PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): We’re coming back to the Bay Area to place where I first hit dirt as we’ll be riding up and into the Berkeley Hills. Our route similar to our previous gravel guide avoiding the steeper residential climb while hitting a few more sectors of dirt at the […]
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Proper evaluations can be tricky, especially with this Lauf Seigla Review, as first impressions may be hard to overcome. To begin, no one starts with a blank slate as we all come with our histories of riding styles, preferences and equipment providing some natural prejudices. The Lauf Seigla is a definite departure from other bikes
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While there’s no other spot I’ve visited more, no matter how much San Luis Obispo gravel I’ve done there has always been something missing. Positioned slightly inland there’s a lot of nearby access to the Central Coast and I’ve ridden a lot of it, but I’ve been most curious about riding the ridge line above.
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Gravel should not be about me, but us and Mammoth Tuff hits all the notes. I stated recently that this is my favorite event because of the combining elements of riding, destination and atmosphere. For many these rides, your life is focused to the moment you get to the starting line, butt Mammoth Tuff makes
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You’d be hard pressed to find a event better than Mammoth Tuff and I’m all here for it. I have no exceptions that there’s always a level of anxiety before a ride, though this is such a destination weekend that I’m looking to the whole experience. Obviously Saturday’s Ride is the centerpiece, but there’s so
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If you’re looking for a ride to stretch your imagination in so many ways, it’s hard to match the experience biking Horseshoe Meadows Road. The Eastern Sierra is filled with largess with its landscapes and to date Onion Valley Road just further north had been my most epic climb in views and effort. Its length,
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The Lost Coast is one of the most unique and formidable regions to bike making it a tough sell to ride solo. I should know riding deep into the redwoods two years ago that was the shortest distance I covered by far on my three-day journey, yet unquestionably the hardest. Mix in the anxiety of
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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): Last year we had such a great ride switching it up with our urban adventure, that with another open streets event taking place this time on one of the world’s most famed streets. CicLAvia is coming back to Hollywood Blvd and we’ll be riding by even more
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I did not expect to be writing this much about Big Bear when GBC launched five years ago. Not that I thought the area wasn’t desirable, but to me it always was a place I wanted to ride. The problem was there wasn’t that much info about the area (at least to outsiders) and I
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Discovering adventures is a bit part of gravel, but so is sharing them which the Great Western Reroute is all about. Through Gravelstoke, Dave Malwitz has done a big part of fostering this community sharing stories, hosting rides and finding a number of different ways of bringing people together. The Great Western Reroute is an
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