Thrilling information out of Emporia, Kansas! The Gravel Biking Corridor of Fame inducted its second class in a ceremony on March 31.
This yr’s class consists of Yuri Hauswald, Miguel Crawford, Alison Tetrick, and Joel Dyke. The 4 have been chosen from amongst lots of of nominations by an election committee of over 50 trade luminaries (together with present Corridor of Fame members).
In regards to the inductees
Yuri Hauswald is an athlete with three many years of biking expertise who has additionally been instrumental in founding and fostering a few of gravel’s most iconic occasions. Miguel Crawford based the Grasshopper Journey Sequence, a set of occasions which have influenced gravel’s spirit because the late 90s. And Alison Tetrick is an completed athlete, however secured her place due to “her contributions off the bike to the game and neighborhood,” in keeping with the Corridor of Fame.
The ultimate inductee is the late Joel Dyke: body builder and co-founder of Unbound Gravel. By inducting him, the Corridor of Fame hopes to honor Dyke’s legacy of insisting that gravel shouldn’t fall prey to self-seriousness.
“Joel all the time felt biking needs to be in regards to the enjoyable,” his spouse Michelle wrote in Dyke’s biography on the Corridor of Fame web site.
For those who suppose gravel hasn’t been round lengthy sufficient to have a corridor of fame — suppose once more. Cyclists have been grinding bumpy doubletrack since bicycles have been a factor. In spite of everything, many of the world’s roads have been filth within the 1850s. That spirit of gravel is particularly robust in Emporia: the present dwelling of Unbound Gravel and the long run bodily dwelling of the Gravel Biking Corridor of Fame.
