Joey Early of Cyclingtips.com took the Dirty Kanza Challenge. It's a pretty daunting task, throwing a leg over a bike and committing to completing a 200 mile ride. But consider that he made no special preparations and did it more or less on a dare with only a week's notice. And he did it on a bike he'd never seen before, much less ridden. Here's what happened.

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