This week our collection transports you to the USA, Australia, and Canada.This Pick n Mix features some of our most prolific contributors and a few new faces to help keep you tapping away on the trainer.
We welcome first-time contributors Oli Stenning (Australia), and Steve Matson who have produced a few fun new routes – we can’t wait to see what they submit in the near future!
You can find all of these under NEW in the FulGaz app.
Early autumn is the perfect time to ride in the Colorado mountains. The days are cool and clear, and the aspen are starting to light up the mountain sides with their fiery fall foliage. We start this ride at the base of the Dillon Reservoir dam with a climb up to the path that goes around the reservoir. Enjoy the swooping path and views of blue waters and scenic mountain backdrops. From Dillon we head to Keystone Resort using a combination of trails and low traffic roads. From Keystone we climb Montezuma Road to the end of the pavement in the town of Montezuma (elevation 10,200 ft. and population 65). It is not a killer climb, but it will get your attention. After turning around, it is mostly downhill to a finish overlooking Dillon Reservoir.
More InfoStarting in New Jersey, near the George Washington Bridge, we ride under the bridge to the water for a view of NYC in the distance. We then go back up to the scenic road which rolls up and down along the palisades for a number of kilometres before a two-kilometre climb to a main road. The last climb is a bit of a hidden gem and goes up to the State Line Lookout. It overlooks the Hudson River with autumn colours in bloom.
More InfoCenterville Flats, a campground at Ebbett’s Pass on Highway 89 and Wolf Creek Road is one of the main aid stations used for the “Deathride – The Tour of the California Alps.” We start at the campground and head mostly downhill for a short ride into Markleeville. You'll get a few glimpses of the East Fork of the Carson River as you head towards town. The ride ends at the "world famous" Cutthroat Brewing Company. Be sure to stop in for a cold one before you head out again!
More InfoFire up that gravel steed and ride some pavement until you get to Grover Hot Springs State Park. The park was pretty heavily damaged by the 2021 Tamarack Fire but the trails are still rideable. Once in the park you'll partake in a bit of terra firma before heading back down Hot Springs Road to town, and then up Highway 4 a bit to Camp Markleeville.
More InfoStarting from just north of the George Washington Bridge in New York City, we ride south along the Hudson River Greenway until the end at the southern tip of Manhattan. The Greenway is part of both the Empire State Trail and the East Coast Greenway. The route provides views of New York Harbour and in the background, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Along the way down the route you pass the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier _USS Intrepid_. It is now the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Near the end of the route, we ride by the Freedom Tower at the site of the former World Trade Center towers.
More InfoA ride through the Hinterlands with ARA Pro Cycling Rider, Oli Stenning.
More InfoPeople in this area on the Virginia–West Virginia border nicknamed it "Little Switzerland" for its hilly terrain. It goes up and down several north-south ridges with magnificent views of the mountains and open meadows. The second of three gravel races from the mountain bike camping area in Stokesville, Virginia is called "Little Switzerland" and uses many of these same roads. So get ready to work the climbing muscles on this hilly, remote, and beautiful Appalachian landscape.
More InfoStarting in Tacoma’s Old Town Dock the ride follows the waterfront through the forested Point Defiance Park. Leaving the park, the ride goes up the Vassault Hill and down to the bike lane that crosses the Narrows Bridge over Puget Sound. The bridge’s predecessor, known as “Galloping Gertie,” is infamous for its spectacular collapse into the sea during a windstorm in 1940.
More InfoThe Ghosts of Oak Island don't haunt this ride. A delightful summer ride that’s a mix of gravel and pavement that features long stretches of multicolored lupins in full bloom along both sides of the road. The final kilometre offers some nice ocean views looking west towards Lockeport.
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