Every year I compile this list I’m pleasantly surprised, but in different ways. We were lucky for our five year anniversary to be graced with two of our top three rides ever in Catalina and Bodie that I expected that trend to keep coming. While we did have two bucket list experiences in Folsom Rodeocross […]
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Finding new places to ride where you normally don’t roam is tricky. Being stranded is an obvious issue, but if you’ll also have to risk not knowing road conditions, water availability and trusting what is open. I’ve driven on Highway 46 many times to cut from the Central Valley to the 101 seeing the rolling
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There are bucket list to do items here in California and Folsom Rodeocross is at the top of the list. Even though I live in Southern California, this event’s lore has traveled even beyond in part to Erik Mathy‘s coverage in the Radavist. Folsom Rodeocross takes places Wednesday evenings for the month of October, but
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When you think of the Sierra, most of the time you think about the lush forests of the west like Yosemite or the large scale interplanetary landscape of the east. The southern tip doesn’t come up in guide books as much, but really that highlights why California is so plentiful and regions get caught in
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While I absolutely love the Eastern Sierra and this event, Mammoth Tuffest has been the distance I’ve avoided because of its difficulty far beyond what people perceived. Biking in the Owens Valley always goes against its stated numbers thanks to the high elevation and pumice that can suck your energy very fast. What I had
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If you’re looking for an entry point into gravel for any level of rider, you can’t find a better place than Bike Dog Brewing’s Thursday night Shred Dog ride out of In Velo Veritas. It all starts with community and Sacramento has one of the best along with its overlapping cyclocross scene. Part of what
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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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In the information age there shouldn’t be that many gotchas, but the greatness of Yreka gravel should come as no surprise. There have been many times driving around California I’ve looked off-road and thought the riding would be amazing. Going through Siskiyou County there were more clues than normal seeing an abundant number of clean
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While this is a gravel page, biking Mont Ventoux is relevant to everything I’ve ever done. We ride bikes to expand our boundaries of adventure and every outing may not be of that variety, but each stroke we take leads us there. Mont Ventoux is part of a special subset of world renowned climbs, especially
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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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