THE WATERMOO is an 88-mile gravel road race on mostly gravel, some tarmac and a road that is no longer a road with a river crossing in the farmlands of southeastern Michigan. To successfully complete THE WATERMOO requires one to work hard, patiently and methodically like the water oxen that once roamed the land of Waterloo, Michigan.
THE BADLANDS GRAVEL BATTLE GRINDS ACROSS 120 MILES AND OVER 8000 FEET OF ELEVATION GAIN ON THE FAST, RUGGED GRAVEL ROADS THAT CROSSHATCH THE BADLANDS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
If you like riding on Badlands singletrack, you will love grinding Badlands gravel! All of the same gorgeous North Dakota scenery you see on the Maah Daah Hey trail, but with the freedom of wide, open, red scoria gravel roads. Put this gravel grinder on the bucket list!
Total Distance
39, 77 mile and 120 miles
Race Start
May 26th | 8AM MDT | TRNP Entrance, Medora, ND
Elevation Gain
8,084 feet
Founders Barry-Roubaix
The largest gravel road bicycle race in the world!
Challenging race traversing the rolling and scenic gravel roads throughout Barry County, Michigan
Kick off the race season with 0ver 3,500 of your fellow cyclists
Cyclocross, Mountain, Road, Single-Speed, Fixed gear, Fatbikes & Tandem bicycles are welcome in any category
The course will be marked. Directional arrows will be coordinated with your race length. RED = 62 mile, YELLOW = 36 mile and BLUE = 22 mile race
Neutral aid stations
A huge after-party and awards ceremony
Like the classic it’s named after, Barry-Roubaix will test riders against (80%) rolling gravel roads, pavement, one mile of rough two track, rocks, sand, mud, and possibly snow and ice as you traverse the scenic roads of Barry County, Michigan.
We offer three race lengths to challenge riders of all abilities.
The 24-mile Cushe “Chiller” has approx. 1200 feet of elevation,
The 36-mile Smith Optics “Thriller” climbs approx. 2200 feet
The 62-mile Foundry Cycles “Killer” you can expect approx. 3800 feet of elevation.
We also offer a team competition category. Race as an individual AND see how your team stacks up against some of the areas best
One Huge after-party with Founders beer and a live band after the awards.
Discuss and share your questions or thoughts about this event on the Founders Barry-Roubaix thread on the Riding Gravel Forum.
The Rasputitsa Spring Classic
Halfway sold-out a year in advance, the Rasputitsa Gravel Race is climbing the charts as on of the premier gravel grinders. Taking place on April 18, 2020, racers battle the elements of spring gravel roads in Northeast Vermont for 40 miles with 4500 ft of climbing and Class IV unmaintained sections that are often snow-covered.
We started out as two friends with a hope to get 50 riders to travel the backroads in which we live. It was really that simple. What we established was one of the best Vermont Gravel Road Races, the Rasputitsa Spring Classic. We created an unsanctioned gravel road race that challenge the human spirit and strength. And we live by three principles:
Love of Cycling
Love of Community
Love of Charity
More than anything we care about our racers. We are at the finish line shaking hands. We are constantly seeking their advice and input. We ride with our racers. We are small. In fact, we don’t want to grow over 500 racers per race so we never lose that small town feeling.
We are unsanctioned. No license. No prize purse. Have a bike and the will to race and you are a match for our races. We attract road, cyclocross, singlespeed, mountain bike, tandem, and fatbikes. But we are a race. We are timed. We have podiums. And mostly our winners have bragging rights.
When: APRIL 18th, 2020
Where: Start and Finish in Red Wing, using many of the cool roads in Goodhue and Wabasha Counties
What: Ragnarok
How much?: Free, zero doll hairs…
Registration Details: TBA
Due to the shared use of some of the course the Dirty Reiver is NOT a race. However, finishing times will be graded based upon the first finisher and these grades are detailed in finishing times on the event page.
The Lowell 50
Where: The race will start and finish at Fallasburg County Park (See Location Map). This park was first opened in 1929 on 56 acres of land. It now encompasses over 180 acres including two spring fed streams, an island on the Flat River, and a portion of the 4000 mile North Country Trail passing through its boundaries. The park also boasts paved and unpaved walking paths, several play grounds, ball fields, and a disc golf course. Bring the whole family; Fallasburg Park is a real gem and a great venue for this bike race.
What Bike: Road, cross, mountain, fat, or tandem, your choice. Any bike will work, bring your favorite.
Timing: RFID chip timing with (Times -7) Slimline linear timing mats and high speed video.
Parking: Convenient parking directly across from the lodge (600 – 700 vehicles).
It’s back: The 4G is the southernmost un-southern gravel ride and the uttermost unique ride of its kind in South Florida. The route covers the Gator’s share (or should we say Python’s share these days?) of remote areas you can find in the Miami-Dade area, featuring canals and access roads with very little pavement involved. We strongly recommend running nothing more narrow than a 40c tire as some of the paths along the route can be quite demanding.
Save the dates and keep an eye on the event page for updates on this years 4G!! I am working hard with a great group of people and businesses to bring more fun, adventure and stuff to the table for 2020.
Stay in touch and learn more by joining the 4G Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/events/1282070061886526
The Land Run 100 is a solo, self supported, non-stop, 100-mile-long bicycling endurance challenge on the gravel and dirt roads surrounding the site of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889.
The Land Run 100 is a solo, self supported, non-stop, 100-mile-long bicycling endurance challenge on the gravel and dirt roads surrounding the site of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889.
When and where is the Land Run 100 held?
LR100 is held Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Stillwater, OK.
There are lots of “Gravel Grinder” cycling events. What makes Land Run 100 unique?
Who said anything about unique? We love the Dirty Kanza 200 but it only comes around once a year. The Land Run 100 is a training mile stone race for those who dare attempt the DK200. Complete the LR100 and you are on the right track for the DK200. DNF the LR100, you still have time to fix what went wrong before the DK200. Flint Hills we are not, but gravel, hills, and red dirt we got. Careful on those rickety bridges by the way, we are taking you on the far back road
CIRREM EVENT DETAILS
-100k gravel race sw of des moines
-start/finish @ cumming tap
-saturday, february 20th, 2020
-8a.m. free breakfast begins
-8-9:45a.m. packet pickup
-NO DAY OF REGISTRATION
-10a.m. CIRREM begins
-categories- mens, womens, single speed/fixed
-email us at CIRREM@gmail.com
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Yo! Here’s a little bit about the race, based on first hand experience, exaggerated stories, and outright fabricated accounts by past riders…
*****YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF ON RACE DAY. BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST AND YOU MIGHT FINISH.*****
Risk: This is a self-supported race, meaning you should start the race with everything you need to finish it. It’s all fun and games until someone separates a shoulder. …All kidding aside, please take care to be safe, for the benefit of yourself and the riders around you. It can be slippery, the gravel can be loose, you’ll hit high speeds, and the roads are open to cars. It is rural Iowa, and sometimes rural folk don’t take kindly to us uppity, in-shape, shiny non-motorized bike ridin’ city folk. There is also a bridge (or bridges) with spaces between the boards that eat wheels for lunch. Seriously, a friend separated his shoulder last weekend on it. No kidding. Please take care out there. Also, there will be a number that you must text if you drop from the race. I spent my Saturday evening driving around Madison County last year looking for 2 riders-who-shall-remain-nameless. I like Madison County, but I saw that lame Clint Eastwood/Meryl Streep movie about it and don’t care to see it again, thanks. So if you drop out & don’t text there will be consequences. I have no idea what, but we’ll think of something. Maybe you’ll have to leg wrestle Jerome Rewerts or watch Pete Basso talk politics with Steve Robinson for an hour. We’ll think of something horrible.
Weather: Year one brought (literally) rain, sleet and snow. Temps started in the mid 30’s & dropped steadily throughout the day, until the freezing rain turned to snow (thank God). I remember stopping several times to wring the water out of my mittens, and I vividly remember Matt Maxwell’s bright-red gloveless hands. It was cold & wet, the gravel was squishy, the pork sandwiches were greasy and the beer was good.
Year two saw colder temps at the start, but as the temps rose from the teens into the upper 30’s, the frozen snow on the roads melted and turned smooshy & muddy. Several riders pulled their fenders off mid-ride because of the peanut-buttery build up causing tire-rub. The relatively warm, sunny day led to concrete-white covered bikes, drivetrains & racers. Singlespeed anyone? The pork sandwiches were greasy and the beer was good.
Year three started with temps in teens, and the overcast conditions kept temps in the 20’s for the day. Two inches of snow the night before didn’t seem to bother anyone, nor did the sleet early on in the race, with attendance above 100 for the first time. The roads were sometimes unpredictable in spots, and caused a small pile up in the first half of the race among the leaders. Mountain bike anyone? Once the green flag was waved, no more mishaps were reported (must have been a first timer). I remember my toes on my left foot were cold. Booties anyone? The pork sandwiches were greasy and beer was good. Shocker.
Bikes: Your guess is as good as mine on this one. The CIRREM winners have ridden singlespeed mountain bikes, fender’ed cross bikes, and the normal ‘cross fare. You’ll see mountain bikes, cross bikes, ss’s, fenders, fixies, fat bikes and even road bikes. No recumbents or unicycles yet, though I expect that might change this year. Point is, ride what you feel comfy on, because chances are you’re faster that way. Put Kent Carlson on gears and he’ll look at you funny and waste 19 of them. Put Pete Basso on a singlespeed and watch the bike beg for mercy before buckling under the torque. Run what ya brung, sister.
Time: As always, the race starts at 10AM. Breakfast & registration start at 8. The winners generally finish around 4 hours, with others on the course for more than 6 hours. Checkpoint is roughly in the middle. Plan accordingly. Ride with a buddy if you think you’ll be out there a while. If you aren’t going to finish, you need to figure out how to get home. Awards are generally done a few hours after the winners come in, but still before everyone is off the course. Please stay around afterwards and have a good time at the Tap as long as you like. The Tap is pretty awesome, and it’s in Cumming, for crying out loud. What else do you need to know?
Course: A 100km race is 62 miles. The CIRREM course will be hilly, and very similar to past CIRREM courses. In fact, it may be very similar to past CIRREM courses. In fact, it might actually be the same as past CIRREM courses. Maybe. And maybe we’ll pull a bait & switch on you. We’re all about keeping you on your toes here at CIRREM HQ.
Categories: Same as in the past. Fastest man. Fastest woman. Fastest singlespeeder. Who can eat the most cookies at the checkpoint.
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