Unbound Gravel 2025

I wish I could still run. It is so efficient!

It certainly is, and you can run from anywhere. Every year I get older, it is more of a battle. Injuries seem to pop up easier now.

I agree. Didnā€™t like the way he was ousted. To be honest, Iā€™d forgotten about that.

I donā€™t know all the details but sure looked like his own fault for selling out to Lifetime.

Not exactly. He made some comments on the socials during the police protests that supported police and questioned the far left/BLM narrative. That led to him being removed from Lifetime. I hope he got paid out bigly.

FAFO. He was an employee of Lifetime.

And cā€™mon, everyone knows ā€œDirty Kanzaā€ was just racist AF.

Native Kansan here. I was around for the early death rides that morphed into DK. Iā€™m familiar with the origin of the name and it was not racist. Maybe poor taste in retrospect but no one considered that at the time. It sounded cool. It was a nod to Kansas and dirt. Thatā€™s about it.

Native Emporia Kansan here. IIRC, there may be a little more to it than you are saying.

Even reps for the Kaw Nation had no problem with the original name. The founder made a controversial statement about something else and the name was changed. Whatever, everything changes because everyone worries about offending everyone else.

To the OG name or Jimā€™s ouster?

Iā€™m sure there was a lot going on behind the scenes.

Iā€™ve known Jim since the early 90s and rode a lot of trails with him. Iā€™m also a cop so I have certain sensibilities.

Iā€™m in for the first time this year! LFG!!!

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All those awful people with empathy, right?

Coming from the biggest crank on the entire forum.

Durrrrrr.

I barely post on this forum. I know what empathy is though.

Right you do barely, but every time you do itā€™s condescending, sarcastic, and belittling to whoever you respond to. And youā€™re going to give a lecture about empathy. OK bud.