If you’re looking for a ride to stretch your imagination in so many ways, it’s hard to match the experience biking Horseshoe Meadows Road. The Eastern Sierra is filled with largess with its landscapes and to date Onion Valley Road just further north had been my most epic climb in views and effort. Its length, […]
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The Lost Coast is one of the most unique and formidable regions to bike making it a tough sell to ride solo. I should know riding deep into the redwoods two years ago that was the shortest distance I covered by far on my three-day journey, yet unquestionably the hardest. Mix in the anxiety of
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I did not expect to be writing this much about Big Bear when GBC launched five years ago. Not that I thought the area wasn’t desirable, but to me it always was a place I wanted to ride. The problem was there wasn’t that much info about the area (at least to outsiders) and I
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Discovering adventures is a bit part of gravel, but so is sharing them which the Great Western Reroute is all about. Through Gravelstoke, Dave Malwitz has done a big part of fostering this community sharing stories, hosting rides and finding a number of different ways of bringing people together. The Great Western Reroute is an
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Finding the top gravel rides in California is no easy task which should come as no surprise to anyone that knows this state. Covering this much area is already daunting, but we’re also blessed to consider our diverse landscape with mountains, deserts, forests, grasslands, coastline and everything in between. There can be no mathematical methodology
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There’s no doubt the biking Catalina is one of the most epic rides in California while also being the one that requires the most preparation. Gravel bikes are clearly the ideal bike to scale the island mostly connected by fire roads requiring a good amount of climbing. The bigger issue is planning with the first
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Finding gravel rides for starters can be a significant tipping point as you have only one shot at a first impression. Whether you’re just converting from a road bike or completely anew to cycling at all, finding that initial spot to light that fire can be tough in California. Over two-thirds of people living in
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The less you do, the worse the payoff normally, but our February Send It out of Bike Dog Brewing did the exact opposite. I am far more familiar with Sacramento than other big cities in California visiting friends, doing a marathon and coming for the Cal Bike convention a few years ago. While I have
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While California has variety of landscapes of our own, Huffmaster adds yet another niche to our diverse palette. Sitting on the edge of the Sacramento Valley up against the eastern edge of the Coastal Range, this 89 mile loop covers a decent subset of Colusa county. As the second event of the year for Grasshopper Adventure
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Hoping this was a third time’s a charm for me, I was hoping for some mastery for Rock Cobbler 11. While the course changes every year, I have been developing a sense of the riding even though the routes extend over 80 miles. Still, there was something different going into this edition as California has
