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Around the Bay: Riding the San Francisco Bay Trail

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Around the Bay: Riding the San Francisco Bay Trail

The Bay Trail is a quiet but significant presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the California legislature passing SB100 way back in 1987, the trail was officially founded with the ambition to connect 500 miles of publicly accessible trails that circumnavigate the San Francisco and San Pablo bays. Today, the Bay Trail has 350 miles of completed trails that traverse nine counties and forty-seven municipalities.

Read on for filmmaker Brian Vernor‘s project, Around the Bay, with video and photos, below!

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I Was Wrong About Gravel Tires

In the latest Race Metal video, Miguel has an epiphany while riding his Manzanita Whippet gravel bike that clears a 2.2″ tire. Watch as he connects both with Manzanita Cycles framebuilder Nick Jensen and John Watson about big, fat tires on drop bar bikes. Turns out, John’s been telling Miguel that bigger tires are better for years!

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The Worst Ride in Canada: Bowen Island Man

The Bowen Island Man, some call it the “worst ride of your life.” A 128km, 4,000m route covering all of the main roads across the small island of Bowen Island, a short ferry ride off the coast of Vancouver, BC.⁠

A few months ago, Stef Curtis took it on. And when one lap wasn’t enough, he turned around and rode it all again—in reverse. Finished it, and then rode home.⁠

344km. 9,359m of elevation. 26 hours 48 minutes on a bike.⁠

A legendary effort by any measure.

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1988 Bruce Gordon Rock ‘n Road: A Bike From the Past’s Future

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1988 Bruce Gordon Rock ‘n Road: A Bike From the Past’s Future

Framebuilder and innovator Bruce Gordon was decades ahead of his time. He arguably invented the 29er wheel category in 1988 – eleven years before WTB introduced the 2.1″ Nanoraptor in 1999 – and was making true-to-form gravel bikes decades before anyone else. The Rock ‘n Road 40 and 43 mm tire platform sprang from his desire to have larger 700c tires. But once he had the tires, he had to make a bike to fit them. John recently snagged the first Rock ‘n Road frame from a collector, and he’s elated to tell you all about it below!

Quirk Cycles Launches Kegety Production Gravel Bike

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Quirk Cycles Launches Kegety Production Gravel Bike

While at FForest Ffondo last month, John linked up with Rob from Quirk Cycles, who had a production sample of the brand’s new stock sizing Kegety gravel bike. Over the years, we’ve featured many builds from Quirk Cycles, but this one marks a new turning point for the brand, as it is the first of the brand’s new set-sized models and features new branding. Let’s check it out in detail below…