Hey STers -
There's an article in The New Yorker I thought folks might be interested in: https://www.newyorker.com/..._source=NYR_REG_GATE
I expected it to be about Mo Wilson's murder, and toward the end it is, but it's much more about the emergence of gravel racing, and about Strickland himself. "the new niche sport of gravel-bike racing—a form of slog that presents itself as both a solo endurance test and a party in the mud... the Kansas event, Unbound Gravel, can now fairly describe itself as the most important in all of American competitive cycling—even if many of the hundreds who pay to ride in it each year have little competitive ambition beyond not giving up. Like a big-city marathon, a typical gravel race is both an élite contest and, at the rear, something less pressing."
(Yes, I know, there's a full thread on Mo Wilson's murder - but it doesn't overlap that much with this article).
Gravel racing isn't my world so I've no idea how accurate the article is.
-Charles
There's an article in The New Yorker I thought folks might be interested in: https://www.newyorker.com/..._source=NYR_REG_GATE
I expected it to be about Mo Wilson's murder, and toward the end it is, but it's much more about the emergence of gravel racing, and about Strickland himself. "the new niche sport of gravel-bike racing—a form of slog that presents itself as both a solo endurance test and a party in the mud... the Kansas event, Unbound Gravel, can now fairly describe itself as the most important in all of American competitive cycling—even if many of the hundreds who pay to ride in it each year have little competitive ambition beyond not giving up. Like a big-city marathon, a typical gravel race is both an élite contest and, at the rear, something less pressing."
(Yes, I know, there's a full thread on Mo Wilson's murder - but it doesn't overlap that much with this article).
Gravel racing isn't my world so I've no idea how accurate the article is.
-Charles