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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Year three for me of the Sea Otter Classic may seem like it’s old hat, but reasons to return continue to expand Being named an ambassador this year made my participation a no-brainer, though it also aided other incentives as well. To start, my focus was the revamped Gravel Race that had improvement in year
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Even with the shock value of a name like Mount Disappointment you’d figure it’d be well known, but there’s a lot of context behind a full answer. The Angeles National Forest sits on the northern edge of the Los Angeles Basin and looking from afar there are many peaks to choose from. For most Angelenos,
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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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For most of our Send It rides, I go deep into planning mode putting together a fun route for all, but for our Bakersfield ride I was ready to hand it off to Kevin of Grizzly Cycles and GBC was nicely rewarded. Normally in the area, we’d take advantage of the hundreds of miles of
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Completing an LA Tourist Race has always been a fascination of mine, but in its four years of existence I haven’t gone all in on an attempt until now. Given a specific number of checkpoints, it’s always a big conversation how you plan your route where you trade off distance for difficulty. As part of
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While the Lost Coast was central to this adventure, it felt like bad planning at this point to add yet another herculean effort after never experiencing anything of this sort. Day three featured the same amount of gain, but this time over 140 miles meaning most of the vert would be sublte. I didn’t want
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The question you have to ask yourself biking the Lost Coast is how many days do you want to put in? Even if you’re credit card camping like I did, clearly it’s a multiple day journey but with limits how you can break it down. Day two fit that description with the longest stretch of
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