If you’re looking for an entry point into gravel for any level of rider, you can’t find a better place than Bike Dog Brewing’s Thursday night Shred Dog ride out of In Velo Veritas. It all starts with community and Sacramento has one of the best along with its overlapping cyclocross scene. Part of what […]
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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): After a our first successful Send It Big Bear last year, it was only a matter of time to bring it back in 2025. We’re looking for a slightly different course this year, but we’re still mapping out based on conditions and currently we have a longer
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While an event as substantial as the Tour de Big Bear can rest on its laurels, every year they look to raise the bar and the Dirty Bear 50 is no exception. Already well known for the road rides, gravel has been relatively new and mountain biking was a new inclusion this year. This year’s
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While Mammoth Tuff may play out differently every year, the events around it are always awesome and we’re building on it. Saturday’s Ride is the centerpiece, but there’s so much going and Mammoth is so well laid out that it’s easy to pick and choose on other rides, hikes, hangouts and still have time. If
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Putting together a locally sourced gravel event isn’t easy, but the driving force behind them makes the difficulty worth it. The Butte County Gravel Grind is another great example of the community wanting to showcase their region for others to enjoy while also raising money to further the cause. I was fortunate to ride out
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In the information age there shouldn’t be that many gotchas, but the greatness of Yreka gravel should come as no surprise. There have been many times driving around California I’ve looked off-road and thought the riding would be amazing. Going through Siskiyou County there were more clues than normal seeing an abundant number of clean
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While this is a gravel page, biking Mont Ventoux is relevant to everything I’ve ever done. We ride bikes to expand our boundaries of adventure and every outing may not be of that variety, but each stroke we take leads us there. Mont Ventoux is part of a special subset of world renowned climbs, especially
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Since our mini-winter tour in February with the Huffmaster Hopper and Send It Sacramento was such a success, we couldn’t wait to head back up to NorCal for more! We’ll be up for three rides (maybe even four) between July 10 – 13 and hope you can make some or even all of these outings!
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Chino Hills gravel hits a lot of high notes, but that’s also the reason some caution needs to take place. The two biggest questions I get about routes are how is the riding and what are the views like? The answers for Chino Hills are simple because it scores high in both, even providing a
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RSVP on Strava or Facebook I’ve long awaited to adventure up in Siskyou County and couldn’t ask for more with the Greenhorn Gravel Grinder crew helping lead the way. We’ll be doing a good portion of their Saturday event (yes, they hold rides on Sunday as well) covering 58 miles with over 5K’ of gain,
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