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The last few days on @adventurecycling’s Golden Gravel Trail have taken me through Oklahoma’s rolling hills, lush green landscapes, and that famous red dirt I first fell in love with at Mid South this spring. 🧡 What a great afternoon at @bikeclubtulsa HQ for ON ROUTE: RIDING AND RACING AMERICA’S GREAT CYCLING ROUTES! The first section of @adventurecycling’s Golden Gravel Trail has already delivered: after dipping my tires in the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, I rolled straight into the Ozarks, splashing across creek crossings and winding through gravel roads with very little traffic. I’m enamoured by the colourful cardinals and blue bunting. Over the past week, I’ve watched the landscape open into tallgrass prairie. I’m now in Kansas! Rolling into a golden summer! ✨ 🚲 On Sunday I set off on @adventurecycling’s newest route: the Golden Gravel Trail—a 3,800 km mostly gravel journey across the US, from the mighty Mississippi to the wild Pacific Coast. @tulsabicycleclub presents: ON ROUTE: RIDING, RACING, AND ADVENTURE CYCLING ACROSS AMERICA with ultra-cyclist Meaghan Hackinen 📅 Starting this Sunday, July 12, I’ll be riding the brand-new Golden Gravel Trail. Over the next eight weeks, I’ll pedal from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, all the way to Port Orford, Oregon! TOUR DIVIDE HOMECOMING 🎉 People sometimes say that racers miss out: that by moving through a place so quickly, we fail to really see it. But with an average moving speed of 16.4 km/h (and a climbing speed closer to 10 km/h), I’d argue I moved far slower than any vehicle. Though I missed out on meaningful human interactions, I saw an awful lot along the Tour Divide route. Tour Divide Women’s FKT: 14 days, 10 hrs, 2 min

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Backcountry Freedom with My WR35 Falcon Wheels

As a dedicated road cyclist, I stepped outside my comfort zone in 2021 to purchase a used Salsa Cutthroat, an ultra-endurance mixed surface bike inspired by the Tour Divide. I fell for this style of adventure cycling so hard and decided to upgrade my wheelset in 2022 to get even more out of the experience. […]

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