Monday Motivation: Rollers

Guitar Ted January 5, 2015 Leave a comment

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TIV7_DirtRag-9 — The Sun rises over a set of rollers in Iowa. Image by Steve Fuller

Rollers: They might be a tool for you to get into shape for cycling. There are two kinds of “rollers” in the Mid-West: One would be those you sweat over in a basement or garage to stay fit in the Winter. The other kind you can ride on too. These are the type which are a successive number of hills strung together on a nice gravel or dirt road. Which would you prefer?

These are rollers in Iowa from the course of Trans Iowa V7. Some of you sharp eyed readers with a long memory might recall this was the cover of a “Dirt Rag” issue a few years back.

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Author: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted hails from Iowa. Home of over 70,000 miles of gravel and back roads. An inaugural member of the Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame and Co-creator of Trans Iowa in late 2004- Guitar Ted has been at the forefront of the growth of gravel events and riding since then. Creator of Gravel Grinder News in 2008, he produced the premier calendar of gravel and back road events. GT joined forces with Riding Gravel in late 2014.