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Featured Event: The Crippler – A “Colorado Style” Gravel Grinder

By JOM August 11, 2017

The Crippler is a Colorado-style gravel road ride that will provide AMAZING scenery with panoramic views while simultaneously pushing your limits for climbing and descending. The Crippler is 67 miles…

Featured Event: La Resistance – La Plage, Talloires, France

By JOM August 4, 2017

From the Promoter: La Resistance is back for its second edition this September. After a successful inaugural event last year, La Resistance is back in 2017, bigger and better.…

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…

Hard Men of Australia: Road Racing in the late 1940’s to early 1970’s – on Gravel

By JOM August 2, 2017

Long before the advent of tubeless tyres, electronic shifting, GPS navigation, power meters and now suspension - on gravel bikes - there were the hard men of road racing. These…

The Floribama (Florida / Alabama) Gravel Cycling Weekend

By JOM August 1, 2017

The areas of northwestern Florida, southwestern Georgia and southeastern Alabama have been on my ride exploration list for some time. Events such as the Dirty Pecan 150 and Spaghetti 100…

Featured Event: Nomad Three-Day Adventure Ride – Sherborn, MA

By JOM June 30, 2017

Nomad Three-Day Adventure Ride The Nomad ride is a unique three-day, two-night adventure of mixed terrain riding, camping, and eating by an open fire. Fully supported throughout the three days,…

Ride Time: The Tennessee / Carolinas Gravel Cycling Weekend

By JOM June 29, 2017

Over the weekend of Saturday, 6/24/2017 and Sunday 6/25/2017, JOM of Gravel Cyclist got away for a weekend of riding and visiting friends in Tennessee and North / South Carolina.…

Featured Event: Skull 120 / 60 Gravel Grind Race – Burns, Oregon

By JOM May 30, 2017

Rugged | Remote | Adventure Harney County is home to endless opportunity for the self-sufficient back country traveler. Visitors who seek challenge and solitude will find these in abundance. The…

Press Release: Gravelest – Your Gravel Cycling Adventures in South Estonia, Europe

By JOM May 19, 2017

Your Gravel Cycling Adventures in South Estonia, Europe May to October General Gravelest OÜ is a new Estonian company offering gravel cycling tours in South Estonia (North Baltic, Europe) to…

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…

The Savannah Low Country and Trans America Bike Race – by Jen Colestock

By JenColestock May 12, 2017

This February I rode the Middle Georgia Epic. I was one of a handful that had chosen to camp outside the night before. It was the first organized race I'd…

Featured Event: Whiskey Rebellion Gravel Ride – Prosperity, Pennsylvania

By JOM May 10, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Laura McKee, co-owner, SweetWater Bicycles (724) 266-1111 [email protected] Be a rebel, ride gravel. Bicycle challenge on an adventurous tour through historic Pennsylvania landscapes of Washington County. SweetWater…

Training Ride: Let’s go ride 161 miles / 259kms solo

By JOM April 26, 2017

The weekend of April 22 and 23, 2017 was a weekend I had planned to attend the 2017 Bootlegger 100 - one of the most difficult gravel races in North…

Training Ride: The Weekend Gravel Double

By JOM April 18, 2017

April in the Northern Hemisphere is a time of year for new growth. Spring has sprung, the birds are singing and much of the United States, Canada and Europe are thawed…