Do they look tortured? Photo Jaime C "Yessss! My new favorite form of torture," reported Jaime Chapman (@dready_pineapple), owner of Reno's Pineapple Pedicabs. This isn't the first time (nor probably the last) I have been accused of of torturing my friends. I also have the reputation of being a liar on topics of, "how much …
Continue reading Bike Your Park 2022: Swim with the Ichthyosaurs in a Sea of Sagebrush
KC Mares leading the charge, first bikepacking trip, veteran adventurer "So, why bikepacking?" KC asked me with his GoPro focused on my mug as we blasted down a smooth dirt road on day 2 of this trip. If I had been thinking quick enough I may have tried to be clever, I like to burn …
Continue reading Overnight; Seven Troughs Range and Ghost Town Odyssey
This ride was cold. We made this loop December 4, 2017. After my first ride in the Pine Grove Hills I had to share this place with a friend. So I got a hold of Brandon Anderson and told him about this great location near the Sweetwater Range and its abundance of canyons to explore …
I have a love affair with playas. We have several major dry lake beds in northern Nevada and numerous minor ones. They are the desert's seas and oceans. They can be explored and charted finding springs, ghost towns/mines, unique weather, and unique geology along their shores. Winnemucca Lake playa has captivated me as I whizzed …
Continue reading Ride Report; Behind the MGL mines, a loop through the Nightingale Mtns
The Pine Nut Mountains are calling. This range stretches 30 miles from US Highway 50 in the north to State Route 208 in the south. This is my first ride in this area and it left me looking forward to my next ride. The seed of the Pinyon Pine is the mountains' name sake and …
It is great to have serendipity play a pivotal role in the success of a ride. Do to our spell of wet weather in Reno I was looking to get out of town in a quest for drier dirt. Our clay soils, once wet, no matter the rock or sand content, will gum up …
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