Training Ride 101 – BBQ Dogg
No Smack Talking Ordinarily, this blog is not intended for smack talking, windups, bollocks, or $hit stirring. Today however, K-Dogg, well known to many of you who race Ultra CX…
Walkabout in Gainesville, Florida
Walkabout Monday recovery rides are fab. Monday recovery rides on dirt, limerock and gravel roads are better. Monday recovery rides on dirt, limerock and gravel roads within the city limits…
Gravel Cyclist featured by Cyclocross Magazine
Featured! Today, the lads over at Cyclocross Magazine, Andrew and Andrew, were nice enough to feature some of my Gravel race videos. The Cyclocross Magazine article can be seen HERE.…
$hit Gravel Cyclists Say
$hit Gravel Cyclists Say: "I'm only leading to compact the soil for you." "I'm only leading through the sugar sand to show you the best line." "I'm not attacking, I'm…
Dr Pain’s 10 Commandments of Riding Limerock & Sand
Dr Pain's 10 Commandments of Riding Limerock: Match your speed to the harmonics of the washboard, then it will feel smooth." "Never touch the brakes, you'll lose momentum in the…
Training Ride 101 – Don’t bring a Knife to a Gun Fight
It was a lovely Tuesday evening, about 80 degrees fahrenheit, low humidity and temperatures forecast to drop into the high fifties overnight. Perfect conditions really, for an ad-hoc limerock /…
Spearfish, South Dakota & the 2014 Gold Rush Gravel Grinder
Trendsetters, In today's posting, please enjoy event video from the 2014 edition of the Gold Rush Gravel Grinder, in beautiful Spearfish, South Dakota. Unfortunately, I hadn't created Gravel Cyclist at…
The Heartbreaker Loop
Saturday, October 18, 2014 While everyone else in Gainesville was sleeping in, not riding, racing, or creating ruts in the same paved roads they ride over and over and over,…
More sights from L’Eroica 2014
Mr and Mrs K-Dogg returned last week from their epic ride at the L'Eroica ride in Italy. While the staff here at Gravel Cyclist are waiting for that slacker K-Dogg…
Upper Marlboro, Maryland Gravel, Dirt & Pavement Ride
Today's ramble through the countryside began and ended in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, about 20 miles south east of downtown Washington, D.C. The short 25 mile route featured dirt, gravel and…
Leesburg, Virginia Gravel Road Ride
If you live in or around Washington, D.C., or are planning to visit, you owe it to yourself to ride some of the gravel roads west of D.C., around Leesburg,…
Iron Cross 2014 Ride Preview – Lippincote
Iron Cross 2014 is tomorrow, October 5, 2014. I took the opportunity today to pre-ride the Lippincote trail, and Powerlines start loop. The gravel sections of the course look to…