It was comfortable Saturday morning - good for a ride and wonderful for animals and people to get out into nature. It was the second ride to Koffee Kup, this time for breakfast. #BikeWI #KoffeeKup dwmossner.blogspot.com/2025/07/ride...
At 5am I was on the bike headed to Waunakee; it wasn't a race against anyone, it was about beating the heat. #BikeWI #BikeMadison #Biking dwmossner.blogspot.com/2025/06/ride...
New paths were part of my 10th ride into the northeast corner of Madison, plus a couple encounters with snapping turtles. #MadisonBikes #BikeWI dwmossner.blogspot.com/2025/06/ride...
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Over the weekend I explored a new area of the county and destination. Thanks to recent trail development, the ride to #Stoughton was one I'm likely to repeat. #BikeWI #Biking dwmossner.blogspot.com/2025/05/ride...
It's fun riding new trails and seeing different areas of the county. The West Waubesa path connects the South Yahara trail to Goodell Park. #BikeDaneCo #BikeWI dwmossner.blogspot.com/2025/05/ride...
Cover of the November 2024 issue of Silent Sports magazine ("The Midwest's Aerobic Recreation Magazine"), looking over the shoulder of a skijumper as she waits before descending. The magazine's URL is at the bottom: https://silentsportsmagazine.com/
A photo of two men on gravel bikes, riding past a barn, and captioned: "Dan and Jim Novak at the start of the Gates Coulee I Drive climb near Money Creek and about 17 miles west of the futures start line of the 2025 Gravel Nationals in La Crescent, Minnesota. The Driftless region is filled with small farms and dairy operations. Since the many nested valleys and ridges of the Driftless make it difficult or impossible to have large, square fields, the resulting farms are small and the fields often terraced or tilted, following the topography. Traffic on these gravel farming roads is rare." PHOTO BY JAMES LONGHURST, http://www.driftlesscycling.com
A photo of two men on gravel bikes, riding past a barn, and captioned: "Dan and Jim Novak at the start of the Gates Coulee I Drive climb near Money Creek and about 17 miles west of the futures start line of the 2025 Gravel Nationals in La Crescent, Minnesota. The Driftless region is filled with small farms and dairy operations. Since the many nested valleys and ridges of the Driftless make it difficult or impossible to have large, square fields, the resulting farms are small and the fields often terraced or tilted, following the topography. Traffic on these gravel farming roads is rare." PHOTO BY JAMES LONGHURST, http://www.driftlesscycling.com
It's November, time to pick up the new issue of Silent Sports Magazine, with Kierstin Kloeckner's story on the successful bid to bring USA Cycling's Gravel Nationals to La Crescent, MN for 2025-26. See you next year! @bike.community #bike #gravel #driftless #bikemn #bikewi silentsportsmagazine.com
I also write about my experiences as a historian cyclist; here's @nichecanada.bsky.social 's publication of my musings while riding here in Wisconsin/Minnesota:
#bikewi #bikemn #gravel
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gravel cyclists climb into morning sun
at the start/finish line, riders line up
climbing a hill up a narrow driftless valley, known as a coulee
a sweeping gravel descent curves down; the Mississippi river glints in the distance, at the bottom of the valley
Catching up with photos from the inaugural Old Fashioned Gravel this weekend; it was a delight to work with planners on the routes and Ride with GPS support for this event. It was a beautiful day out in the Driftless, with clear blue skies and warming by mid-day. #bikewi #bikemn #gravel #driftless
A group of cyclists heading out for a Friday evening shakedown ride.
Inside the refurbished barn at night, with string lights.
Sunset on a gravel road, with a farmstead on the horizon and two cyclists in the foreground.
Sunset on a gravel road, with a farmstead on the horizon and two cyclists in the foreground.
Catching up with this weekend: led a shakedown ride Friday evening before the inaugural Old Fashioned Gravel event in rural southeast Minnesota on Saturday. Just barely enough time before the sun went down. #gravel #bikemn #bikewi
