It’s hard to tell if you’ve never done a Taco Bell Century if it’s a good idea and maybe finishing one doesn’t clear it up either. Kevin and Priscilla of Grizzly Cycles are veterans with this being their fifth edition and perhaps the toughest. Doing a 105 mile clockwise loop out of Grizzly Cycles into […]
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While proms have themes, the expectation that something similar could encapsulate a particular Sea Otter Classic is a bit of an overreach. Every year innovations and trends always progress, but change in the bike world doesn’t happen at a rapid nor glacial pace. Instead, I call it at human scale as there are no instant
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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): Pacifico Mountain has always been special to celebrate our anniversary, but our return to celebrate year six will mix it up with more for everyone. We’re tightening up our route shorter than our regular with two options with the longer offering some new gravel. The first fourteen
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We all want to make the most of an opportunity, but sometimes less is more. When I was coming out for my first Everyone Loves Raymond two years ago, I wanted to see it all and bike the ninety mile Kegger. Under ride organizer Henry’s suggestion instead of doing the combined routes, we did the
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I would have never thought my favorite road race is on gravel, but the dynamics of Huffmaster is playful enough to serve as such. Last year was my first stab at this event going really well until it didn’t when inattentiveness caused me to get dropped twenty five miles in followed by a shifter battery
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Gravel is a revolving sport and when you have the opportunity to stage an event within the many trails of Fort Ord National Monument, you can expect the course to change as well. This is the fourth year of the Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel Race and this route may be the best one
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RSVP on Strava or Facebook Hard to believe we skipped Gold Creek last year, but we’re bringing one of our most popular routes with one of my favorite descents back March 23rd. Once again, we’ll be giving away an entry to the Life Time Sea Otter Gravel Race on April 11th! We might be tweaking
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Please RSVP on Facebook or Strava This is a bit of a departure from our monthly Send It rides as this is more open ended and DIY, but there is some structure to it. Quite simply this a picnic that you get to by bike. You don’t need a cargo bike, just cargo. Pretty much
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Now with a few under my belt, I felt highly enthusiastic going into Rock Cobbler 12.0. You never know for sure until you’re actually in it, but I was highly confident this rodeo was going to be a smoother ride. Last year added a new portion on the northeast which we returned to though that
I’m not one for upgrades. If I like my bike the way it is, why bother messing with it? The only move I’ve regularly made has been replacing my stock wheels with even moderately sized sets have yielded noticeable improvements. When I saw the Redshift booth at 2022 Sea Otter Festival, there was a lot
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