EMPORIA — Cyclists battled hot sun, wind and tough road conditions in
the Dirty Kanza bicycle ride through the Flint Hills of Kansas on June
4, 2016.
Andrew Escandon, 24, of Topeka, suffered six flats over the 200-mile
course. On the third flat, he was riding 30 mph downhill when he heard a
hissing sound from a tire, the inner tube had been pinched and needed
to be replaced.
“That was so disappointing,” Escandon said. “It took me 17 hours to
finish. My time was comparable to last year due to the flats and trying
to play catch up to the other riders in the DK200.”
The theme for the 2016 Dirty Kanza was appropriately called “Find
Your Limit.” About 1,900 riders had an opportunity to test themselves in
the 200-mile course, the 100-mile, 50-mile or 20-mile fun ride, said
Jim Cummins, founder and executive director of Dirty Kanza Promotions
LLC.
To read more, click on the link
http://cjonline.com/news/2016-06-11/riders-brave-tough-terrain-increasingly-popular-dirty-kanza-race
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