Monday, January 28, 2019

2019 Lake Dabinawa Gravel Grinder


What: 8th Annual  Lake Dabinawa Gravel Grinder
When: Sunday February  3, 2019, 10:00 am
Where: Lawrence, KS (Lawrence visitor center)
Why: Come enjoy a tour of North Lawrence - 2 route options (see below)

Jeff Arnaud brings us the 8th Annual Lake Dabinawa Grinder. A very popular ride with a route that all ability levels will enjoy.  This ride will tour North of Lawrence and visit Lake Dabinawa . Meet in the Lawrence visitor center parking lot across from Johnny's Tavern. Cross bike or MTB needed.  For those who want some post ride food, maybe a crowd favorite pizza, head over to Johnny's Tavern after the ride.

Come out and build up an appetite for the big super bowl game later in the day, or if you don't know what football is, you can just come out and enjoy some of the nicest gravel the area has to offer.  The current forecast is quite favorable with 45 for a high and only 32 for a low.   It may be the most comfortable Dabinawa ride in a while.  Let's hope the forecast holds.

Routes:

Long - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/8701754

Short - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/2699081

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The 2019 Mullet Ride

UPDATE:  Ride postponed one week.  New date/info below.

What: The one and only Mullet Ride
When: Saturday, January 26 2019 - 10:00 am start
Where: Baldwin City, Kansas
Why: The Mullet Ride is business in the front and a party in the back!

Gravel Bike Ride, historical in nature. 28 and 35 mile options.
"The Gravel Road Ride is special, because it connects all of the famous historical markers in the Baldwin area. It follows Quantrill's Trail and the Santa Fe Trail. It connects famous landmarks such as Hickory Point, Dow Cemetery, Signal Oak Lookout, the Battle of Black Jack site, the Brooklyn landmark and we ride by the Santa Fe Trail Ruts."

Bathrooms available at library just one block west of the start point. Please bring spare change for the tip jar to fund our local library’s waste water expense.

Course maps

The Traditional Mullet Ride - Garmin Course File

The Mullets Revenge - Garmin Course File

Friday, January 4, 2019

Gravel News Shorts - 01/04/19

 Update 01/12/19:  BORG is cancelled due to weather.

It is officially winter and we are in full Gravel Grinder season.  Several organized and solo adventures await us all.
 


Two rides are planned in January for us including the Original Gravel Grinder:
  • BORG   - January 13, 2019, Leavenworth, KS
  • The Mullet Ride - January 19, 2019,  Baldwin City, KS
Info on the BORG.  BORG Gravel Grinder will be a 40 mile gravel ride starting and ending at Grinder's High Noon Saloon in Leavenworth. The route is available at https://www.strava.com/routes/7108916.  More information will be posted as we get it.