2024 Shakeout in the Hills
- San Elijo Hills Fountain 1256 San Elijo Road North San Marcos, CA, 92078 United States (map)
Just ahead of the 12th annual BWR CA, we invite friends and visiting guests to join us for the Shakeout in the Hills. With many riders arriving early, and local friends eager to connect, we’ve created a short shake-out gravel ride just ahead of the weekend festivities. The 10-mile route starts in San Elijo Hills, a local trail hub in San Marcos, CA. The short course includes some of our favorite local gravel and singletrack that you won't see on Sunday, along with at least one section that you’ll see on Sunday.
This ride rolls out from the San Elijo Hills fountain at 6pm. This will be an easy-paced ride for all abilities, but please download the route if you can. There will be 2-3 regroups to keep everyone together. Also, please bring a tail-light and headlight as visibility will be lower towards the end of the ride with the sunset scheduled for around 7:30PM. Opportunity to connect post-ride at the Lost Abbey Sanctuary. Free parking is available on the local streets or in the Albertsons parking lot.
Schedule
Arrive at the San Elijo Hills Fountain 5:45 PM
Welcome and ride start 6 PM
Ride finish 7:30 - 8 PM
Post-ride gathering and raffle at The Sanctuary 8 - 9 PM
2024 Route
The 2024 shakeout route will take us down Questhaven, then to Keithley Preserve for a new singletrack section, then up Elfin Forest Road to the old yellow truck site and back to SEH via fire roads.
EQUIPMENT
The new shakeout course for ‘24 includes gravel, pavement, and some technical singletrack to keep things spicy. Bring your gravel bike or hardtail with tires 40mm and up for maximum fun. Please ride completely self-sufficient with a hand pump, CO2 cartridges, extra tubes, and other appropriate trailside repair gear. Tubeless setup is strongly advised.
See the photo gallery from the 2021 Shakeout in the Hills
Shakeout in the Hills is organized and hosted by Gravelstoke and ThursdayNightRide
We just arrived in Rodeo, New Mexico for the inaugural Chiricahua Gravel experience with The Cycling House!
Notes from a recent internal discussion at Rodeo Labs where Logan Jones Wilkins sits down with Stephen Fitzgerald, Drew van Kampen, and Cameron “Coco” Lindberg to discuss how the industry transition to UDH has impacted the small frame brand.
Redshift Sports has launched the new Top Shelf Handlebar Bag and Low Flare versions of their Top Shelf and Kitchen Sink Handlebars, offering riders enhanced storage solutions and more streamlined handlebar options.
ENVE’s new HEX gravel tire promises all-around performance with fast-rolling efficiency and exceptional traction on mixed terrain. We dive into what's so unique about the hexagonal tread block design and why ENVE brought nano-particles to gravel tires.
Recap from our September 28, 2024 ride and Speakeasy event with Enduro Bearings, XL Velo, The Lost Abbey, Sprockids SD, and Gravelstoke in San Elijo Hills.
We tested the new Almsthre Stem Feed Bag and found out that it's not your average snack sack. Photos by Rob Wessels.
- Posted in Gravel Ride