GLIDE OVER GRAVEL

Riding on dirt lets you explore new terrain and find the outer limits of your fitness.

BY PETER FLAX

LEO RODGERS is shredding down a sandy, abandoned railway line not far from downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Rodgers, 35, has got a huge smile on his face—and not only because he just hucked off a foot-high curb and landed cleanly. He’s doing the thing that he loves: riding bikes. More specifically, he’s enjoying the kind of cycling that he loves the most: gravel riding, a discipline that’s quietly experiencing a major upswing. Rodgers has spent nearly his whole life here in the Tampa area, but this sort of riding has taken him on adventures around the country—on dirt paths through forested knolls in Georgia and desert landscapes in New Mexico and endless farmland in Kansas. He’s held his own competing in serious races (with jokey names) like Dirty Kanza and Grinduro…

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Men's Health (Digital) - 1 Issue, Jul/Aug 2020

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