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I rode gravel today. San Diego actually really sucks for gravel riding. Everything is really shale-y and either 15% uphill, or deep sandy desert wash. It's also hot and exposed everywhere. It's also broken up by pavement, so that you're rarely on dirt for more than 10 miles at a time. All y'alls rides with extended miles of smooth gravel double and single track make me jealous. Hell, even Orange County beats the SD gravel riding 
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jamal posted:don't have a kick stand God dammit. Where is this? 
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charliebravo77 posted:Any recommendations for a studded tire for a gravel/cross bike? I have a Giant TCX and wish to continue to ride the local trails during the Chicago winter (Des Plaines River Trail for anyone local). I'm also a fat rider at ~285lbs so something on the wider end with as much grip as possible is preferable since in my prior testing it doesn't take much to send me flying in icy conditions. Am I going to be able to actually ride with this setup or should I just bite the bullet and look for a fatbike or 29er? What year is your TCX? I’ve got an old one (2011) that I run 42mm soma cazaderos on just fine. It also runs the 45mm WTB riddlers that are on my wife’s bike tylertfb fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jan 15, 2021 |
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:For the wife's 50th birthday we are going to Catalina Island for 3 days in early April. And since she and the kids are all lazy slugs when on vacation, I will have 3 hours each morning to ride some of the gravel roads. Looking at street view and taking a look at some write ups people have posted, it seems to be a gravel paradise. Actual gravel roads closed to most cars. Some of it looks steep, but nothing a 31x34 can't handle. Much of south Orange County is a bit mountain bikey, so this would be a nice change. I’ve done a bike packing trip on Catalina on my gravel bike, you’re in for some fine riding. The immediate climb out of town up to the airport is kind of a rude awakening (and on tarmac) but unloaded it is fine. After that it’s all great! We camped at Parsons landing and had a blast
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FogHelmut posted:So climbing is one thing, but how do I train my hands for this descent? There's a lot of tight switchbacks, so I don't want to just send it, there's a lot of braking necessary. There is precious little flat gravel that connects to anything in SoCal. All roads here are either paved, 25% up or down fire roads, or deep desert sand. That said, in your area the Tijeras Creek / Trabuco Creek trail rolls pretty far and isn't all death climbs and descents.
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Has anybody done any gravel riding around Gunnison Colorado? Possibly visiting family friends there for a week in July and am looking for some routes to ride.
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Apr 29, 2021 20:42
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If it looked at you and said "Heeeeey buuuuuuddy" it wasn't just A weasel, but THE Weasel.
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Dreadite posted:I rode around Orcas Island. Some road, some fire road, some singletrack. Wasn't sure if I should bring my gravel bike or full suspension; I missed out on some prime singletrack but also picked up some sweet road segments. I felt limited on certain singletrack sections where I thought I might slice my tires through a rock garden or navigating switchbacks with any exposure- this feels super hard on drops. My perfect bike is probably flat bars and 48mm renee herse knobbies on the stigmata Hot drat! I’ve ridden my road bike around San Juan and Lopez island when I visited my uncle there, but didn’t make it to Orcas. Gotta go back now that I have a full range of bikes
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Anza Borrego posted:
I XC ski’d that road two months ago! Here’s a pretty good San Diego route, nothing too technical: https://strava.app.link/VWeUg9w5zgb
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May 26, 2021 20:28
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FogHelmut posted:Rare August rain in socal Where in SoCal? I was out surfing (north San Diego) when that storm came through, got kind of hairy seeing lightning when that storm came through, but it was far inland.
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Staying at the Gravel House in Patagonia Arizona for a long weekend. Gravel here is 100% as advertised. Coming from SoCal it is wild to have miles and miles of wide gravel roads that don’t have to be connected by paved sections. It’s also weird riding 2% grade uphill for 2 hours and then 2% downhill all the way home. All our elevation profiles at home look like a sawblade. https://strava.app.link/ 
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:I saw a California King Snake, my favorite of all snakes, on my gravel ride today. It was big and alive. So that made my day. Saw a pretty good rattlesnake on my (san diego area) ride today. 3 rattles on it, so a young one.
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Anybody else doing BWR San Diego this weekend?
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Honestly, the route isn’t that special this year, rain screwed with their plans a lot. I ride all these roads/paths for free all the time, am feeling kind of dumb for paying big $$$ to do the same ol stuff, but the big festive environment is kind of worth it.
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Slavvy posted:What happens the rest of the year?? B r o w n
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Scored a pair of entries to Spirit World 100 in November 2nd. Truly the spirit of gravel. (That is: expensive as hell)
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