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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Gravel is always an adventure, but sometimes you dream bigger and biking the Lost Coast is as ambitious as it can get. There’s a romantic quality riding along the coastline in Northern California that edges out Big Sur for me how it’s remoteness is balanced out with a number of communities rooted in the 19th
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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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Our Send It series has been a lot of fun over the years and played a big part in our genesis. We’ve had some rides take us to epic places to get away from it all, but you can have just as much of an adventure going into it too. With peoplefirst thinking of beaches
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Sometimes I think about how vast this state is and the difficulty of exploring and thankful events like the Grizzly Gravel Ride takes away takes away all that guesswork. The Fresno Cycling Club does a fantastic job hosting local events with a community feel that binds with the tone set that everyone is out to
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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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If you want to get away without getting on Southwest then Tour de Big Bear‘s Dirty Bear absolutely fits the bill. Living in Los Angeles, it normally takes me hours of driving to get that feeling of biking somewhere exotic that mainly stems from exploring the unfamiliar, but somehow Big Bear captures that same feel
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If you’re looking for something to test your limits, there’s a lot of opportunity in gravel. The LA Tourist Race might be responsible for a good number of them, but their Trans San Gabriel route is on another level. Their regular events typically fall into the 80-100 mile range lingering near 10k feet of climbing
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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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Sharing the experience of Mendenhall Ridge gravel has been on our radar for awhile, but the question is how. While I’ve ridden this sixteen mile stretch of dirt a couple of times before, experiencing it without doubling back has always been an issue. The simplest route has been a 42 mile loop paired with Little
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