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July 4, 2017

Loaded Tour On Tap: Route 66 from Chicago

I’m preparing to head out for a little bike tour. Four of us are planning to ride Amtrak from Kansas City to Chicago, then ride…

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July 2, 2017

Mound City Muffin Metric (Cup O’ Dirt Metric #5)

A challenging gravel ride through the challenging terrain of western Bourbon and Linn Counties, Kansas.

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June 25, 2017

Round About LeRoy (Cup O’ Dirt Metric #4)

Logged my fourth ride in the 2017 Cup O’ Dirt Challenge, a 64-mile ride in and around the town of LeRoy Kansas.

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June 17, 2017

My 2017 Kandango Trip Report

Over on Kansas Cyclist, I posted some words and images about the 2017 Kandango Tour. This is the third year I’ve done this supported 4-day/3-night…

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June 4, 2017

Gravel Bike 1x Drivetrain Conversion

Simplify: It’s a precept that works for a lot of things in life. Simpler is not always better, but it often is. The same idea works…

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May 29, 2017

Continental Cyclocross Speed Tires Mounted

Mounted up some new Continental Cyclocross Speed tires on the Nashbar Gravel Bike.

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May 29, 2017

Maxxis Raze Gravel Tires

It’s time to swap out the Maxxis Raze tires on my Nashbar Gravel Bike, after about 1900 miles.

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May 20, 2017

May Mo’ Gravel

A trip report from spending most of May bicycling the gravel roads in Lafayette County, Missouri.

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April 23, 2017

Odense Adventure (Cup O’ Dirt Metric #3)

I rode towards a place on the map called Odense. Odense doesn’t really exist any more. It is not a ghost town, because there’s nothing left. Except a cemetery.

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April 2, 2017

A Mundane March

After big miles in January and February, the month of March was rather slow. Lots of trail work and spring showers and flowers!

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