Get ready to saddle up and kick up some dust—because the Coal Miner’s Gravel Ride is quickly becoming one of the Midwest’s most buzz-worthy cycling events, and it’s all happening on the open backroads of Southeast Kansas. Born from the ambitious spirit of Renato Pinto, founder of The Running Collective , this gravel ride rolls through the coal-mining heartland of Crawford County and dips briefly into Cherokee County to showcase Big Brutus— at 16-stories tall it's the world's

Credit: @climbingshanman Ah. Red dirt, soft sand and summer tans! All the things you’d expect from a PEI beach day, only this is one of several dirt and gravel bike rides through the most rural parts of the province. If you thought gravel cycling here was exclusively the Confederation Trail, think again. PEI has the most roads per square kilometer of all the provinces, and with names like Thrill Hill, Sheepskin, Balaklava and Old Bob Laird, they are as memorable as the terrai