The Cycling Advocacy Hub

One of my favorite sayings is “It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness,” and while I hardly believe that all is dark within the cycling community in […]

Northwoods Trails

Arkansas River Trail Survey

How do you use the Arkansas River Trail?

Arkansas Outside Friend, John Barton of JBar Cycling is trying to get the word out about the Arkansas River Trail Survey. This survey is designed to collect information on how […]

A Great Community

Tweed Ridin', Polo Playin', CARVE Racin', Charlie. Charlie also has mad skills that allows us to spend more time riding at night.

The “in-crowd” has always eluded me. As a kid I moved around a lot and usually the best I could do was pick up a couple of friends that would […]

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Don’t Despair

Bike Racing in Central Arkansas

Sure, it’s an off day for the Tour de France but that is no reason to go nuts. You’re sitting there at the computer searching through all the options I […]

State Criterium Championships

Some teamwork really paid off for these guys.

The full name of the event was the Dr. Feelgood Star-Spangled Classic Criterium. It’s a long name to go along with a long, hot day of road bike racing. Starting […]

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The Race Across America – Tarzan Rides

In the high country.

What do you ask a guy who just raced across the continent on a bicycle in less than 11 days? Lots of things. Kurt Searvogel (A.K.A. Tarzan, it’s a college nickname that […]

How to Watch the Tour de France

Le Tour de France

This is not our normal post. We are normally advocating getting outside in Arkansas. We still are. We know it’s hot and you may be tempted to stay in and […]

Dawg Dayz XTERRA

Maybe a little too much energy for the end of the race.

An XTERRA is a really cool event. The idea is to take a triathlon and change the road cycling to mountain biking and the running to trail running. This adds […]

Free Your Feet?

photo courtesy of barefootrunners.org

I offer up this infographic (see, I can still use the hip terminology). How do you feel about barefoot running? Have you tried it? Do you have shoe-induced foot problems? […]

2012 Spillway Triathlon/Duathlon

Athletes about to crest the last hill.

Sunday found us right back at Lake DeGray after having enjoyed Saturday morning at the Three Legged Dawg mountain bike race. The Dawg Dayz/Spillway Multisport weekend went into high gear […]