Outdoor adventures, mostly gravel rides, but not always
Quiet farm roads with rolling climbs, great views, and plenty to explore
Fantasic tour under blue skies, under falling leaves, and quiet roads among farmland. I started the ride from BI on the normal loop to Port Gamble with a small detour for a road closure.
Riding from Bainbridge Island to Deception Pass over bridges, on ferries, and on quiet roads
✅ Ride from BI to Deception Pass and back in one day.
The day the route fails -- adventures in on-the-fly navigation
The primary goal of the ride had been to see | ride what had become known as the scary bridge – the High Steel Bridge, the highest railway arch bridge ever built in the United States.
A butterfly-shaped imperial century around the Hood Canal
It’s not an adventure until something goes wrong.
Hills, hills, hills on beautiful Bainbridge Island
Who knew Bainbridge could hurt this much? This route was created by Tom of BI Cycle as a challenge for the locals tackle all the major hills on the island from the hard direction. It’s quite a bit longer and hillier than the Chilly Hilly. Come prepared!
A spring ride on roads so wet one might exclaim "we're descending a river"
Quiet roads highlighted by a unique stretch of punchy gravel
The Tahuya Hills is sparsely populated area nestled inside the hook of the Hood Canal. The ride is predominantly a road ride though the six mile section of gravel on North Shore Road is certainly the highlight of the ride. Legend has it the road was hand built and riding it one has no reason to believe otherwise. It’s a roller coaster of steep gravel climbs followed by steep, twisting descents on roads which receive little maintenance. The joy of riding such a road is highlighted with…
Old logging roads have been repurposed into a hiking and mountain biking trail system
A day hike to the high mountain hut Rifugio Stevia in the Dolomites
