What we’re about
Welcome e-bike cyclists. This is a group for anyone wanting to get together with a few friends for a social ride on beautiful trails and gravel roads around the Seattle area. Mostly, we'll ride paths east of the Seattle-Tacoma corridor, but we'll mix in more remote locations occasionally. We may even plan a few weekend adventure to the islands, Methow Valley, or other exotic settings.
The theme of most rides will involve riding our ebikes for 2-3 hours, 20-25 miles max, with a coffee and/or a lunch stop so that we can chat and get to know each other a little better.
I ride an e-mountain bike and love to ride off pavement. We’ll almost always stick to paved or gravel bike paths, but may also ride on non-technical trails where necessary to keep us out of traffic. I won’t guarantee no roads and no traffic, but you can be sure I’ll do my best to make that happen. So long as you and your bike are suited to riding anything up to non-technical gravel, you’re good to go.
I've led bike tours across the US and Europe and started this simple group because I know that there are many of us who love riding with friends—new and old. For me, cycling is about community. If you feel the same, I hope you'll join us.
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See all- Bitterroot 300 Cycling+CampingPlummer, Plummer, ID
This trip is also listed on our sister site, E-bike Adventure Travel. If you haven’t joined that meetup group, head over now and check it out.
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This trip is one of my all-time favorites… It’s a 300 km (200 mile) loop that takes us across, through, and over the Idaho panhandle’s Bitterroot Mountains. We connect three converted rail grades to create the loop, which means that almost none of the riding exceeds 2% grade (since that’s the steepest that a train could climb). About half of the route is on maintained gravel roads (little or no traffic) and the other half is on paved bike paths. The route takes us onto the Old Milwaukee Grade that follows the wild St. Joe River into spectacular canyons, across the famed Route of the Hiawatha segment that crosses the Continental Divide via high trestle bridges and preserved tunnels, onto the NorPac Trail that summits the Divide again, then back to our start on over 70 miles of the paved Couer d’Alene Trail.We start and finish our trip in Plummer, Idaho, at the western terminus of the Coeur d’Alene Trail. Our loop will take us on a counter-clockwise adventure over 6 days of riding and 5 nights of camping.
You’ll provide your bike (including e-bike option) and your camping gear. We’ll provide everything else, including logistics, meals and non-alcoholic beverages, e-bike charging, vehicle support to transport gear, a ride leader plus second support person, and common camp provisions. Cost for the trip will be $1,195 per person, with group size limited to six tents, or about 10 people.
You can also find details of the trip on our related eBike Nomads website page, or send me a message with your email address and I’ll provide a PDF with full details of the trip.
