Mixed it up this morning for The Saturday Ride. Bikes, Blues & BBQ takes over for a couple days here in NWA. Over 100,000+ motorcycles makes for some busy roads so I persuaded a small group to crush some gravel this morning. We ended up with about 40 miles, 4200 gain and saw hardly a single car. I highly recommend gravel road riding. The routes are seemingly endless. I call this route Low Gap Loop but Johnny Law was eager to show me another gravel option so we put a little twist on the end. Route information is below. You can download the data to your GPS device via STRAVA.

True to the spirit of Bikes, Blues & BBQ with a little spandex twist. #junkbrands

A mixed bag on bikes this morning.

Ali is on a new GT Grade1. I think she has a new man…

You can tell this wasn’t Daniel’s first rodeo. Nice meeting you this morning!

The bunch.

Heading for the hills. 

Tilly Willy.

Wallin Mountain Rd.

Perfect weather.

You can just see Fayetteville. 

Sector 2. 

Ozarkia. 

Flat = CLIF break. #feedyouradventure

Hmmm…something peculiar is going on here.

Tons of shade on this route. 

The only time you can speed up when The Po-Po is on your bumper. 

Low Gap climb.

Up!

Finally!

One of my favorite signs. Good stuff.

Bonus round. Let’s Eat!