A collection of news, stories, videos and adventures written by Gravel Bike California focusing on Northern California Gravel.
GBC has been eager to explore the northeast corner of the state, but would Butte Meadows gravel deliver? It’s hard to gauge this part of California because info available online is mainly proportional to the number of people riding, so you have to rely a lot on local knowledge. Fortunately, our Facebook group is a …
Being Gravel Bike CALIFORNIA, all of our Send It rides have been out of Los Angeles obviously because of convenience, but the goal has always been to expand this community across the state. While the local rides have built up a good sized base, going outside my bubble has always been a question factoring in …
GBC LIVE covers Zack’s recent trip in Northern California presenting a Lost Coast Slide Show with Vic chiming in about some of the ride’s details: Lost Coast three day route on Ride with GPS:
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We’re all looking for excuses to ride around Monterey Bay and Aptos Creek gravel fulfills that need. Just to the east of the county seat Santa Cruz, this town has of discreet population of twenty five thousand tucked in a collection of villages between the coast and hills. Being on the southern tip of the …
Cover Photo: Andy Wong With all the great experiences Gravel Bike California has come across recently, you would think that our state would run dry on amazing rides like our water supply, but I welcome the opportunity to be overwhelmed at any point. I had seen through the Gravel Ride Podcast Slack group a number …
Sometimes it might take years to come full circle, but I’m definitely at the point where I can appreciate the offerings of Berkeley Hills Gravel. In what seems like a lifetime ago, I attended Cal and lived close to the campus, but I wasn’t much of a biker or explorer into the parks above. Ironically, …
There is so much joy in gravel because there are endless opportunities to discover great places to ride. Even living the Bay Area for six years, I never was fully familiar with San Jose on my visits, let alone the cycling possibilities around. Consequently, there wasn’t that much noise about nearby routes on our Facebook …
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In California, because of our weather there’s no real season for gravel, but Low Gap is a proper way to start out the year. With the variety of events Miguel Crawford has hosted with the Grasshopper Adventure Series for over twenty five years, this one may be among the tamest covering forty-three miles. Still, it’s …
Maybe this posts ruins the point of it, but Oakland Hills Gravel is an underrated joy and that may be a good thing. Living in the East Bay for six years, San Francisco was the focal point, but I enjoyed exploring Oakland more because without the big tourist influence, you really got to discover. This …
