in the Tushar – by K-Dogg
I learn something major every race. This time, at Crusher in the Tushar, it was that 70 miles can be greater than 100 miles. Seventy miles at Crusher in the…
Dirty Kanza 200: Resurrection – by K-Dogg
Last year was my first and almost only DK200. The last 50 miles was the most misery I've experienced ever on a bike. I ran out of water, ran out of…
Race Report: Assault on Mount Currahee – by K-Dogg
According to Wikipedia, Currahee is a Cherokee word for Mount "Stand Alone" and possibly meant someone who is very brave. There was also a vicious civil war battle (The Battle…
Central Georgia Mud Madness or “Honey is it OK to pour straight bleach on lycra?” by K-Dogg
February 18th, Irwinton, Georgia from the Blue Goose Hostel. "K-Dogg! Where the hell have you been riding?" said J.D., my mechanic from Bike Works of Gainesville Florida. "Your brakes are…
Fried Green 50 2015 Race Report: by K-Dogg
Politically correct or not, I love the Uncle Remus stories. As a kid I wanted to be Br'er Rabbit, who constantly eluded or outwitted Br'er Fox. The stories were written…
Pisgah Monster Cross 2015 Race Report – “Tales of Eldorado”: by K-Dogg
Tales of Eldorado If you read any of our recent blogs you know I (K-Dogg) descend like a plucked chicken with vertigo. I admit it freely and so do my…
Observations: Things You Give Up as a Gravel Cyclist by K-Dogg
Our man K-Dogg gives his take on at least twelve things you give up as a Gravel Cyclist. Chains and cassettes that last more than one race. Chains and cassettes…
Hilly Billy Eldorado: K-Dogg’s Race Report
K-Dogg's Race Report from the 2015 Hilly Billy Roubaix - held on June 27. We should have known - this was not going to be your average extreme gravel race.…
Darby Roubaix 2015 Race Report: by K-Dogg
As my old cycling buddy Mark T. from East Mobile Bay used to say, "I'd rather arrive at a race under trained than sick." Sage advice. But it didn't work…
Throw Up Thursday: Rouge Roubaix 2013
You’ve heard of Throwback Thursday. We prefer to call it Throw Up Thursday. Remind yourself of the suffering you endured at a prior race, telling yourself at the time you’ll…
A Divorce from Florida Road Racing: by K-Dogg
This article may be controversial to some, but make perfect sense to others. I have competed in Florida road racing for more than 30 years and until a few years…
Love Valley Roubaix 2015 Race Report: by K-Dogg
"Florida idiots." That's what we are... Florida idiots. Drive eight hours north away from sunny and warm to race three hours in face numbing cold. Walking 50 yards to registration…