The George S. Mickelson Trail is a 108 mile gravel rail trail that runs south from Deadwood, SD in the Black Hills to Edgemont on the prairie. It follows the bed of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad which operated as recently as 1986. As with all...
Feeling full of myself for having completed the Rock Cobbler I decided to sign up for a 300 km ride from San Francisco up through Marin and Sonoma Counties with the San Francisco Randonneurs. However, as I crawled out of bed at 4 AM I started having doubts. Wouldn’t...
Last time I was in Bakersfield for the Rock Cobbler I was broken physically and mentally. The ride was so difficult and the conditions so slow that I went to the dark place before the ride was even halfway done, and I had to abort. I wasn’t sure if I would...
Wyo131 is an annual gravel race in Lander, WY, a town of about 7500 people at the foot of the Wind River Range. It’s named either for the distance of the full ride, 131 miles, or for the number of the highway that leads out of town and into the mountains. ...
Come ride with me.
They see me ridin’…
Letters, we get letters…
It was a …Rock Cobbler!
Another trip, eh?
You know who else traveled through Austria?
South of the border.
Another installment from JaimeRoberto.
Aaaaah!
The Ride is a Lie.
Moar bicycling!
Flat tires, Chuck Norris, bunkers, and Tia Carrerra.
Dirty…
Not STEVE SMITH, but rather JaimeRoberto tells of cycling.
Our intrepid cyclist takes us on a visit to a tropical paradise.
As I’ve done more and more cycling I’ve become interested in multi-day long distance events like the Torino-Nice Rally, the Badlands, or even just RAGBRAI, events which cover 400-500 miles with varying degrees of support along the way. However, I have doubts that I...
Travelogue time!
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Tuff is a general term for all consolidated pyroclastic, volcanic rocks. On the Tuffest, riders faced 106.9 miles and 7500ft of elevation gain with most of the climbing in the second half of the race. You’re probably not even worthy to read this. Srsly. But here you go, cupcake.
