If you want a gravel playground catering to all, you won’t get more bang for the buck other than Point Mugu State Park. While part of the vast Santa Monica Mountain range, cycling wise the park is cut off from the rest of it as the trails heading east do not permit bikes. Still, it’s …
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While Gibraltar Road is the king of road climbs in the vast Los Padres National Forest, Sisar Canyon is easily its dirt equivalent. Stationed north above Ojai, this ascent has gotten part of its fame as the centerpiece of the Mob Shop’s popular Gravel Mob which is roughly 58 miles and 7,400 feet of elevation. …
“I love it when a plan comes together” -Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith As a youngster, you couldn’t ask more than guidance from the A-Team as every week they somehow found laid out solutions to the problems of their common day. Bike rides try to reach the same goal and planning helps out a lot, but …
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If you want to earn your chops on dirt, it’s absolutely necessary to have a Gravel Fail or two under your belt to have some street cred. Normally, this comes in the form of a mechanical, as I’ve had cables snap and tires all torn up as my main dilemmas. The main issue you notice …
If you do enough riding, you will probably fall into the formula every month of one ride totally surprising you (in a good way) and one a complete fail. Heading out to Castaic and not doing enough R & D on this ride, odds were with the latter, but seeing how there was a rare …
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Hyping Mount Lowe Railway doesn’t need any build up. The historical value alone of this 19th century attraction is reason enough to bike, hike, parachute or whatever means necessary to visit. Throw in the beauty of the San Gabriel Mountains and you’ve got one helluva gravel ride. It amazes me how little people know about …
Excited over seeing the photos from post on our Facebook group doing a loop through the Pilot Rock Truck Trail and Cleghorn Pass, it was a ride that looked hard to turn down. The timing was fortuitous that week as we had already mapped out a ride in Big Bear, but this route was closer …
The Santa Clara Truck Trail is a bit of a mystery, even to those local to Los Angeles. Lying atop of the ridge on the southern section of the Angeles National Forest, this is a road that is relatively clear of human activity despite that it offers so much. It’s 31 miles straight through from …
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I had been itching to return for some gravel Santa Barbara for the same situation every rider has ever faced. Have you ever done a really good ride, but didn’t reach total fulfillment due to the x factor? That was me three years ago taking an Amtrak out to Goleta to do a Refugio / …
There’s a big discrepancy between the popularity and experience of biking Crystal Lake. Tucked away off the current terminus of Highway 39, this enclave in the Angeles National Forest is an amazing getaway just above Los Angeles. It’s a climb with epic views that rewards you the deeper you go. At the same time, it’s …
