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 …
One of the great things about living in Reno is the proximity of great dirt road adventure right on the edge of town. I do not need to load up the car to drive to where the pavement ends. Today I wanted to check out the Truckee River corridor and ride east to Lockwood. I …
Continue reading Getting Out of Town on Dirt; East to Lockwood
I had first read about a ride to the Lagomarsino Petroglyphs in the dated Reno/ Carson City mountain bike guidebook. Although at the time I intended to do all the rides in that guidebook I never got around to this one. Once I had ridden out Louse Town Rd and onto dirt roads above Reno …
Continue reading Lagomarsino Canyon; Long Valley Creek and Petroglyphs
This was my first trip planned to be chronicled here. This was my first day tour on my Salsa Fargo. And it was a long time coming! So what a perfect trip to invite my friends Billy and Amy. Also a first at riding with them. I had ridden all around this area by road …
I started with Facebook photo album XNV CX, Exploring Nevada's Dirt Roads by Cross-bike, but my cyclocross bike became my road bike and I stayed off the rocky dirt roads. The seven photos represent two rides, one above Sun Valley and the other from Wadsworth to Pyramid Lake following the Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway. My next thoughts …