Shake Out

First gravel adventure ride

After sitting around way too long waiting for the rain to stop, for it to get warmer, or just because, Derick and I finally got out to ride.

I’m calling this my first real gravel ride, I’ve ridden on gravel that I can ride to from my front door, but when you get onto logging roads and behind gates, it gets more exciting.

Anyway it’s pretty awesome to have this right in my back yard (20 min drive) and a great way to start gravel riding.

Photograph of two gravel bicycles on a gravel road lined by young trees, the bikes are leaning against a closed logging gate

Photograph of a gravel bicycle on a bridge railing, the middle ground is a reservoir that is mostly empty of water, the background is forested with wisps of fog mixed in.

Photograph of a reservoir that is mostly empty of water, the background is forested with wisps of fog mixed in.

Photograph of a pile of maybe 200 logs neatly piled along the side of a muddy gravel road, in the background is a log loader and the surrounding area is forested

Photograph of my shins completely covered in a thin layer of mud. I was wearing leg warmers and shoe covers so there is a crisp line where the mud stops and my skin starts just below the knee and above my sock line

Moving Time:
4:20’43”
Elevation Gain:
4422 ft

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