A collection of news, stories, videos and adventures written by Gravel Bike California focusing on Northern California Gravel.
I’m an opportunity seeker and it’s far easier when you have prior experience to help guide you. Last year, I got to ride Butte Meadows above Chico with Medhi organizing taking us into the vast Lassen National Forest leaving with the feeling there was so much more to explore. Knowing I was coming through town, […]
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Very rarely are there places I wish to bike and an event comes around and fills that void, so I was very excited to take in the Lassen Gravel Adventure Ride. For years, I’ve been scanning the web for info on the Bizz Johnson Trail that covers the former Southern Pacific’s Fernley and Lassen Line
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There are few places I would list as an amphitheater for trails and Auburn State Recreation Area gravel is one of the first that comes to mind. It’s not about measuring the greatness of the scenery or the trails, but the combination of the history and layout that makes this area unique. For starters, this
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Organizing our meetups does take an ample amount of time for planning, but being able to pivot isn’t always a thing. I had planned for our first Marin Send It to take place in January, pushing it back to June due to weather. Thinking we’d be in the clear and rain hadn’t hit for over
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RSVP for June 24th on Facebook or Strava to keep up on details! To follow up on a promise made earlier this year…GBC is coming back! After having to cancel our first ever Send It Marin this January because of wet conditions, we’ll be returning Saturday, June 24th ready to run it back. Update: Due
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If you follow our yearly Best Ofs here at Gravel Bike California, you’ll know this Send It is a special one as we’ll be covering last year’s top entry: Big Sur! This will be different from our other rides as this Send It will be purely for the scenery with many stops to enjoy this
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Exploring is a fun part of gravel, but tackling Midpen gravel made me happy to have some guidance along the way. Mike and Andy have some of the most extensive trail knowledge in the Bay Area to a Beautiful Mind type level, so handing over the planning of this ride took a lot off of
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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
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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
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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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