From the Instagram post by @californiatravis & @coyote_brush
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Holy smokes, back for our fourth season of bike camping adventures?! We’ll have a few of the classics from the last 3 years, and perhaps a couple new routes we’d love to share with you too…
As usual, all of these overnighters are open invite, free, no registration needed, just show up, there are no sag or support vehicles (don’t worry, one of us usually tries to ride caboose, making sure nobody gets left behind), the pace is super chill, and we like to stop to regroup, and swim in rivers and lakes.
These trips are self-supported, and the camping is usually dispersed, which means you’ll need a water filter, food, sleep system, and a way to bury your own poop (trowel).
We TRY to make these rides beginner-friendly, (50 miles/5000ft or less for the whole weekend), but this can be remote riding in the mountains, usually on gravel, and sometimes on singletrack, occasionally rugged.
We all wear helmets and hope you will too. If you have ANY questions about appropriate bikes or gear or would like more details about a specific ride, just pop it in the comments or shoot us a DM.
For our first trip of the season, the nice folks at @greenline92 in Chico will be opening up at 8:30 am Saturday to feed us donuts and provide any last-minute bike needs.
We’ll have a quick rider’s meeting at 9 am sharp, then ride out to Butte Creek Canyon. We’ll ride gravel up Centerville Gap (reports are that it’s more rutted than ever after the heavy rains) to Forks Of Butte Creek for dispersed camping on BLM land.
There aren’t any stores along the way, so bring whatever food and drink you need! The link to this route with mileage and elevation profiles is in my bio. We always recommend downloading it before the ride in case you get separated and lost somehow.
These trips are SO fun, and the warm teaser days we’ve gotten here have us SUPER amped to ride bikes and sleep in the dirt this summer with our friends, let’s go!Flyer collage by our own @coyote_brush! ✂️