K Dogg, Author at Gravel Cyclist

Pisgah Monster Cross 2019: The Lollypop Loop of Dread – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg September 17, 2019

GravelCyclist.com raced Pisgah Monster Cross in 2015 and 2016 and loved every inch of it. There was something in it for everyone…mountains, mountain streams, thousands of feet of climbing on…

Master’s Gravel Racing Tips for Mega Success (probably not) – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg August 2, 2019

What "Ultra Masters" want and deserve... Plus helpful racing tips! After years of cajoling or begging gravel race promoters to add an "Ultra Masters" category (60+) it appears that they…

Dirty Kanza 200 2019. Some Kind of Redemption – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg June 24, 2019

Bicycle Boomers What an amazing time to be old! What an amazing time to ride a bike! How amazing that more than eighty-one 60 + year olds lined up for…

Race Report: 2018 Standard Deluxe Gravel Race – Waverly, Alabama

By K Dogg November 1, 2018

October 20, 2018 Last week, despite 33 odd years of racing I learned something new. It appears you actually can teach an old Dogg new tricks by simply observing how…

Race Report: 2018 Crusher in the Tushar – aka Slusher in the Tushar – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg August 1, 2018

"Be off the mountain by 12:00" they say. "That's when the bad weather comes in" says just about anybody who lives near mountains. Mrs. K-Dogg and I are from Florida…

Race Report: Quasimodo Rides a Bike… K-Dogg’s 2018 Dirty Kanza 200 Experience

By K Dogg June 22, 2018

My first attempt at DK200 in 2016 was wildly successful even though I did everything wrong and suffered like a dog most of the race. I didn't drink enough water…

Dirty Kanza 200: K-Dogg’s Countdown List for 2018

By K Dogg May 16, 2018

Trendsetters (taking cues from JOM), here we are again about to take part in this grand adventure under the wide open skies of Kansas! To assuage my pre-race nerves I…

Race Report: 2018 Bootlegger 100 – Lenoir, North Carolina by K-Dogg

By K Dogg May 3, 2018

Bootlegger 100 Gravel Race, April 2018 Promoter Eric Wever said gravel conditions were harder than last year and that finish times were about 40 minutes slower (JOM disagrees with this…

Race Report: 2018 Middle Georgia Epic, Irwinton, Georgia – By K-Dogg

By K Dogg March 6, 2018

After last year's freezing slime fest at the first Middle Georgia Epic Gravel race I wasn't very enthusiastic about returning... but that didn't last long because the course is fun…

2018 Doc Hollywood 80-mile Not Race Report – Micanopy, Florida

By K Dogg February 19, 2018

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…

Race Report: 2017 Red Clay Ramble – Middle Georgia – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg August 25, 2017

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…

A Letter to the Editor of VeloNews: “America’s Dirty Secret” by K-Dogg

By K Dogg August 3, 2017

K-Dogg wrote a letter (email) to the Editor of Velonews, concerning the August 2017 print edition of the magazine. Velonews just doesn't get it. I was hopeful your August 2017 edition…

Race Report: Bit by Crusher in the Tushar – by K-Dogg

By K Dogg July 24, 2017

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

By K Dogg May 17, 2017

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…

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