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Arkansas AbbreviatedHere are some pictures from this year's trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Unfortunately, family health problems cut the trip rather short, but I did at least in...
Trail of Death RambleSometimes you stumble across the coolest places when you're rambling ... I've been seeing signs marking the "Trail of Death", but I didn't know what it was all ...
Franklin County Rough Roads TourSoutheastern Franklin County, Kansas boasts a good number of minimum-maintenance roads. I've ridden them all before, but never all on the same ride. It's been a...
Tour of Rural FencesA "Tour of Rural Fences" seemed like a fun theme for a bike ride -- fences are easy to overlook, but it turns out that a lot of people take great pride in their...
ShakedownIn preparation for my upcoming mini-tour (Flint Hills Bike Tour On Tap) I wanted to get in a good test ride, fully loaded, just to make sure there weren't any m...
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Archive for September, 2008
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The Trans-America Dirt Trail
Posted on September 29, 2008 | No CommentsI came across another offroad motorcycle touring web site of interest, this one dedicated the Trans-America Trail, a (nearly) coast-to-coast, off-pavement route using dirt roads, gravel roads, jeep roads, forest roads and farm roads. Dropping down into dried-up creek beds. Riding atop abandoned railroad grades. Note that this is a... -
A Bit of Missouri Dirt
Posted on September 26, 2008 | No CommentsTook the bike along for a short trip to visit my folks, and got a chance to take it out for a short gravel ride late one afternoon. My parents live on a farm in Lafayette County, MO, just south of the Missouri River in the west-central part of the... -
Tour de Detour
Posted on September 22, 2008 | 2 CommentsLast year, about this time, a friend and I did a little private, self-supported century I called the Loop Le Loup Century. This year, we decided to open the ride up to a select group of friends and acquaintances. We picked a route, picked the date — September 13th —... -
Backroads Touring – Kansas
Posted on September 18, 2008 | 2 CommentsHere’s a link to a great little site that’s rather similar to the idea behind DirtBum, except they’re focused on motorcycle touring on the backroads of Kansas, rather than bicycle touring. The name of the site is Backroads Touring – Kansas, and the screenshot from the site should give you... -
Crawdad Salute
Posted on September 14, 2008 | 1 CommentWith the weekend century plans kaput due to relentless rain (hoping to reschedule for next weekend), I took off for an afternoon ride in the rain, if for nothing else than to test some new gear. First, I wanted to check out the new rain jacket I bought (a Specialized... -
Hard Forty
Posted on September 12, 2008 | 1 CommentWith the weather forecast calling for rain the next two days, I headed out for a gravel ride, heading due west to Douglas State Fishing Lake, north a bit, then back pretty much straight east. It was an rather warm and humid day, but overcast with a wind form the... -
Lone Elm Park
Posted on September 10, 2008 | No CommentsAlthough I live only a few miles from Olathe’s Lone Elm Park, I’d never ridden there. I’d driven through the park, and new about the softball and soccer fields, as well as the handsome picnic shelter. I also knew there were some walking trails there. But I didn’t realize they... -
Something Old, Some Things New, Something Broken, and Something Blue
Posted on September 7, 2008 | No CommentsWith only a couple hours to ride before the wife had other plans for me, I took a quick 21-mile gravel spin. I’ve been on a bit of an eBay kick lately (a dangerous thing!), and most of the items alluded to in the title relate directly to that: The... -
Tour of Missouri Pre-Pre-Ride
Posted on September 6, 2008 | No CommentsIn what has already become a tradition, members of the Mid-Day/Mid-Week BikeSource Ride took their annual trip to Parkville to pre-ride the Kansas City Tour of Missouri route, and since the Tour Of Champions is the official pre-ride, that makes this, I guess, the pre-pre-ride. Anyway … six of us... -
Running With The Big Dogs
Posted on September 5, 2008 | No CommentsThe ride invitation from a local bike club was too much to resist: Awesome Gravel Road Ride — some pavement, lots of gravel, really great scenery, one abandoned road and a few hills. The route is about 40 miles, I expect to ride it at a moderate to easy pace...