Even though everyone should do the Sea Otter Classic once, does that make it bucket list worthy? I’ve somehow avoided this event for years even though the cycling universe descends on it, especially after Interbike vanished. This bike festival has a prominent role as the nation’s de facto trade show with a slew of activities […]
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Sometimes it might take years to come full circle, but I’m definitely at the point where I can appreciate the offerings of Berkeley Hills Gravel. In what seems like a lifetime ago, I attended Cal and lived close to the campus, but I wasn’t much of a biker or explorer into the parks above. Ironically,
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It’s been a long time coming, but finally in March we returned to our group meetup bringing back Send It Sunday out of the city of San Fernando. Our last ride was back in February of 2020, so it was a long time coming and wanted to make this a special one. Gold Creek I
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It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve been super eager to do Redlands Strada Rossa and it was definitely worth the wait. Last year, I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Redlands by part of the braintrust and was fantastically impressed. It was very different than most gravel I’ve ridden and
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One of the most repeated questions I get center around the curiosity of Alabama Hills Gravel. The name itself raises eyebrows here in California as yes, it does link to confederate ties. Still, nomenclature only gets your attention so much as the Owens Valley is a gem of surrounding beauty with the Eastern Sierra Mountains
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There is so much joy in gravel because there are endless opportunities to discover great places to ride. Even living the Bay Area for six years, I never was fully familiar with San Jose on my visits, let alone the cycling possibilities around. Consequently, there wasn’t that much noise about nearby routes on our Facebook
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I wish there was a proper way of using words to convey the experience that the Rock Cobbler brings. To the uninitiated, a peer group I was recently in before this edition, the optics of this ride is the scariest of any event I’ve entered (and probably by design). The name itself doesn’t do us
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In California, because of our weather there’s no real season for gravel, but Low Gap is a proper way to start out the year. With the variety of events Miguel Crawford has hosted with the Grasshopper Adventure Series for over twenty five years, this one may be among the tamest covering forty-three miles. Still, it’s
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It is clear our state has a number of benchmarks for gravel and San Marcos is firmly staked in its inclusion. While Southern California tends to get grouped together, there is even a wide variety between the Los Angeles and San Diego regions that highlights how fortunate we are to have this diversity. North County
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SoCalCross is not gravel, but it should be a requirement for all off-roaders. Many of us search for dirt to provide that getaway from the urban elements while choosing your own pace. Cyclocross is the opposite where you can’t help but to be swept up by adrenaline of racers flying all around the course. While
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