Now you have one less excuse to not explore Oregon’s excellent unpaved roads. RideOregonRide.com, the awesome resource developed by Oregon’s tourism commission Travel Oregon, now includes a handful of the best gravel rides our state has to offer.
A 40-mile loop with 20 miles of gravel that traces back to Oregon pioneer days? That’s the Burn Road Loop in Vernonia.
Here’s a great loop north of Vernonia that’s a must-ride this summer.
Gravel riding veteran Dan Morgan lives and breaths backroads bicycling (here a photo of him I snapped while we shared some miles in eastern Oregon last summer). I hope to profile him in more detail here on the Front Page sooner or later. For now, I want to share some poems written by Dan’s relatives: … Read more
Turns out the backroads west of Salem offer some very fine riding.
Just northwest of Scappoose are many miles of logging roads just waiting to be ridden.
First-ever Oregon Bicycle Adventure Summit coming later this month in Eugene is just the latest sign of surging interest in endurance events that take riders off the beaten path.
Do you have what it takes to ride 360 miles (mostly off-road) through the legendary “Oregon Outback”?
Oregon is getting serious about the development of a gravel riding network.
The beautiful roads near North Plains were a cakewalk compared to what was to come.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Riding “road” bikes on gravel and dirt roads is experiencing a major boom in popularity here in Oregon. On Sunday, I joined a dozen other intrepid riders for the “Women’s Bullshit 100” ride to found out why. … Read more
I knew there were vast swaths of unexplored land between the Cascade Range and the Alvord Desert, but what I didn’t realize was just how gorgeous and varied this rugged country was.
