This is the 20th year of the Grasshopper Adventure Series. A NorCal original that schools riders on the back roads and trails of Sonoma and Marin. Watch highlights from Old Caz, a mixed terrain 50 miler with 4500 feet of…
King Ridge Dirt Supreme is the 6th event of the Grasshopper Adventure Series. It’s one long tough route. Miles and miles of road with short sections of tricky dirt to keep you honest. This is one of my favorites of…
Mig created a monster with this version of the 2017 Grasshopper Adventure Series Super Sweetwater event. To add to the fun, Mother Nature brought rain to the party. And if it wasn’t raining it was misting. And cold. And then…
The second event of the 2017 Grasshopper Adventure Series escaped the recent atmospheric river rains and had sunny beautiful weather. But that didn’t make the Chileno Valley Hopper that much easier. What was easier was the option to take a…
Quick capture from the first portion of the 2017 Grasshopper Adventure Series Old Caz event. Cold weather and a dying GoPro battery limited the capture. Oh well.. Really fun day and Old Caz is always the best of the series….
This was the last of the Grasshopper Adventure Series for 2015. And it was the icing on the pain cake. A total of 83 miles and 8800 feet climbing with a mix of road and dirt. I cracked before the…
Welcome to the start of the 2015 Grasshopper Adventure Series. Let’s begin it with a big kick in the pants. Old Caz is the first in the series and is the quintessential Hopper. It comes with a helping of elevation up and down,…
This here ride is one of the classics in Sonoma County. It has several ingredients to make you savor the flavor. A nice leisurely cruise through the vineyards. A beautiful and gradual climb up a canyon to the geysers (hot springs)….
One of the toughest of the Grasshopper Adventure Series, the Sweetwater, piled on the pain this time. The route strung together Sweetwater, Old Caz, Fort Ross, and then ended with a climb up Coleman Valley from Hwy 1. Ouch. It….
This is the final “training ride” of the series and it’s a mountain bike event… well, except for the rare few that might bring their cyclocross bikes (rock on oh crazy ones!). The trails around Lake Sonoma are a mix…
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