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Please RSVP on Strava and Facebook DOWNLOAD the .gpx route here Just like our LA Urban along with 626 Golden Streets in 2023, we’ll be riding through Northeast LA linking up with CicLAvia on Sunday, October 11th.. We’ll be going in and out of the hills including a stop at Eldred St, the infamous steepest […]
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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): Third year is a charm as we’ll be returning to some of Southern California’s best gravel experiences riding up in Big Bear (AND WE MAY BE ADDING MORE DETAILS!). We’re looking for a slightly different course this year as we’ll still go around the lake, but ADDING
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Rarely are there leaps in the cycling world we’d consider significant, but the newly minted Haskell Canyon Bike Park is exactly that. I’m primarily a gravel cyclist when it comes to dirt because I temper my exposure to the more technical parts of riding like jumps, washboard and tight turns, so I was a bit
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GBC is known for bringing the goods and now Zack and Vic will be doing it in the literal sense at the Encino Velodrome Bike Swap Meet (17301 Oxnard St, Encino, CA 91316) this Saturday from 8am to noon. We’ll both be bringing bikes, apparel, kits and parts that are a mixture of both new
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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): If you’ve followed our gravel guides from the past, you knew a Send It in Santa Clarita would be upon us, but there’s a wild card we’ve been waiting for and now’s the time! The long anticipated Haskell Canyon Bike Park just opened with a number of
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I always love the freshness of the change of seasons in Spring, but that feeling is somehow duplicated in January riding Gravel and Wine out in Temecula. While most of the country is in the middle of a snow shoveling debate, here in Southern California you’re arguing over a possible third layer and where to
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RSVP for Maverick Cycles(Facebook or Strava) The holidays come up on you fast, so we decided to announce our final two Send It rides of the year. Please RSVP for December 7th out of Maverick Cycles (Facebook / Strava) because we will be updating details on those pages and posting the final routes and water stops the
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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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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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