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Red Clay Ramble Race Report 2015: by Rusty Dosh

By JOM August 28, 2015

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 The Milledgeville Bicycle Club and the Milledgeville-Baldwin Habitat for Humanity partnered for a third consecutive year for the Red Clay Ramble. The 2015 edition of the…

Gravel Worlds Race Report 2015: by Austin Morris

By JOM August 27, 2015

About Gravel Worlds Gravel Worlds is the unofficial world championship of gravel racing, organized by the Pirate Cycling League, and held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Intended to be a tongue in…

Vermont Overland Grand Prix 2015: JOM’s Race Report

By JOM August 26, 2015

Vermont Overland Grand Prix aka VOGP Organized by Peter Vollers and ably assisted by his team of volunteers, the Vermont Overland Grand Prix is a "53-mile dirt road bicycle adventure…

D2R2 2015: Deerfield Massachusetts 180km Dirt Road Randonée – JOM’s Ride Report

By JOM August 24, 2015

D2R2 - Not a word play on Star Wars Deerfield Dirt Road Randonée, aka D2R2 - see what they did there? Two D's and two R's. Gravel Cyclist D2R2 Ride…

Cartography: Gravel Road Map Resources

By JOM August 20, 2015

Finding good dirt and gravel roads can be difficult at the best of times. It takes time and effort to assemble a decent route, and it usually makes sense to…

Fact: I like riding Dirt and Gravel roads because…

By JOM August 18, 2015

Recently, we produced an article about why we (jokingly) don't like riding Dirt and Gravel roads. Really, we do... I like riding Dirt and Gravel roads because... All of my…

Lynskey Monster Cross Bike / Drop Bar MTB: Third Time Lucky

By JOM August 17, 2015

Lynskey Monster Cross Bike - The Third Revision Since the creation of this rig in late 2013, its subtle evolution continues as improvements in drivetrain components become available. The drivetrain…

Tinkering: Attempting the “Impossible” Part 2 – Lindarets RoadLink Review

By JOM August 13, 2015

In our original post Attempting the "Impossible", we demonstrated it was possible to take a medium cage rear derailleur, in our case a Shimano Ultegra Di2 6870 GS 11 speed…

On Test: Magellan Cyclo 505 HC GPS Computer

By JOM August 11, 2015

Nowadays, when people think GPS, they think Garmin. It's akin to thinking about a marker pen - think Sharpie in the USA, Texta in Australia, or Vivid in New Zealand.…

Sunday Ride: The Florida Flappalachians

By JOM August 10, 2015

Continuing the theme from the previous Sunday, a few hardy characters plus members of the Gravel Cyclist crew (JOM, Jimbo, Pfaff Daddy and Dr. Pain), decided it was an opportune…

Amusement: I don’t like riding Dirt and Gravel roads because…

By JOM August 7, 2015

I don't like riding dirt and gravel roads because... That gravel ride is four hours too long. I don't like riding on bumpy roads. I don't like the route, it…

Review: WTB Nano Comp Tire 700c x 40mm

By BigHead Todd August 5, 2015

This review comes to us courtesy of Big Head Todd - he's local to Gainesville, Florida, friend of the Gravel Cyclist crew, and promoter of the best cyclocross race in…

ORAMM 2015: Shawn Smith’s Race Report

By JOM August 4, 2015

ORAMM - The Off Road Assault on Mount Mitchell as it is known, is a 60 mile, mostly off road bicycle race featuring 10,500 feet of climbing. This race is…

The Jonesville-Newberry Sludge Ride

By JOM August 2, 2015

What do you get when rain falls for days and days and days onto dirt, limerock, sand and gravel roads? Answer - Roads become sludged, schmutzed and crudded... or whatever…

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