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2021, A Year in Review

January 7, 2022 Cory Kawa Featured, Front Page, Month In Review, My story

Reading Time: 7 minutes BOOM! And just like that, the door to 2021 slams shut, and the New Year begins. I want to start by saying that I’m incredibly grateful. These last 18 months[…]

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2021 Gravenhurst Tri – Race Report

November 12, 2021 Cory Kawa Cycling, Featured, Race Report, Running

Reading Time: 7 minutes The 2021 Gravenhurst triathlon, the second of three races in the 2021 Multisport Canada calendar of events. As I mentioned in my Barrie Triathlon Race Report from a few weeks[…]

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Race Report – 2021 – 8 Hours of Hurtin’ in Haliburton

September 30, 2021 Cory Kawa Cycling, Featured, Race Report

Reading Time: 7 minutes A few weeks ago had the pleasure of riding some excellent gravel at 8 Hours of Hurtin’ in Haliburton, brought to you by Heather and Marc Sinclair of Valley Works,[…]

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Exploring Gravel – Burks Falls Loop East of Hwy 11

August 5, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes Another weekend, another adventure, this time the Burk’s Falls Loop with my good friend Mike from @gravelroadcanada. The Burk’s Falls Loop is a one or two-day backwoods adventure that hit[…]

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Exploring Gravel – Hasty Highlander’s Lake Loop

July 26, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes I recently had the opportunity to ride the Lake Loop, an 80km extension of the Hasty Highlander bikepacking route by Matthew Kady. The Hasty Highlander comes in two forms, the[…]

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Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 2 – Bobcaygeon to Port Perry

July 16, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, My story, Ride Report

Reading Time: 6 minutes This is the second of two parts about my three-day adventure on the Durham Destroyer Full Monty. If you haven’t already, you can read part 1 here, Durham Destroyer –[…]

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Durham Destroyer – The Full Monty – Part 1 – Port Perry to The Hobbit House

July 13, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Ride Report

Reading Time: 11 minutes The Durham Destroyer routes have been some of my favourite days on the saddle, so when I heard that a special one-of-a-kind commemorative mug would be available to the first[…]

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Packing for a Two Night Bikepacking Trip

July 1, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Product Review

Reading Time: 5 minutes As I prepared for my first bikepacking trip, I had two key questions – When packing for bikepacking, what bags? And what goes where? I scoured the Internet far and[…]

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2021 Norco Search XR C2 vs 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex 930 on the Durham Destroyer

May 21, 2021 Cory Kawa Cycling, Featured, Front Page, Product Review, Ride Report

Reading Time: 8 minutes Comparing the 2021 Norco Search vs the 2014 Rocky Mountain Vertex on the Durham Destroyer I’m Not Wothy Gravel Grinder.

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The Motherload – 75k Version – A Tale of Seven Hills

April 28, 2021 Cory Kawa Bikepacking, Cycling, Featured, Ride Report

Reading Time: 6 minutes My first cycling goal for 2021 goal is capturing Durham Destroyer Triple Crown. I finished The Rookie a couple of weeks back and hope to do I’m Not Worthy in the next[…]

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