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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...
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...
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...
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Farmhouse Classic Gravel Century 2009
Posted on July 20, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe inaugural Farmhouse Classic Gravel Century took place on July 18th 2009 starting at a farm near Lathrop, Missouri. This was the first gravel century I completed, and it was quite a day. -
Exploring the La Cygne, KS Area
Posted on July 6, 2009 | 1 CommentToday I took a short trip to La Cygne, KS to explore the area by bike. I’ve had this on my “to-do” list since last October. Unfortunately, I left my printed map at home and had to wing the route. Rambling and meandering ensued. Good times. -
75% Virgin
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsIt's not every day that I get to ride new roads, and the more I ride, the farther afield I have to go to find what I call "virgin roads", but these are the rides that I love... -
Cottonwood Falls April 2009
Posted on May 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsThis excursion out of Cottonwood Falls, KS on April 11th turned out to be a great little ride through the Flint Hills in early Spring. -
Pics From Recent Rides
Posted on April 20, 2009 | 2 CommentsPictures from some recent bicycle rides around Eastern Kansas. Spring is finally starting to kick in! -
Dirty Mudder Trucker
Posted on April 11, 2009 | 1 CommentWith lousy weather predominating in recent weeks, riding opportunities have been limited. I did get out on a few rides to test out my new fenders, with mixed results. A late-season snow gave me an opportunity to ride the Long Haul Trucker in a few inches of the white stuff,... -
On The Cusp of Spring
Posted on March 19, 2009 | 3 CommentsOn the last day of Winter, I got out for a nice long ramble — about 35 miles of Miami County gravel southeast of Hillsdale. At long last, you can really see that Spring has almost arrived. The grass is starting to green up, trees are beginning to bud, and... -
The Long Haul Trucker as a Mountain Bike
Posted on March 8, 2009 | 2 CommentsMy Surly Long Haul Trucker had its first taste of singletrack, and found it rather tasty. The LHT is not exactly a mountain bike, but it performed admirably on the trails at Dornwood Park and MacLennan Park in Topeka. These trails are more fast-and-flowy than technical, but there were still... -
Exploring The Sunflower Area
Posted on February 13, 2009 | 3 CommentsThe Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant is a huge facility located in northwestern Johnson County, KS near the town of De Soto. The plant manufactured smokeless powder and propellants, starting in 1942, providing support for World War 2, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It was the largest such facility... -
Double Knobbies
Posted on February 11, 2009 | No CommentsI loaded up my new wheelset — Mavic XC717 rims, Shimano Deore XT hubs (thanks, 9Toes!) — with a pair of Nashbar Multi-Purpose MTB Tires I’d picked up cheap last year, and headed off on a gravel ramble. This was the first time I’d ridden dual mountain bike tires on...