Details time!
The nice folks at Advance Power in Redding (the solar joint) will be letting us park there for the weekend, and it’s right across the street from our awesome friends @reddingadventurehub, who will be hosting us at 9:30 am for any of your last-minute bike needs. We’ll have a quick riders meeting at 10 am sharp, roll out promptly, then leave the capitalist constraints of “time” behind for the weekend.
This is self-supported overnight bikecamping on about 75% dirt/25% paved, riding up to Whiskytown Lake (for a swim if it’s hot enough) and then camping on a gorgeous creek. Total for the weekend is 55 mi. +5460ft.
Day two will be over a lot of flowy, narrow singletrack, so we recommend the fattest tires you can jam in your gravel bike.
Bring your own food, sleep system, water filter, and a way to bury your own poop (trowel). As always, this is a casual, open-invite trip. No sag, and no registration or money required, but we’ll do our best to make sure nobody is left behind or stranded. We all wear helmets and ask that you do as well.
These rides are at a conversational pace, and we stick together. If you want to KOM your Strava or impress people by being first up the climb, don’t bother coming, as the best of the party is at the back of the pack.
Link to the route below. Be sure to download it in one form or another before the trip, as cell service can be nonexistent in this area. Don’t hesitate to jump into any of our DM’s for questions, and we hope to see you there!