Dr. Dover's Gravel Grinder

Dr. Dover's Gravel Adventure
We head North this weekend for another fine Northland Gravel Grinder
out of Smithville. Ben "Dr. Dover" Bolin is hosting the spring edition
of our popular Smithville Gravel Grinder. He promises much warmer
weather than the last edition and a delightful adventure.

Who: Fat Tire Riders and Gravel Grinders
What: Dr. Dover's Gravel Adventure
When: Saturday, April 2, 2011 9 AM
Where: Smoke-N-Davey Trail head
Why: Because Ben is attempting the insane DK 200 this year.
How far: The loop is 44 miles. There is talk of doing one loop and
then riding it in reverse for another loop.

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El Mariachis are in!

We got 6 El Mariachi completes in at the end of last week.  4 are now spoken for but we have a medium and a large complete in stock.  $1749, X7/X9 group, Reba fork, Stans tubeless rims.  Get em while they are hot!

Elite Cycling Apparel

Now through Sunday all Elite Cycling apparel is 15% off.  We have shop kits, vests, socks, jackets and more.  Stop in and pick up Elite gear while supplies last.

Gardner Gravel Grinder

What: Gardner Gravel Grinder v2
When: Saturday, 3/26/11 - 9:00 am
Where: CenturyLink Office building in Gardner (Queen Mary on the
Pairie)
Who: Any and all are welcome
Why: It is always Gravel Grinder season.

Tim Greene is again hosting this fun GG.....We will start in the
parking lot
Hopefully this time there will not be a 35 mph wind to deal with :-).
Some
of us will do two laps of the routeto get ready for Ouachita, Bone
Bender 3/6 Hour,  TransIowa,
and DK 200.

Velonews digs it...

The S3 from Cervelo that is.  Velonews recently released a test of the world's best aero road bikes including the Felt AR1 and Ridley Noah and once again the S3 took the cake.  Check out the full report here.

Salsa El Mariachi Ti demo bike

Our Salsa rep dropped off his El Mar ti complete bike.  Bike is built up with full Sram XX drivetrain, Reba XX fork, Hope brakes, Stans arch rims laced to Hope hubs, and thompson stem/seatpost.  Stop in and check it out.  Bring some pedals and take it out!

New K-Swiss shoe

K-Swiss revealed their newest iteration of their popular blade light model.  Other prototype models were released including a new take on their awesome K-Ruuz model and trail running version of the Blade series.  For full report click here.

Picture courtest of Triathlete magazine.