Urban Gravel Ride

This ride is in conjunction with the Sierra Vista Bike Festival and begins and ends at the park on Beaumont where the festival is taking place. We begin before the festival officially begins but will end while the festival is in full swing.

This urban gravel mixed terrain route features a bit of everything, including paved road, gravel, dirt singletrack, dirt flow trail and bike path sections. The ride is best suited for gravel bikes due to connecting paved road sections however lighter cross country style mountain bikes will also work. Riders should have prior on road and off road cycling experience in order to participate in this ride. Note that the off road sections of this ride are gravel bike friendly, however as with nearly all off road cycling, there are some areas of loose gravel, embedded and loose rocks or other challenges.

We will begin the ride at the Sierra Vista Bike Park. Almost immediately, we are on the dirt singletrack with the Sierra Vista Connector Trail. We will be heading towards Keystone Canyon but not before we ride a series of roads and bike paths. At Keystone Canyon we ride several steep but short switchbacks to traverse over to the bottom section of the Reno Vista Trail. We will then use the tunnel under McCarren emerging into Ranch San Rafael Park. Leaving RSRP, we head downtown where we use Riverside Dr and Hunter Lake Dr to work our way up to the Steamboat Ditch Trail. We head west on SDT with one short detour on the road until we exit SDT on singletrack down to the Mayberry Park Area. We head up to West 4th St for the transfer section to Mogul. From Mogul, we use a dirt path paved access road to climb up to Somersett. After a short ride past the Somersett village area, we climb up through a neighborhood to a west side access to the Sierra Vista Bike Park. We finish off the ride with the lower SVBP singletrack and DG path climb back to parking lot where the bike festival will be underway.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50895355
Specifics: 27.6 miles, 1908 feet of elevation gain

NOTE: Check posting 2 hours before ride time for weather-related and other changes. Helmets are required and bikes should be in good working order. Please no ear buds or headphones. Be prepared with a spare tube and pump. Class 2 E-Bikes are not permitted.

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RIDE RATINGS: Unless the ride is posted “no drop,” you will be expected to maintain the pace set as stated in the ride description. It is important to confirm your ability to do this ride. Review the map/route sheet provided, and the ride rating as stated in the Ride Rating Sheet - ([http://www.pedalers.org/RideRatingSheet2018.pdf. If you have questions contact the ride leader.

CYCLING ETIQUETTE: If you have any questions about what a group ride
with the Procrastinating Pedalers entails, please refer to our Ride Etiquette Sheet. http://www.pedalers.org/PP_Group_Ride_Etiquette.pdf

DISCLAIMER: Bicycle riding comes with inherent risk. All maps, rides and other documents listed here are for informational purposes only. The Procrastinating Pedalers Bicycle Club and the authors of any maps assume no liability for the information provided. Research the local riding conditions before you embark on a ride. Road conditions, weather conditions, and traffic densities vary constantly.