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Next up, Meet Jonathan Cavner

Cavner came into the sport from a mountain running background. Like many an injury drove him to the bike to stay fit. Once recovered from injury the lure of the bike was too great. The speed, adrenaline and camaraderie of cycling was too much to give up. He spent a year competing at marathon mountain biking before finding his love for road racing. At age 34 he was late to the sport. Discovering how each cycling disciple complimented each other he quickly progressed through ranks to cat1 in road, mtb, cyclocross and track. This journey culminated in 2018 with a win at the masters tour of the Gila, 2 national championship victories and 3 silver medals at UCI masters worlds. In 2016 Cavner did his first gravel at the Old Man Winter Rally. After being the only amateur to finish with the top riders he realized that gravel is where he belonged. This was confirmed with every subsequent gravel race victory.

Cavner’s favorite thing about gravel racing: “I love the difficulty, competitiveness and utter desperation of hard gravel events.”
Notable results:

2020 Open Range Champ, 2020 Pony XPress champ , 2019 High Plains Gravel Grinder Champ, 2019/20 LaGrind Champ, 2nd at 2019 Masters Road Race Nationals, 2018 Master’s National Champ Pursuit, 3x Silver medalist at 2018 UCI Master’s Track Worlds, 2018 Master’s Tour of the Gila Champ, 3x Steamboat Stage Race Champ


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Next up, Ashley Carelock a Texas native turned Coloradan, and self proclaimed diesel engine. She stumbled into bike racing in 2015 and quickly became hooked after winning her first race, a ten hour fat bike race in Silverton, CO. She has a special interest in ultra endurance events, especially multi day bike packing races. She lives in rural Southwest Colorado on a small farm, and is highly involved in her community through multiple volunteer activities including directing her own gravel race to raise money for local public lands.

Ashley’s favorite thing about gravel?
“My gravel bike is not just for roads. I find so much joy in taking it off the beaten track, from single track to roads that feel forgotten, roads that most people never see. I’m consistently reminded, on my own gravel rides and in races, of the beauty that exists in our world.”

Notable results:
FKT Arkansas High Country Race - 2020
Fat Bike World Champion 2018, 2020
Across Andes Bikepacking Race 1st, 2019
FKT Colorado Trail Race, Denver to Durango 2018
12 Hours of Mesa Verde 1st , 2016, 2018
12 Hours of Albuquerque 1st, 2019
24 Hours of Old Pueblo, 3rd 2018


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