By Kat Riding my bicycle from my current home in Minneapolis to my childhood home in Wisconsin had been a goal of mine for a few years. The route seemed easy enough, the distance was a manageable 300 miles, and I was familiar with the area. It was the perfect Continue Reading →
By Ashley Ashley Lyle is a grant writer and all-around girl Friday. She is working on her masters degree in nursing and is the managing editor of an academic health journal. On the weekends and evenings, Ashley enjoys volunteering, hosting theme parties, and singing with a barbershop chorus and quartet. Continue Reading →
By Jacqueline “The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it.” – Doug Bradbury The Corner It is a corner I have ridden often. It has a 90 degree turn to the left with a bit of outward slope. Continue Reading →
By JJ Introductory, FIRST BLOG entry!!! Bicycles and cycling hold a special place in my fondest memories. As a determined five-year-old, I taught myself how to ride in an afternoon, on the gravel road driveway around my farmhouse. I graduated to the BEST bike I ever rode as a kid Continue Reading →
Babes in Bikeland is the largest all-WTF (women, trans*, femme) alley cat race in the country. (And probably the largest race of its kind in the Universe, we just can’t confirm that.) ROOKIES! VETERANS! MASTERS! WTFS!! I need to hear from you. Send us your Facebook posts, your race reports, Continue Reading →
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 →
