12 Mile playa access point What draws you to the Black Rock Desert? Is it the bizarre landscape of the ancient lake bed swept clean by the powerful forces of the wind, water and sun, challenging your imagination in ways never thought possible? Is it the artist's pallet found in the light reflected back to …
Continue reading Ride Report: Black Rock Hot Springs Loop 2.0
It has been a fishing-forward summer to the extent I have fished more than I have biked and have have made so many trips combining the two, bikefishing. Part of this has come from getting a Tenkara fly rod from the Tenkara Rod Company which has made carrying everything you need for fly fishing easy. …
There are so many titles or angles for this post. How many gear lists, tool reviews, or trail side repair articles can your search engine come up with in 2.3 seconds or less? I am ready to give you one more because I have watched the evolution of this company over the last 20+ years. …
April 13, 2020- Locally there has been a lot of buzz around the Pine Nut Mountains. These are the prominent mountains along the east side of Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville. Using Google Maps I measure the range to be about 38 miles long, from the Carson River near Dayton in the north to Highway …
Continue reading Ride Report; Mt. Seigel Loop, Pine Nut Mountains
Seeing for myself, sharing with others. In the sand south of Salt Wells Basin looking at the Cocoon Mountains April 20, 2020- Bikepacking Roots put out a route scouting call to arms for Jan Bennett's mammoth undertaking of the Pony Express. I love riding with a purpose and I am a big fan of our …
Continue reading Ride Report; Pony Express, Buckland Station to Sand Springs Station
Hillcrest Road drops down to Empire Farms, San Emidio Desert April, 27 2020 The San Emidio Desert has been on my list of places to visit for years now. If you are driving on Nevada State Route 447 between Nixon, Empire, then Gerlach it is on your left or to the west. Unfortunately you don't …
Have you ever gotten sick on a ride? Start out great, ride strong, then out of the blue, not doing so well. What do you do? Just that happened to me on this ride, this is how it went... Water and art in the desert! And a bike! November 18, 2019- I have driven past …
Continue reading Ride Report; Fairview Peak and Bell Flat Loop
Sometimes I know I have ridden in an area but when I look for my blog post I can't find it. This was the case for my ride in the Clan Alpine Mountains from May 17, 2018. I am scratching my head, why didn't I write this up? I covered such great terrain in 65 …
I have always been fascinated by the raised red cinder railroad grade along Pyramid Lake. I am not a train historian nor a railroad buff but I am interested in following these abandoned railroad grades by bike. My first adventure on a railroad grade was between Goldfield and Rhyolite. I found out about this potential …
Continue reading Pyramid Lake Project; Union Pacific Railroad Grade
I look for reasons to ride out of Middlegate. Middlegate is the self proclaimed middle of nowhere, in the middle of Nevada, off Highway 50, the Loneliest Road in America. You can't get a more enticing description than that! Jumping off from here I have ridden through the Desatoya Mountains, Shoshone Range, Fairview Peak, and …
