An anonymous contributor sent in this piece of footage from the 2015 Southern Cross Race – think of it as the Springer Mountain Slip ‘n’ Slide. We can report the rider safely finished the race with almost no injuries 🙂 Thanks for viewing!
Earlier this week, Gravel Cyclist documented the stories of three lads who reside in Gainesville, Florida, and their experience at the 2015 Southern Cross Race in Dahlonega, Georgia. Now it’s time to present the race video, from the perspective of those lads – K-Dogg, Dr. Pain and JOM. This isn’t our longest video, due to […]
This is the first of many articles, in which we detail bike setups for the various races the Gravel Cyclist crew will attend in 2015 and beyond. Weather during Southern Cross 2015 was a mix of constant rain, overcast skies, low temperatures in the mid 40’s F, and highs in the mid 50’s F. […]
I just love Gravel people. Lining up this year in a steady drizzle at the base of Springer mountain Georgia was more like a family reunion than a race. Everybody was smiling, shaking hands, and telling self denigrating race tales as if we were long lost cousins at a colossal gathering. Perhaps my Irish family […]
As alluded to in my friend Dr. Pain’s blog posting, the weather for the 2015 Southern Cross race was moist to say the least. Two of my Georgia racer friends, Brian Rogers and Craig Bailey, possess tribal knowledge of the Dahlonega area. They decided to stay home. I’d worn blinders for several days leading up […]
Perspective from Dr. Pain’s Cave First, let me point out that the race was rescheduled because of anomalous weather in Georgia on the original date. The first date had freezing rain, downed trees, snow and temperatures in the teens and 20’s. The rescheduled race day was better… really. Dr. Pain has resided in FL since […]
You’ve heard of Throwback Thursday. We prefer to call it Throw Up Thursday. Remind yourself of the suffering you endured at a prior race, telling yourself at the time you’ll never do it again. Yet by the time next year’s edition of the race rolls around, you’ve signed up for it, and dragged along a […]
