Training Ride 101 – Baker’s Dozen plus One
Baker's Dozen Plus One Fourteen, the number of cyclists who appeared at tonight's Gainesville World's GCX ride. We'd be lucky to have fourteen cyclists on our average weekend daylight road…
4th Annual Heartbreaker Cycling Invitational Charity Ride 2014
4th Annual Heartbreaker Cycling Invitational Charity Ride The Heartbreaker is an event that traverses some of Gainesville's most beautiful roads. Featuring Live Oak canopies adorned with Spanish moss, dirt, limerock…
Veterans Poker Run 2014
About the Event This isn't a gravel ride. Regardless, Gravel Cyclist and several other aficionados of the genre, joined members of the Gainesville Cycling Club, 352 Racing / Bikes and…
Training Ride 101 – Don’t bring a Knife to a Gun Fight Version 2.0
Some people never learn... That would be me. I had my arse kicked a couple a weeks ago at version 1 of the "don't bring a knife to a gun…
Sac O Suds 50 2014 – Sneak Peak
Sac-O-Suds 50 Tomorrow in Juliette, Georgia, Gravel Cyclist and another lunatic from Gainesville, Florida, will be appearing at the inaugural Sac-O-Suds 50. I (JOM) won't be giving too much away,…
Thank You League of American Bicyclists
National Bike Challenge Recently, I (JOM), participated in the League of American Bicyclists yearly National Bike Challenge. GravelCyclist.com was registered in the Company competition, and ended up division winner for…
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,…