2013 Tour de Hills (The Jasper Disaster)

The author (2nd) and a couple others chasing the leaders near the Mt. Sherman feed zone. (photo by Mandy McCorkindale)

Alex and I loaded up the bikes early Saturday morning and set out for Harrison, AR. Many Arkansas Outside readers are probably familiar with this area because of its proximity to the beautiful Buffalo River. We, however, were making the trip for the Tour de Hills road race. We rolled into town to find a [...]

Cool Cycling is Back!

Poker

How do you know cycling is cool again? It’s the posters of course. This weekend the Scott-Tucker-Scott Spring Classic will be rolling out of Scott, Arkansas on an undisclosed route that will pass through Tucker, Arkansas at some point and eventually get back to Scott. It’s old school riding, some of the route is paved, [...]

A Little Tour de Rock

Pecan Grove near Scott, AR

(We were unable to cover the Tour de Rock this year but we are lucky to have an out-of-state rider show up during his quest to ride a century in all 50 states. Check out Ken C. on 50 Centuries by Bike.) Little Rock, AR. I just finished the 2012 Tour de Rock, a 100-mile [...]

Those folks were moving!

A Classic Time Trial set-up

Last night I headed out to County Farm Road between Two Rivers Park and the train tracks to see what the cycling time trials were all about. They were about going FAST! The course was a 6.3 mile out and back starting from the train tracks and heading east all the way into Two Rivers [...]