Calendar Update

MTB – 10/12 Chainbuster Big Ring Challenge, Hayesville, NC is postponed. 10/26 Shred for Sloan DH Race at CWMFTF, Anniston, 11/2-3 Go Nuts XC & Enduro, Coldwater Mountain

Road – 10/12 I will be volunteering for Ride to the Rescue, Childersburg, check it out, 10/26 Tour de Brewers XXI – Oktoberfest/Halloween Edition, Birmingham, 11/2 2024 Dam Ride p/b Power Pedalers, Birmingham

Gravel – 6/3/25-6/8/25 The Arkansas Graveler

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MTB – 4/8/25 Pisgah Stage Race, 6/21/25 Voodoo Race, Allatoona, GA

Road – 10/6 Schoolyard Roots Moveable Feast Bike Tour, Tuscaloosa, 10/12 reg link added for Ride to the Rescue*, Childersburg, 2/22/25 Selma to Montgomery Ride

*Ride to the Rescue is an organized road metric out of Childersburg to benefit the Childersburg Rescue Squad. This ride will be supported by Billy Ritch, Jeffrey White, Stephen Peters and I got recruited today. Please consider putting this one on your calendar, you’ll be in good hands.

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Gravel – The 2025 Mississippi Gravel Cup Series 1/11/25 OMG, Oxford, MS, 2/1/25 Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, MS, 3/1 Ackerman, MS, 3/22 Bentonia, MS

Road – 9/21 New date for I Am Love Fitness Cycling Club Ride, Irondale 10/5 Booking it through the Bend, Hokes Bluff, AL, 11/17 Redemptive Cycles Cranksgiving Enduro-Cat, Birmingham, 2/20/25 Marion to Selma Bicycle Ride

MTB – 10/5 WAMBA Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, Muny Sokol

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Road – 9/14 I Am Love Fitness Cycling Club Ride, Irondale, 10/26 3rd Annual Trek Bicycle Auburn CRANKSGIVING

I don’t normally post weekly’s, but I saw a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time when I saw Team I Am Love’s ride. When I met him he was a kid in casual clothes with a clunker bike we picked up at a rest stop on the 2016? WC Handy century ride. We had a great time with him in our pace line and averaged 18ish. Proud to see him again opening a new gym in town and hosting a club ride on Saturdays, check them out.

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Road – 9/14 Redemptive Cycles Field Trip Alley Cat, Birmingham, 9/28 Shoals 3 State Century Ride, Florence, 9/28 The Plains Peanut Festival Ride, Plains, GA, 10/5 3rd Annual Pedaling for Pups, Ellaville, GA, 10/19 Carter Butts Memorial Ride, Lumpkin, GA, 11/9 Redemptive Cycles Tall Bike Joust XII, Birmingham

MTB – 9/28 Mountain Goat Adventures Blankets Creek 3 and 6 Hour, Canton, GA, 10/11-13 HAMR Fall Fest, Monte Sano State Park, 1/18/25 6th Annual Shred for Sloan, McClellan Trails, Anniston

Backpacking – 10/5 Singletrack Samurai Tally Tango, Tallahassee, FL

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Calendar Update

There’s a little bit for everyone, and we’re back up to two pages!

MTB – 10/5 BUMP Ladies Level 1 and 2 Skill Clinics, BUMP Fall Festival, 10/25-27 Info link added for Coldwater Mountain Fat Tire Festival, Anniston,

Road – 10/27 7th Annual Witches Ride, Northport, AL

Cross – Alabama Cyclocross Series 10/13 Sloss Cross, 10/27 Bailey Cross, 11/10 Brookside, 11/24 Gobble Cross, 12/8 Series Finale at Bailey

Gravel – 9/14 Pre-Ride for the Georgia Gravel Grinduro, Helen, GA, 10/12 Dirty Sheet Gravel Grind, Chattahoochee Hills, GA

Bikepacking – New color, Orange! 11/8 River to Sea Loop, Seville, FL. While this does not sound near Alabama, it’s the closest organized event that I know of, other than the other event Singletrack Samurai has on the calendar already, 3/1/25 The Florida Divide. I have done Singletrack Samurai’s Tally Tango and can vouch for amazing routes.

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Calendar Update

Gravel – 8/24 Peach West Relocated Chicken 63/46/35mi Gravel Ride, Clanton, AL, 9/21 updated date for Gravel Roll Bird Dog 100, 10/26 updated date for Gravel Roll The Holler in Walhalla, 3/1/2025 The Florida Divide Backpacking Challenge, starting at either Pond, AL or Fargo, GA

Road – 9/28 AL Randonneurs Revised Black Belt 600K, Tuscaloosa, AL

Cyclocross – 9/14-10/27 Ridgeland Cyclocross Cup Series, 9/29-12/8 GACX Series

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Gravel – 8/10 40mi route added to Autaugaville 88/79/70/57/40mi Gravel Ride, Autaugaville, AL

MTB – 8/17 Assault on Sunset Hill Pre Ride, Fort McLellan, AL, 9/20-21 Jaguarundi Jubilee MtB Fest, Equality, AL, 10/12 Duathlon 2024 p/b Friends of the Falls, 11/9 Treadhoofalon 2024, Anniston, AL, Go Nuts XC Fall Racing Series, 10/11 Wildside, Pigeon Forge, TN, 9/14 Ride BHM, Birmingham, AL, 10/5 Coldwater Mountain, Anniston, AL, 10/19 Raccoon Mountain, Chattanooga, TN, 11/9 Oak Mountain, Pelham, AL, 12/7 Jarrod’s Place Regional Championship, Summerville, GA

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Gravel – 8/10 Autaugaville 88/79/70/57mi Gravel Ride, Autaugaville, AL

MTB – 2024-2025 Chainbuster Endurance Series 8/17 The Bear at Yonah, Cleveland, GA, 10/12 Big Ring Challenge, Hayesville, NC, 11/2 Battle for Paynes Creek, Hartwell, GA, 1/25 The Gobbler at Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, 2/22 Oak Mountain 6 and 3 Hour MTB Races, Pelham, AL, and one more TBA for March

Road – 8/3 Alabama Randonneurs Horse Pens and a Leeds Legend, Leeds, AL, 10/26 Fenner Ride 2024, Milton, FL, 4/26/25 Farm to Fork Ride or Run, Hattiesburg, MS

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Routes Update – Autaugaville

This morning I headed to Autaugaville and finished marking off 90% of the dirt roads in Autauga county on the gravel maps I use to make new routes. It was raining on the way out, and from the last excursion I made to map out the Mulberry Creek routes, I knew it could get dicey. It didn’t stop raining until I was about 5 miles in, but the roads were great.

I saw no mud, and was able to drive 30-40mph on all of the dirt roads. There are some long remote stretches, but I was able to work in a couple of water stops that don’t require much more than 30mi to get to a church or store.

The majority of these roads are hard pack orange clay with some sand mixed in, very reminiscent of Clanton dirt. It drains incredibly well, so this is a good new route for when it has been raining. There is some sand here and there, and some tiny river pebbles consistently scattered about. If it has not rained for a week, these roads might get a little sandy in spots.

This route only shares about 5% of it’s roads with the other shared routes. Each time I map one out, I try to make it as new as possible. Some of you may have ridden all these roads, but I hope you all enjoy the new routes. At some point I plan to come back over these areas after having mapped all the roads, and make new routes that are more condensed and have even more dirt.

I will be hosting the first group ride on these routes on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Hope you can join. Either way, enjoy!

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