VIDEO: Backbone Trail: Encinal to Circle X Ranch
Note: this was filmed in February before the closures. Please respect the trails until they are reopened. If there’s a trail that best defines the Santa Monica Mountains, it easily would have to […]
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VIDEO: Gravel Las Virgenes
Truth be told, our January ride was supposed to be a mostly gravel Las Virgenes getting into the Cheesebro and Palo Camado Canyons sections as well. Supposed to… Prior, I did a scouting ride with […]
VIDEO: Gravel Bike California rides Eagle Rock & Topanga State Park
Say Eagle Rock to most Angeleno urbanists and you think about the neighborhood tucked into the northeast hills beneath that boulder looming by the freeway. To those (like me) who prefer dirt over pavement, then […]
VIDEO: Gravel Bike California tackles Las Virgenes
Gravel Bike California is hitting its stride and if our first ride of the year out of Las Virgenes was any indication, it’s going to be a good year for gravel. People have been clamoring […]
Springtime Gravel Bliss in LA Part 1: Sulphur Spring Road
If it’s still April and you’re reading this, but your device down and get on your bike. Is there a better month of the year in LA? Spring has started, baseball is back in action […]
Gravel Mob Recap: 57 Miles of Fun and 1 Mile of Crashing (VIDEO)
If you were able last week to deduce from my Sulphur Mountain and Sisar Canyon write ups that I was riding Gravel Mob this weekend, then congratulations! You’re smart enough to work for CiclaValley. Part of […]
Weekly Cycling Roundup: Rain Can’t Stop Us, Gravel Grinder & Tour de Laemmle
Nobody likes a ride being cancelled on the sake of rain, but it sure seems like we are becoming less afraid of it. I would have braved it, but I was out of town for […]
Get Dirty in Calabasas: Gravel Grinder at Pedaler’s Fork
One of the valley’s untapped resources are the many off road trails we have to offer. If you have the knobby tires and haven’t gotten your bike dirty, then this weekend’s a good place to […]