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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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): May is here and we’re back for our annual Send It meetup for May Canyon with some NEW DIRT added! Once again, we will be starting at San Fernando Rec Park (208 Park Ave, San Fernando, 91340) at 8:30am SHARP while finishing off at San Fernando Brewing Company. Here’s some information, tips,
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While California has a wealth of attractions, there are few that will leave a mark in the 21st century like the Great Redwood Trail. Any pathway covering half estate would be considered significant, but at over 300 miles this will provide one of the greatest opportunities in the nation to explore over railrood friendly grades.
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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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PLEASE READ ENTIRE NOTES FOR RIDE INFORMATION (Facebook or Strava RSVP): Sometimes the luck of the Irish comes through even for GBC as the planets have aligned for Send It St. Patty’s on Sunday, March 17th. We’ll be doing a 32 mile loop similar to our Oliver Canyon ride two years ago, but with a few twists: We
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Hoping this was a third time’s a charm for me, I was hoping for some mastery for Rock Cobbler 11. While the course changes every year, I have been developing a sense of the riding even though the routes extend over 80 miles. Still, there was something different going into this edition as California has
RSVP for February 25th on Facebook or Strava to stay informed Continuing our mission of bring Send It across the state, GBC will have our first incursion in Sacramento along with Bike Dog Brewery. We’ll be starting out of their West Sac location doing a thirty-two mile loop on the westside of the Sacramento River. Before getting into the
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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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