2025 best east coast-ish events- gravel or mtb

Yup. Done a few of them.

GRUSK: underrated, low-key event that is SUPER well-run, great after party, and camping in one of the most beautiful settings you’ll ever encounter for an event.

HillyBilly: It makes a return in 2025 for the first time since the last edition in 2019. One of the true pioneers of gravel + racing, and one of the toughest despite being under 100 miles. Stay a few extra days for some fun and extra riding in Morgantown.

I did GRUSK twice back when it was an official race, and the spruce Knob climb was at the end. Probably my favorite gravel course. Not sure if I like it as much with the big climb in the beginning as it completely changes the dynamic of the now not-race. what say you?

Come to Grateful Gravel! I haven’t done Rasp (I keep working that weekend…). The Onion was great this year even though I flatted about an hour in.

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I raced something else that weekend… I can’t remember what it was. Maybe the Detoor (which I emphatically recommend!)

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