Ep. 203 ~ Arkansas Graveler with Ariel & Patrick
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
Last year I participated in the inaugural Arkansas Graveler where we traversed the State from Fayetteville to Jonesboro through the Ozarks into the Delta. This year Arkansas invited Ariel Marlowe and I to check out their new course for year two. This year the route would take us from Mena to Russellville mostly in and through the Ouachita Mountain range.
The Arkansas Graveler can best be described as a 5 day bike festival + bike tour on some of the best backroads Arkansas has to offer. Put on by the Ozark Foundation and led by race director Scotti Moody, no stone is left unturned as it relates to the rider experience.
Unlike bikepacking, the Graveler staff carries your gear from camp to camp so all you have to do is ride your damn bike. At each stop along the route we got to experience charming and hospitable Arkansas towns, and the Graveler always made sure we were well fed before and after our rides. Once at camp, participants also had activities like fly fishing, archery, live music, and more!
All of the support and festivities allows riders to just focus on enjoying the ride, the scenery, and Arkansas hospitality. Ariel and I thoroughly enjoyed our experience and tell you all about it on today's episode. We hope to see ya at the next one :)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to the Bikes for Death podcast. As always, my name is Patrick and I am your host. |
| 0:07.1 | And on today's episode, Ariel and I just got back from riding the Arkansas Graveller. |
| 0:14.0 | For those of you who don't know, the Arkansas Graveller is a five-day bike tour slash a bike festival slash bike party in Arkansas. |
| 0:24.5 | This was their second year of this event, and I've been able to participate in both |
| 0:29.9 | editions of this event. |
| 0:31.8 | The first year took place up in the northern part of the state, and we started in the Ozarks, and we rode through the Ozarks, |
| 0:40.7 | through the Delta, all the way to Jonesboro, Arkansas. |
| 0:44.9 | And this year they switched it up, and we were riding through the southern slash central part of the state, |
| 0:52.7 | through the Wachita Mountains. |
| 0:55.7 | We started in MinaENA, Arkansas, |
| 1:02.7 | and rode all the way to Russellville, Arkansas. And on today's episode, Ariel and I are going to tell you all about our experience that this year's Arkansas Graveller, spoiler alert, we had a |
| 1:08.6 | fantastic time. It was a lot of fun. |
| 1:12.8 | It was really hard, a little bit wet, but that just made for an excellent adventure. |
| 1:19.3 | And it was really fun to experience this event this year with my friend Ariel Marlowe. |
| 1:25.7 | So that is what we got for you on today's episode. And no ads today. |
| 1:31.9 | Today's episode is brought to you ad free by Arkansas Tourism. So thanks to y'all for |
| 1:38.0 | supporting this episode. And without further ado, let's get to my chat with Ariel Marlowe. |
| 1:45.1 | He and I recorded this episode the day after the Arkansas Graveller. |
| 1:50.0 | And we just pulled up some tables outside of our hotel while we were waiting on our flight back to Texas. |
| 1:56.4 | And we had a nice little chat. |
| 1:58.3 | But before we get to it, let's have my friend Miles Arbor kick it off with the Bikes or Death theme song. |
| 2:05.1 | You load up your bike, you ride away from home. |
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