2018 Doc Hollywood 80-mile Not Race Report – Micanopy, Florida
8th Annual Doc Hollywood Cycling Invitational For a race that is not a race it sure felt like a race although it started slowly. No shoving, no cursing, no rude…
Ride Report: Roadrunner Rocks – Muenster, Texas by Adrienne Taren
From the ride organizer (Spinistry): “Our host is the amazing 4R Ranch Vineyards & Winery. A fantastic property with outstanding views and great terrain. The routes are almost exclusively hard…
Race Report: 2017 Hellhole Gravel Grind Stage Race, South Carolina by Libby Skinner
Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina September 15-17, 2017 Ginny Norton and I punctuated our 2017 Gravel Year with a big fat exclamation point (!#*%!) racing in the three-day Hellhole…
Take the Gravel Less Traveled to Rebecca’s Private Idaho: A photo essay by Wil Matthews
Commissioned by WD-40BIKE “I love my mountain home in Ketchum, Idaho and I want everyone to know the reasons why,” says Rebecca Rusch. "Join me for a gravel-strewn, grit-filled, pedal-cranking…
Tour of Ara 2017: Bighead’s Big Adventure (Part Three – Final) – By Todd Leedy
Stage Five - Naaim de Vos: Calvinia to Sutherland, 161km "The morning road is, um, not in great condition" Heading over to Hantam Huis for breakfast in the usual…
Race Report: Pony Express Gravel Dash – 75 Miles of Fun by Larry Brenize
Leading into the Pony Express Gravel Dash, I didn't have much training before the ride. Diagnosed with Shingles in May of 2017 which followed with seven to eight weeks of…
Race Report: 2017 Rebecca’s Private Idaho – “The Queen’s Stage Race” Part 2
Continuing where I left from Part 1, the third and final stage of the inaugural "Queen's Stage Race" of Rebecca's Private Idaho would be the "Big Potato" stage. Namely, 93…
Race Report: 2017 Rebecca’s Private Idaho – “The Queen’s Stage Race” Part 1
"Rebecca's Private Idaho is your ticket to the wild, rugged Idaho that few people know. Ride 100 miles with mountain bike endurance champion Rebecca Rusch on grueling gravel roads, through…
Tour of Ara 2017: Bighead’s Big Adventure (Part Two) – By Todd Leedy
Stage Three - Mbotshwa Buda: Middelpos to Calvinia, 98km "There is something sticking out of your head" During our braai dinner following stage two, we heard the unfortunate news that…
Tour of Ara 2017: Bighead’s Big Adventure (Part One) – By Todd Leedy
Prologue "Because I'm 50!" The Tour of Ara is a six-day stage race over a predominantly gravel road course in the 'Great Karoo' area of Northern Cape Province, South Africa.…
Race Report: 2017 Red Clay Ramble – Middle Georgia – by K-Dogg
Dr. Pain has a super power. He can race in two places at once. He can race Master's Men then instantaneously blip over to the Gran Fondo ride in the…
Race Report: A (Crack)ing Good Time at the 2017 Red Clay Ramble
August 19, 2017 - Red Clay Ramble - a 56 mile (the full monty course) gravel race held near the town of Milledgeville, Georgia, but in reality centered around the…
Race Report: The Day Across Minnesota – by Nicholas Garbis
The news of the "DAMN" -- the "Day Across Minnesota" -- spread pretty quickly through the gravel riding world of the North. For me, it was momentarily intriguing and then…
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…