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Colorado continues to amaze: from the big mountain views to the juicy peaches to the incredible people. Join me in Salt Lake City and Boise! Since my last post was about community on the trail, I figured it made sense to follow that up with a bit about the solo aspect. One of the greatest joys of bike travel is the people you meet along the way. Couldn’t be happier to be back in Colorado’s mountains. This state holds a lot of memories for me—two north-south passes on the Tour Divide, west-east on the Trans Am, and a month-long training camp in Leadville this past May. It’s been rewarding to reflect on those experiences while layering new ones onto @adventurecycling’s new Golden Gravel Trail. A final dispatch from the Great Plains before plunging into Colorado’s mountains on @adventurecycling’s Golden Gravel Trail! 🌾 Big skies and endless horizons: the last few days on @adventurecycling’s Golden Gravel Trail have taken me from the Osage Hills and into the Great Plains—rolling through the Oklahoma Panhandle (epicentre of the 1930s Dust Bowl), western Kansas, and eastern Colorado. Meet Meaghan at @subculturecyclery in Salida! After rolling out from Cape Girardeau, Missouri (slides 1-2), I’m starting to settle into @adventurecycling’s 3,800-mile Golden Gravel Trail.

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Playin’ It Cool: How I Survived the 2021 BC Epic

July 23, 2021 The number one question people ask me regarding the 2021 BC Epic 1000 is How did you manage to ride through the heat?  I actually gave my heat strategy a lot of consideration—both in preparation for the event, and in execution. I definitely didn’t roll up to the start line without a […]

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