Tag: Dirty Kanza
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Dirty Kanza Rebranded as ‘Unbound’
Dirty Kanza, the biggest gravel racing event around, has a new name. Founded in 2006, the race rolls over the flowing hills in Kansas and attracts riders from around the world. This summer, race founder Jim Cummins made indefensible comments on his Facebook page about a police shooting. Cummins was dismissed and riders demanded that…
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HED Wheels Announces Emporia Gravel Wheel Line
HED Wheels announced a new gravel specific wheel line and a name change for the range today. The wheels formerly known as Eroica will now be known as ‘Emporia’ wheels, more on why in a minute. The new wheel introduced today is a carbon gravel specific wheelset called the Emporia GC3 Pro. It features a…
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Video: Dirty Kanzelled – Laurens ten Dam Rides His Own Dirty Kanza 2020
Dirty Kanza 2020 has been cancelled. Undeterred, Laurens ten Dam, Wout van Aert, Niki Terpstra and Peter Stetina had tackled the 200 miles (320 km) of gravel on their own.
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Gravel Builds of the ENVE Builder Round-Up 2020 – Part 2
If you missed it, check out Part 1 on the ENVE Builder Round-Up first, then enjoy Part 2 below! PURSUIT CYCLES BOZEMAN, MONTANA USA Drawing a line between venture and adventure, The LeadOut All Road is designed for some off-road fun, but not full blown gravel exploration. Made entirely in-house, the molded carbon frames can…
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Dirty Kanza Cancelled for 2020
The Dirty Kanza has been cancelled for 2020. Organizers announced today that the gravel race, which had initially been set back to September 12th, was now cancelled entirely for 2020 due to continued coronavirus concerns. Those registered for the race will be given a choice of deferral to either the 2021 or 2022 event, donating…
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Ted King’s DIYgravel Dirty Kanza: A 310 mile, Cross-Vermont, Gravel Adventure Ride
With DK canceled this year due to Covid19, Ted King had to create a suffer-fest of his own making. The result, a 310-mile ride with over 35,000′ feet of climbing across Vermont.
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LOOK Drops an Ultra-Exclusive and Expensive Dirty Kanza Edition 765 Gravel RS
It doesn’t get more exclusive than eight. That’s the total number of new 765 Gravel RS Dirty Kanza Edition bike that LOOK is making. LOOK set out to make a bike fitting of the Dirty Kanza and all of it’s 200 mile of grueling terrain by building up its 765 Gravel RS frame with new…
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Rapha and Allied Cycle Works and Colin Strickland Come Together on Limited Edition Able Gravel Bike
This is one of the better paint jobs I’ve seen recently. Great looking bike. For the Club’s latest collaboration, we combined with Dirty Kanza winner Colin Strickland and all-American bike manufacturer Allied to create the ultimate gravel bike, complete with a customised paint scheme designed with the man himself. Membership of the Rapha Cycling Club…
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Easton Cycling’s Overland Gravel Racing 2020 Team Launch
The Easton Overland team is back for 2020, and ready to take on the 2020 Mid South Gravel Race. For 2020, the team members are riding different six different brands of frames with nearly the same builds and Easton wheels and cockpits. See the full release and video below. 2020. Hoverboards. Robot caregivers. Advanced carbon-neutral…
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The World’s Best Gravel Racers are Launching Their 2020 Seasons at Old Man Winter Rally: Lyons, Colorado
Welp, there go my chances at my first start of 2020. The world’s best gravel bike racers will be racing in Lyons, Colorado on February 9th to see who can conquer the elements and serious competition at the 2020 Sufferfest Beer Co. Old Man Winter Rally. Colin Strickland and Amity Rockwell, the male and female…
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Ian Boswell Leaves the World Tour to Race Gravel for Wahoo in 2020
Following a successful career racing in the World Tour for Trek-Livestrong, Team Sky, and Katusha-Alpecin, American pro cyclist Ian Boswell has decided to transition from the road calendar to gravel racing for 2020. Boswell will be racing for Wahoo Fitness on a calendar of his own design that will include gravel and endurance mountain bike…
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New Sage Storm King “Monster Gravel Bike”
Sage Bicycles is a semi-custom, titanium bike builder based in Beaverton, Oregon. The company just revealed a new made-in-the-USA gravel bike, the Storm King, and it’s a stunner. The bike is named after a singletrack trail near Bend, Oregon. The Storm King features clearance for 700c x 50mm or 650 x 2.4″ tires and had…
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Leadville Trail 100 2019 – EF Gone Racing
“I can tell you what to do €¦ I fire that shotgun to start the race and you put your nose on the handlebars and you start pedalling, and you keep pedalling until Merilee tells you to quit. That’ll be the finish line.” I love that EF gets off the road and does these epic…
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WorldTour Pros are Coming for the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race
This weekend marks the second Saturday in August. While I’m sitting at home eating cake and hot dogs for my daughters birthday, 1,500 riders will be tackling one of the most grueling races in the world. Leadville established itself as the bucket list cross-country mountain bike race long ago. It requires entrance in a competitive…
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Dirty Kanza 2019 – EF Gone Racing
Dirty Kanza was the first race for the EF Education First riders on the alternative racing calendar. Two hundred miles of of riding over flint under the hot sun is no joke, even for Lachlan Morton, Alex Howes and Taylor Phinney. EF Gone Racing did a great job of documenting the riders’ experience preparing for…