The 2017 Land Run 100 Experience – Stillwater, Oklahoma
"Land Run 100 is a 100 mile, self supported, gravel road race through the red gravel roads of Oklahoma." But, there is more to this event than a simple description.…
Ride Report: 2017 Dirt(y) Pecan Dirt Road Epic – Monticello, Florida
Saturday March 4, 2017 marked the third running of the Dirt(y) Pecan, a free event beginning and ending in Monticello, Florida. Riders faced the first world problems of choosing between 60,…
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…
Women, Gravel and the Middle Georgia Epic: by Adrienne Taren
I started riding gravel about a year ago, by accident. Or more accurately, by necessity. I was out smack in the middle of the USA for work, and no matter…
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…
Race Report: 2017 Middle Georgia Epic!
"The Middle Georgia Epic is the longest multi-surface road race in Georgia, offering 100km and 200km distances for racers to choose from. The race starts and finishes at the charming Blue…
Ride Report: 2017 Mudcrutch Gravel Team Time Trial
The Mudcrutch Gravel Team Time Trial ride, a ride for the Ladies and Gentlemen of gravel cycling. For those unaware of this concept, a Ladies / Gentlemen's ride is a loosely…
Ride Report: Tour of the Quilt Country IV – Trenton, Florida
Normally held on Mother's Day weekend, for the fourth annual edition of ToQC we experimented with an early season classic. This created the first de facto Gainesville HTFU Festival on…
Friday Flashback: Three Peaks USA – The 2012 Edition
Once upon a time, there was an amazing race promotion company who hailed from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina - Pirate Race Productions. Andrew Stackhouse, the man behind this…
Weekend Fun: Time Trialling on a Gravel Bike
With winter upon much of the US of A, the "season" of gravel racing is at a bit of a standstill until things begin ramping up again in January of…
Race Report: K-Dogg’s take on the Standard Deluxe Dirt Road Century
On November 6th, 2016, the Gravel Cyclist team drove almost six hours North to attend our very first gravel race in Alabama - we had a blast. The venue was…
Race Report: Standard Deluxe Dirt Road Century – Waverly, Alabama
The Standard Deluxe Dirt Road Century is a brand new event for 2016. In fact, it is the first gravel event we are aware of in Alabama. Anyone care to…
2016 Spaghetti 100 – 62 Mile Dirt Epic Race Report: by K-Dogg
A day to play in the dirt! The Spaghetti 100 is an event hosted by the Capital City Cyclists of Tallahassee, Florida, benefiting several charities relating to children’s cycling.…
2016 Pisgah Monster Cross Report – Rebuked by an Ass: by K-Dogg
So I Googled "Pisgah" thinking it might be an interesting local Native American word. It is actually a Hebrew word referring to the mountainous area from whence Moses was allowed…