The road is a black ribbon running through farm fields, between grain silos, by split wood fences, over and over and over hills and hills and hills. It’s a beautiful day for a bike camping adventure. Two panniers on the rear rack, sleeping pad strapped to the top. My bags Continue Reading →
By Morgen Larsen The only bike races I have done have been alleycats in Minneapolis. I wanted to try a gravel race after reading all the awesome reports on the Grease Rag blog. Riotgrrravel seemed like a perfect place to start, and why not do the ride with my two-year-old daughter in Continue Reading →
By Grease Rag Guests This past weekend, a new race rolled out, for 30 miles of gravel and WTF-focused racing fun. Riotgrrravel was organized and executed by Ellie Skelton, with the help of some cheerful volunteers. A lot of Grease Rag friends raced, and I was happy to see the seed Continue Reading →
By Amanda Amanda had her FIRST gravel experience this past weekend at the Westside Dirty Benjamin, a 100-mile gravel race in Chaska. It was a doozy! Over half of the field dropped out of the race due to winds that were blowing up to 68 mph, rain that made peanut Continue Reading →
5 NB, 6:50a Everyone knows each other. “Have a blessed day.” Hugs. “How’s your mama?” “Is that where you’re cooking at now? ..Their roux is not bangin’, bro.” One tiny human gets off the bus and turns to the driver and says, “Byyyyyyye,” while waving enthusiastically, strapped into a small Continue Reading →
By Holly Ready about how Holly rode the Almanzo on her own, but not by herself. A great read about a wonderful bike journey! And Holly? It’s probably best we don’t tell our mothers about everything we do… Almanzo 100! Where do I begin??? I really had no idea what Continue Reading →
By Loretta From our friend, Loretta, another Almanzo recap. But instead of riding the 100-mile race like Kat and I, Loretta challenged herself to the 162-mile course: THE ROYAL. The Royal includes portions of the Almanzo 100, and is everything we love about Almanzo. Difficult, hilly, gravel-y, dusty, fun! Maybe Continue Reading →
By Kat 2013 was the first year I rode the Almanzo 100, and it was the hardest thing I had done in my life (brief recognition of this privilege of my relatively easy life). After the haze of suffering had worn off, I sent in my postcard to do it Continue Reading →
Almanzo100 from Royal Antler. Race Reports! I love to post recaps from WTFs that rode Almanzo. Let me know if you wrote something so I can share it here! We laughed. We almost cried. We met some awesome people along the way. We were out there on the saddle for Continue Reading →
By Lowrah April showers bring May flowers, but jeepers creepers, where are my street sweepers? During Grease Rag recently our go around topic was “favorite songs about rain,” because of the constant drizzle to downpour rain over the past two weeks. Two weeks! What do you do when it rains, Continue Reading →
