A 46-mile mile / 4000 ft gravel route in San Diego, CA that includes Penasquitos Canyon, Poway, Highland Valley, Lake Hodges, Lusardi Canyon, and Black Mountain.
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Photos and event recap from the 2022 Great Western Reroute, a Gravelstoke invitational gravel event set in East County San Diego on March 20, 2022.
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Watch the video by Gravel Bike California that captures our Jan 16, 2022 annual Holiday Adventure Ride from Lost Cyclery in San Marcos, CA.
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This 2021 Stagecoach 400 marks the 10th edition of the longest bikepacking race in California. After more than a year of pandemic, lockdowns, and race cancellations, excitement had built among the riding community in San Diego and beyond. For many of the participants, this was the last race they attended back in 2020, as the country shut down following last year’s start. Online registration for the 2021 event filled within hours. Riders looked to traverse the region’s diverse set of biomes across nearly 400 miles of challenging terrain. April 9th, 2021 was the Grand Depart.
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Like we did for every Wafer course since 2015, we are pleased to now also offer our readers the entire Waffle collection of routes since founder Michael Marckx (aka MMX) first conceived of the race. For a proper introduction, we touched base with MMX to learn more about the history of the BWR routes, how they’ve changed over time, and what he sees for the future of the BWR.
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Watch Ian Boswell, Pete Stetina, and Colin Strickland take on a new kind of training camp. The Lost Coast follows these riders as they explore Northern California and over 400 miles of mixed terrain.
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The 2021 Stagecoach 400 starts on Friday, April 9 from the alpine town of Idyllwild. Participants will be pedaling for nearly 400 miles with 30,000 feet of elevation gain on singletrack, fire roads, tarmac, and gravel through wilderness, backwoods and coastal landscapes.
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The PPBC Gravel Grinders got out to tackle the SBT Gravelstoke San Diego Black gravel route as a warm-up for the 2021 Rock Cobbler in Bakersfield. With over 80 miles of terrain and 10,000 + feet of climbing (2/3s of which happens in the first 50 miles) this one is definitely a challenge.
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Now in its 6th year running, the BWR Wafer course could be the most underrated gravel event in the country. In this review, we pulled together all BWR Wafer routes in one place for your viewing pleasure. Routes include the 2015 BWR Wafer, 2016 BWR Wafer, 2017 BWR Wafer, 2018 BWR Wafer and 2019 BWR Wafer.
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Photos and event recap from the 2021 Great Western Reroute, a Gravelstoke Development Team invitational gravel event set in East County San Diego on March 27, 2021.
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This video is a first-person account of the White Rim Trail on a Flaanimal 5.0 Titanium rode and recorded by Steve Fitzgerald of Rodeo Labs.
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75 miles and 10,000 feet of climbing, the L.A. tourist race is something you might only try once. Check out a video recap by Mucho Arigato and enjoy the view!
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The Pray For Speed film follows cyclist, Safa, in search of some of the fastest descents in Southern California.
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40 mile / 5000 ft Gravel route in Orange County, CA
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Emily Bei Cheng and Daylen Yang share an inspiring account of a year-end gravel adventure in Death Valley National Park and the Alabama Hills of California.
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On October 11, 2020, in the rolling country farmlands and hilly forests of central Pennsylvania, unPAved of the Susquehanna River Valley, one of America's most influential gravel races, had a successful third edition despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 2020 Arkansaw High Country Race set new race records and pulled ultra-endurance cyclists from 10 states to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the self-supported 1,000 mile bikepacking race.
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We finally have a view on what a professional gravel race during COVID looks like. Today, BWR Cedar City revealed its courses for both a Waffle and Wafer ride, along with guidelines for participants in the middle of a pandemic. The new course offers similar distances, with roughly half the climbing of its San Diego sister race.
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I’ve enjoyed gravel adventures in Portland, Boulder, San Francisco, Vancouver BC, I always thought we just don’t have that type of riding out of our front door, until you start searching for it.
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Ted King took no prisoners as he committed to the ultimate adventure across his home state of Vermont. Part Everesting and part DIYgravel DK200, Ted pushed the limits on the all-new Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty full-suspension gravel machine. Join us as we tune into the YouTube Premiere at 8:30pm EST on June 11, 2020.
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