If you are one of those types who are wondering about anything gravel, I’d like to direct you to a corner of the inter webs which can enlighten you as such. The folks over at RidingGravel.com have a combined 10 billion years experience out there on the rocky roads (it’s true, I’m not exaggerating atContinue reading “RidingGravel.Com: Total Grit”
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PPR Day One: A Boring Title
If you’ve been following along here, you’ve gotten more Plateau Passage Route Posts than you were bargaining for, as if you were bargaining for any to begin with. This past Thursday I finally set out to conquer Segment 1 from Las Vegas to St. George, UT. I wrote a little post about it, wanna hearContinue reading “PPR Day One: A Boring Title”
Have Fun, Don’t Die
Were the final words from Super LaLa this morning as she left for school, and if I follow her advice they will not be her actual final words to me. Why was I receiving such a seemingly morbid farewell from such a super Lala? I am leaving for 4 days on the Plateau Passage RouteContinue reading “Have Fun, Don’t Die”
Wampak The Zwift Killer
No, this is not some Sci-fi fantasy short story about a fictional hero answering to the name Wampak who uses its powers of extreme hydration to defeat the giant ugly bib-shorts-only clad beast named Zwift… Or is it? This morning LT and I were discussing the difference in the meaning of cold between the SouthwestContinue reading “Wampak The Zwift Killer”
PNW Components Releases The Coast Stem and Bar
What a day to be alive on gravel! PNWC has come a ways since they were mainly known for a mud fender and a cool handlebar mounted basket, recent times have found them also developing more gravel-centric gear such as this new The Coast Stem and Ultra-Wide drop bar. The bar is essentially a super-wideContinue reading “PNW Components Releases The Coast Stem and Bar”
Behold the New Warbird: Salsa Cycles Probably Nails it Again
I’m a Salsa person. If you know me, you know this. My collection of Salsa cycles was at one point on par with any out there, and one of my favorites was the first year of the Carbon Warbird (I had the Rasta Bird, which is pretty funny if you know me) This was theContinue reading “Behold the New Warbird: Salsa Cycles Probably Nails it Again”
It Is PPR Time!
This week I will be packing up my bike for some good ole fashioned DIRTBAGGING! All of the Plateau Passage Route Recon (which you can read about HERE, HERE, and HERE) will culminate in an attempt to complete the 500km first leg from Las Vegas to Cedar City, UT. This will be a straight outContinue reading “It Is PPR Time!”
WTH, WTB
I’m currently testing the user based claim that the WTB 700x45c Riddler tire is a bikepacking tire. During the course of that test (but not while actually bikepacking, just riding a bikepacking route) I had a hilariously timed flat coming down a large decent en route to my partner in crime, LT, who was goingContinue reading “WTH, WTB”
Dirtier Than A Kanza
Well, folks, registration for Dirty Kanza is live and already in “lottery” mode, and the internet bashing of this stalwart Gravel Race is live as well. In fact, it was through Consummate Hater Hero/Graphic Design Guru BicyclePubes‘ (or is it Pubes’s?) Instagram that I personally found out about Dirty Kanz….ahhhhhh wait a minute. It’s theContinue reading “Dirtier Than A Kanza”
What’s The Point?
Along your journey to accomplish whatever cycling goal your puny human brain has convinced you to tackle, said puny human brain has probably paused a moment and asked you/itself “Why are we doing this?” What is your why? What drives you? When will you be satisfied with your achievements and move on with your life,Continue reading “What’s The Point?”
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