Godspeed, KLUNKERistos! - Gravel Riders Killing It on Department-Store Cruisers

I ran across two news articles this week that made me simpleton-on-a-simple-bike happy!

Seriously, I am not kidding - heroes and role/roll models!

Both articles tell the story of three guys who competed in and completed a 200-mile gravel grind on Walmart beach cruisers.

Don't take my word for it, you can read the articles for yourself:

Singletracks - They raced (and finished) the 200-mile Unbound gravel race on bikes from Walmart.

Outside Magazine: These Guys Finished Unbound Gravel on Beach Cruisers from Walmart

See, I didn't make it up!

See, I'm not the only dork out there who rides a cheap/simple bike in places where people normally ride expensive/complicated bikes. It's downright exhilarating to find articles like this! 

And they didn't do extensive upgrades. They even ran the stock tubes. (But they did add sealer, and all three completed the race without a flat.)

I wrote a post about something similar on Mesquite Hugger several years ago.

Lubbock on a Bike June Update and an Idea for the Baddest of Cyclists [Blogger note: Sadly, I remembered this as a much-better-written post, but I was pretty full of myself in 2015.]

And at this point, I have to throw in my favorite mountain bike video of all time:

Klunkers 3 (click to watch it on youtube)

Yep, it's three guys on coaster-brake klunkers making the almost impossible look easy while Jello Biafra complains about California politics - what could be better? Not only is this video supremely inspirational for me - it's also the place where I learned that only the coolest guys ride yellow bikes!

Okay, that's it for this post. I need to cut it short. There's a department-store cruiser outside and a MTB trail just screaming me to go for a ride before it gets hot outside!

Godspeed. all you klunkeristos!