Welcome to Border Wars
A Southern Gravel Adventure
LOOK FOR US AGAIN
FEBRUARY 2024
THANK YOU
FOR MAKING 2023 SUCH A GREAT YEAR!
Starting near Ephesus, Georgia at 10:00 am we’ve created two fun-filled gravel adventures to help – finally – figure out which direction the trees on the Alabama/Georgia border actually do lean.
$45 donation will include entry, rider tshirt, aid stops, and a variety of post ride “beverages” and a buffet style spread.
(Last year we had smoked pulled pork thanks to Jacob Dearolph, jambalaya courtesy of Michael Barman, plus grilled burgers, hot dogs and Beyond burgers by grill master Casey James. This year I personally plan on making Chili, both meat and veggie. We will officially announce everything closer to the event.
10% of registration will go to MTB Atlanta to help build more trails. The remaining proceeds will go to the East Point Track Club so we can put on more events throughout the year.
See each event distance for complete details. Registration is now open
ALL THAT AND
A BAG OF CHIPS
A 75-mile race ready route with roughly 6,000 feet of constant up and down, creek crossings, and grades up to 25%.
It is all that, and more.
ALL THAT MINUS THE CHIPS
A 40ish route (that does, ultimately, come with a bag of chips) created just to get out and enjoy the ride with friends. With 3300′ of up, hopefully friends who can climb.
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ABOUT THE IDEA
WHY BORDER WARS
After researching gravel for Spin the District back in 2017, I realized that there is a ton of gravel on the border of the two states, AND the roads are entirely different between them. It’s like night and day; Georgia travels along ridgelines meandering to get from place to place, while Alabama is like f$ck that, we’re just going down that ridge and back up the other side. But, both are a blast, and neither better than the other. So the more I rode, drove and scoured Google and Gravel Maps, the more it became apparent that we could do a ride half in each state pretty easily, and BorderWars was born.
A quick shout out to Jimmy Smith for marking most of the gravel on gravelmaps.com on the Alabama side and Pete Edmondson for reconning and sending me feedback as he ventured more into Alabama.
“Not that I’m bias, but I give this ride 5 out of 5 stars and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. It’s brutal, beautiful and serene all at the same time”
Wayne Whitesides
Ride “Coordinator”
