After riding through the Pine Nut Mountains on Sunrise Pass Rd I heard from Murphy Mack on Facebook Messenger: Minden > Yerrington > Minden 114.1 mi, +7458 ft. Starts in Douglas County, NV ridewithgps.com dec? The message showed a fantastic loop extending my ride around the Buckskin Range and through the Singaste Range to Yerington …
Continue reading Through the Wassuk Range; Yerington to Walker Lake
I thought this ride might give some insight to a hundred miles on a gravel bike. I still can't comprehend how people are racing 100-250 miles on a such terrain. I let Brandon Anderson know I was interested in a longer ride and Jungo Road would provide a quality out-and-back ride with unlimited mileage (90 …
Continue reading First Third of Jungo Rd, Gerlach to Lava Beds Creek
"It is a matter of how much you will be pushing your bike," I paraphrase (misquote) Casey Clark during a discussion of "optimal" (read mythological) tire size and gearing. The gist of the conversation was it's not a matter of if you will be pushing your bike, but when and for how long. Nevada's varied …
A friend of mine proposed a route that included a section of the Pah Rah Range from Mullen Pass, near the Pyramid Lake overlook, off NV 445, to Palomino Valley reconnecting to NV 445 off Whiskey Springs Rd. I rode this area when visiting Virginia Peak, but not on this exact route. As a result …
This ride was originally inspired by Bike Your Park Day promoted by the Adventure Cycling Association. As a result this was my third trip into the area completing the 15 miles of gravel road on Fort Churchill Rd along the Carson River. For this ride I invited Raymond Eliot, of our Smoke Creek Desert adventures …
Sullivan Canyon Road is CLOSED. What a great way to start a ride description. After riding Old Como Rd and Eldorado Canyon I have been scanning the maps of the Pine Nut Mountains to pick out other routes. Sullivan Canyon seemed like a logical pick, it branches off Eldorado Canyon to the west and has …
This ride was a reunion of sorts. My friend Pete Rissler had just bought a Trek cyclocross bike with the idea that with two sets of wheels, one set up with cyclocross tires and the other set up with fatter "gravel road" tires, he could participate in both backroad adventures and the great sport of …
This ride has been on my "to-do" list for some time. The 100 mile drive east and back was my only deterrent. But I felt like I really needed to extend my boundaries on my map of places ridden and I think this did it. I had visited the bed and breakfast in Unionville 15 …
I spend a fair amount of time tracing virtual lines in the dirt I find in the satellite view of maps online. I am particularly interested in finding a route north to south through Nevada. On a smaller scale I would like to find a dirt route from Reno to the Oregon border. But for …
This ride came out of placing pins on an area map representing the rides that have contributed to this site. My eyes were drawn to Hill Ranch Road and Hill Ranch Canyon. The line on the map started up the east side of the Truckee River from Main St, Wadsworth, then headed north east across …
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