Bike Carson

A few of us snuck in an early morning ride on Labor Day. A cold front has moved into the area, colder than anything we’ve had in months. I had to conjure up my mental check list to remember what to wear for 40 degree temperatures!

Top of Vicee Rim Trail
I’m glad I did […]

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Last Friday, my friend Todd organized a ride on the Tahoe Rim Trail out of the Tahoe Meadows near Mount Rose. This is one of my favorite rides, so I jumped at the chance to go. The 30 mile loop we rode has fantastic views, fast smooth singletrack, and many challenges along the […]

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Lunch time ride turnout was pretty thin last week with all the obligations the other riders had. This allowed me to get a couple solo rides in, something that doesn’t happen too often (other than my commute).

Franktown Road - Slide Mountain
On Thursday the smoke cleared right around the lunch hour, and I had […]

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Temperatures have been climbing into the upper 90’s in Carson City lately, making the lunch rides a bit uncomfortable. We’ve started bumping up the ride times to 11:00 or 11:30 to beat the heat. This helps out, but today we did even better than that.

Jon and Scott - 6:15 AM
Jon suggested that we […]

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Last Saturday, my buddy Scott and I met in Downieville to ride the XC course for the upcoming Classic on July 12th. I got there first and got a map from Yuba Expeditions. The map was just the centerfold from the Downieville Classic newspaper. I looked at it, folded it up, and stuck it in […]

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On Saturday, I got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. A ride up into the Carson Range, starting from Carson City. I’ve done all the pieces of this trek, but never all together in one ride. I was tired of hearing about how great it is […]

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Who wants to ride the Flume Trail / Tahoe Rim Trail on Saturday morning?

I’m not positive that the Rim Trail is open from Tunnel Creek to Marlette, but I’ll find out. I’m thinking we meet around 9:00 - 10:00 ish, ride out on the Flume, back on the TRT.
Who’s in?

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I had a great ride to Star Lake via the Tahoe Rim Trail last Friday. I left the trail head at the base of the Stagecoach chairlift at the Heavenly North parking lot around 3:30 PM.

The first mile is a granny gear climb of with about 3 places you have to dismount and carry your […]

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Amy and I spent a few days on the California coast last week. We loaded up the truck with three friends, four bikes, one horse, and on Tuesday morning drove over to Point Reyes Station (PRS), located at the southern end of Tomales Bay.
Before departing for the coast I did an internet search of cycling […]

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I got stuck working the whole day Sunday, so I thought I deserved a weekend make-up day. I took Tuesday off, and the family and I headed up to Spooner Lake State Park. It was our first Flume Trail ride of the year, but more importantly, my son’s first ever Flume Trail ride!

North […]

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