The Gravel Warfare Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matt Burris
The Gravel Warfare podcast is the crossroads of grass-roots gravel and blue-collar bike-packing. Do you daydream about riding your bike? We do! If you can't be out riding, this is the next best thing! The Gravel Warfare podcast is meant to entertain, inspire and educate any and all that are up for adventure. We bring the mid-pack perspective and a Midwest mindset with a focus on grass roots gravel races. We intend to grow an army of Gravel Guerrillas that make cycling and bike-packing a lifestyle. Enjoy interviews with promoters, race recap with riders, tales from the trail with adventurers, as well as reviews on gear we love.
Back at the Blind Tiger Brewing Company in Topeka KS. Special guest host Marylou Bosveld covers Hydration, Nutrition, and Gear. As the beer keeps flowing the stories get better. Andy Phillips, Lance Toby and Matt Burris take you through their gear setups and fueling strategies.
Join guest host Marylou (hot mess) Bosveld from inside the Blind Tiger Brewery in Topeka, KS as three finishers of the Kansas Cannonball 500 (SE edition) re-live their stories of an amazing grass roots, self supported, ultra cycling event that is bound for growth.
Andy Phillips, Lance Tobey, and myself tell our stories and share our experiences of this wonderful event, so settle in and enjoy this much anticipated podcast.
Dark Early Racing an amazing event called the Dirt Road Debutante Gravel Academy check it out on Bike reg. or on facebook.
Tiffany Burris Joins the podcast to tell all about this fantastic grass roots women's only gravel cycling clinic
Where have I been? Here and there, doing this and that.
Listen in as I recap some of what I missed and let you know where the podcast is headed.
In a period of just a few short years Tye Bragg went from cycling newbie to ultra distance Trans South Dakota finisher. Listen in to his story of what might be the the best race you haven't done yet. Down Annie's Creek, around Mt. Rushmore, across the Missouri River, through the Badlands, to the Corn Palace and all the way to Sioux City Iowa.
In Episode #7 I sit down with one short course racer and two first time bikepackers. I enjoyed hearing their stories about the Open Range Gravel Race.
Marylou Bosveld, Tiffany Burris, and Karen Dill share their experiences at one of the only organized rides available in a worldwide pandemic.
Don't Know about Open Range? Go back to Episode #4 and get caught up!
Part 2 takes the podcast to Smithville, MO to see how a brand new bike shop is dealing with stay at home orders. Smithville Bike COOP owner Damien Boley tells us how he manages a day job, a bike shop startup, race promotion, and the town of Smithville as the mayor.
What happens at the local bike shop when the world shuts down? Join me as I find out at my local bike shop, Santa Fe Trails Bicycle and Coffee shop. I recently got a chance to head over to Leavenworth, KS to an established business and get the low down on what's changed due to Covid-19. If you love bikes you should always support a shop near you, but during these trying times is may be more important than ever.
Sometimes all you have to do is finish! I survived the Mid South mud along with my stoker wife and earned a well deserved Bobby hug as well as a 3RD place tandem finish!
I got this Land Run to Mid South conspiracy theory cleared up and had an intense moment with the godfather of grass roots, Bobby Wintle. Listen in as we give you the Gravel Warfare/DarkEarly race recap from atop the Two Headed Monster. Enjoy!
From Gravel Warfare World Headquarters, inside the Whiskey Snug in historic downtown Weston, MO I present to you Eric Sutter, Mastermind and event director of the Open Range Gravel Race in Pratt, KS. Check out Open Range on Bike Reg. If you have never experienced the Gypsum Hills of Kansas I suggest you do..... by BIKE!
Join The Gravel Warfare Podcast as I talk to Ottawa Bike and Trail owner Jeff Carroll, and let him tell us all about his great bike shop, the growing bike scene in Ottawa, Ks and some upcoming events. Ottawa is the intersection of the Prairie Spirit trail and the Flint Hills Nature trail. This place is on my 2020 to do list for sure!
The Land Run 100 is dead, but the red dirt will live on in the Mid South. Take a look into the re-branding of one of the largest grass roots gravel events in the USA. Will the new name stick? Will the race stay true to its grass roots? Let's hear your take. Find Gravel Warfare on all the socials and put in your 2 cents.
Thanks for checking out The Gravel Warfare Podcast. I hope you enjoy our perspective and our take on gravel cycling and bikepacking adventure. Subscribe so you never miss and episode and come along for the ride as this podcast develops. Follow @gravel_warfare on all the social media's and let us know what you think of the show or if we can help tell your story.