Photo submitted by Tom Gagliadi, “Tim Ahern riding the Dirty Kanza 200 Mile Gravel Road Race in Kansas on a TBW (Thomas Bikeworks).”
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Stumbled upon a higher resolution version, thought I’d share because it makes the shot that much better.
Every rider that finished the DK this year is a badass. Check the great pictures in this site:
http://adventuremonkey.com/blog/2015-dirty-kanza-200-images-first-look
The rider is Tim Ahern during the 2015 DK200 as he rolls through puddles near the Bazaar cattle pens. The photo was taken by Dave Leiker, on that day a stringer for the KC Star.
Almost exactly a year later, in Connecticut, Tim and two other bikers were hit by a pickup truck leaving Ahern with head injuries and compound leg fractures. He climbed to even grater hero status in my book by training by to strength and finishing another punishing Dirty Kanza gravel grinder in 2017,
