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Interested in bike touring excursions? From exploratory day rides, to weekend over-nighters, to multi-week tours, this meetup is the place to meet others and get the plans rolling. This is also a great place to exchange bicycle touring tips, knowledge, and tales from the road.
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Oregon Outback Bikepacking Tour
·OnlineOnlineInformation session on Zoom to learn about proposed 9-day self-contained bike packing tour along the Oregon Outback route in mid-June 2026. Here’s info about the route https://bikepacking.com/routes/oregon-outback/
Its 364 miles from Klamath Falls, OR to the Columbia River where it confluences with the Deschutes River. 100% ridable mostly unpaved roads, all along the eastern side of the Cascades. Planning on 9 days of riding mix of paved and unpaved roads, but 70% unpaved.
On this beautiful backcountry bike tour we’ll ride to enjoy the scenery, camping, make steady-freddy daily progress while promoting comradery at a moderate pace, putting group safety first, no injuries, and staying together for mutual aid and safety.Participants must have prior experience in last 12 months riding unpaved roads on a multi-day self-contained loaded mountain or gravel bike with low touring gears, and prior experience with safe remote backcountry travel either multi-day backpacking, cycling, or multi-day backcountry ski touring/snow camping.
RSVP to learn more and receive Zoom link.
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July 4th Klamath Falls to Eugene via Crater Lake (Oregon)
Emeryville Amtrak, 5885 Horton Street, Emeryville, Ca, USLet's tour Oregon from the border of California to Eugene.
This route goes up and around the spectacular Crater Lake Rim Road. Other highlights include the Umpqua river, beautiful forests and several large lakes for swimming.Repeat of the tour from July 2013 last led by Frankie, which I participated in.
RideWithGPS route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54216848
Thurs 7/2: 9:40 pm Amtrak red-eye from Emeryville
Friday 7/3: 8am arrive Klamath Falls, ride 69 miles to Crater Lake. We will either camp at Mazama Campground Bike-Hike Camping or at one of the campground cabins. I made a reservation for 1 cabin, max 5 people. Bring mosquito repellant.
Saturday 7/4: ride 52 miles to Toketee Lake Campground. We made a reservation for site #B7 . Some hot springs near the Umpqua river are only 1-2 miles away. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/umpqua/recreation/toketee-lake-campground
Sunday 7/5: ride 68 miles to Dorena Lake (Baker Bay Campground)
Site# 34 - no drinking, no smoking allowed (!)Monday 7/6: final stretch to Eugene (~30 miles, mostly flat!) 5pm Amtrak overnighter from Eugene to Emeryville (or wherever you want to get off).
Tue 7/7: train arrives ~8:30am Emeryville.
Amtrak schedule: - tickets are ~$140 round trip for economy class. You are responsible for getting your own train tickets!
Accommodation: camping
This tour will be challenging, but not difficult if you have done hilly riding and camping before. Long days and some long/steep climbs. The last time around we had 8 participants and everyone finished AND everyone had a blast. Don't believe me? Take a look at the photos from 2013: https://www.meetup.com/norcal-biketouring/events/116712492
Touring / gravel bikes / bigger tires will be needed on the National Forest roads...
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Important Notice: The Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Organizers in this group are not professional leaders or guides. By signing up for a trip, or any other event organized by this group, you are acknowledging you are aware of the risks, dangers and hazards associated with the activity and freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, and further agree to release and discharge the Organizer, Assistant Organizers, and Event Organizers of the NorCal Bicycle Touring and Camping Meetup Group against any and all liability arising from your participation in the group activities.
Read these Safety Notes for Riders: https://www.google.com/search?q=safety+tips+for+bike+touring
Gear List for Bike Touring: https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycletouring/comments/12vfu65/chatgpt_gear_list_to_get_started_bicycle_touring/8 attendees
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