Exploring Nevada's backroads by bicycle
I was having a tough time figuring where to go on this trip. I had just spent some time near Sand Mountain and I need to plan my route between Sand Mountain and the Oregon border at McDermitt. One thought was to ride from Stillwater Wildlife Refuge to Ryepatch Reservoir. I also considered driving to …
Who better to take advice from than @koldcoyote on Instagram. koldcoyote, You ever pack out of Luning via jackrabbit road? Connects to Fallon. Really cool area. I took this suggestion and ran with it. I found the road on Google Maps, planned a route through Rawhide, with an excursion to Rawhide Hot Springs, and on to …
While my ride from Tonapah to Lida Junction was eye-opening, fantastic, and successful I was a little disappointed I hadn't ridden all the way to Beatty and back. I definitely underestimated the weather, forgot to bring the supplies to keep my electronics charged, on that note I was over reliant on electronic navigation, so mistakes …
Without this blog I would be riding about the desert just as I have been for the last three years but this outlet has made it all the richer. Looking back a year ago I was reflecting on the crisis of loosing our public lands, especially the protection of our wilderness. So one goal of …
Continue reading 2017 Freewheeling to the End, 2018 Shifting Gears!
Raymond Eliot, our two dogs and I got out for a quick Sub-24 Overnight (S24O) between work days at the Reno Bike Project. Following the S24O model it was the perfect get away. Our bikes were packed with a little dinner, water, coffee making paraphernalia, and sleep/shelter needs. Reno and Nevada for that matter is …
I told Dean he would love this ride. "Where are we going?" "It's a secret. But be prepared it will be hot, 40+ miles, and about 5000 feet of climbing. We will be out all day. You will love it!" After the first hour or so of climbing Eldorado Cyn. Dean asked me, "how did …
I will head north for ten minutes and if I think I am heading to Winnemucca Ranch Rd then I will continue on to complete the loop. If not I will turn around and finish this ride as an out-and-back. But the aesthetics of a loop are so much better. But you are not really …
I don't think of backroads when I think of Peavine because it has been a great source of single track ever since the Poedunks have been filling the south eastern quadrant of the mountain with quality trail. But this is not to overshadow the many great forest service and other backroads on Peavine. The most …
Continue reading Peavine Mountain; Reno’s Backdoor source for Backroads
Winnemucca Ranch Rd (WRR for brevity's sake) has always drawn me to it and I would pick it as Reno's number one gravel-grinder. Located off Pyramid Highway about half way between Sparks and Pyramid Lake it is easy access to a vast network of dirt roads between prominent mountain ranges dry lake playas. My first …
Continue reading Ride Report; Winnemucca Ranch Rd and Tule Peak
I look around the northern Nevada landscape and wonder where that road off in the distance goes. From experience it is easy to dismiss distant roads as, they are probably too steep, too loose, too sandy, too muddy or too rocky. They probably go nowhere, dead-end on a ridge or in the bottom of a …
