About Author: DirtBum

Website: http://www.thedirtbum.com/
Description: I enjoy riding bicycles all over -- city streets, suburbia, rural roads, gravel roads, dirt roads, rail-trails, and singletrack. I love exploring the countryside and finding the interesting and historical treasures hidden in plain site.

Posts by DirtBum

Giant RS930

Posted on April 29, 2012 | No Comments
A detailed look at a 1988 Giant RS930, a lugged steel road bike that I was allowed to borrow for a few days to evaluate. Here are my impressions.
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Ramble With Me

Posted on April 28, 2012 | No Comments
Head on over to Kansas Cyclist for a travelogue of a ride I did as part of this year's '30 Days of Biking' challenge.
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Time Trial Tuesday

Posted on April 18, 2012 | 2 Comments
Trying to nail down differences between tires (and bikes) by riding the same course multiple times with different equipment. Not sure if the experiment solved anything, but the results were interesting...
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Riding 129 Miles To Save $3.50

Posted on April 5, 2012 | 3 Comments
Free admission to the Prairie Spirit Trail was a good incentive to go for a long, long bike ride.
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74-Mile Grocery Run

Posted on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
With mild spring weather, a 10-mile trip to the grocery store turned into a 74-mile ramble. Felt like I could ride forever!
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Arkansas Wet Ride

Posted on March 29, 2012 | 1 Comment
Scenes from a ride in northwest Arkansas, from Eureka Springs to the McIlroy Madison County Wildlife Management Area, on a cool and damp day.
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Revisiting A Favorite Road

Posted on March 21, 2012 | 2 Comments
Riding a rustic gravel road along the Arkansas/Missouri border on a rainy first day of Spring.
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Early March Metric

Posted on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
Scenes from a 63-mile bike ride in western Johnson and eastern Douglas counties, Kansas.
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The Scouring of the Shire

Posted on February 21, 2012 | 1 Comment
On a recent ride, I came across a road on which every single tree has been cut down along an entire mile of minimum maintenance road. Last summer it had been a pleasant tree-lined country road, and now it's been defaced and left in ruin. So sad.
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Groundhog Day 200K

Posted on February 4, 2012 | 2 Comments
A ride report from a 133-mile randonneuring event in eastern Kansas. Amazing weather for early February, and a glorious day on the bike!
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