Huffmaster Gravel Guide(4K)

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Route file:
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0:00 - 2:12 Intro
2:12 - 4:23 Rocketing through farmlands
4:23 - 7:53 Rolling greenness
7:53 - 12:55 Crossing over the coastal range
12:55 - 16:40 Huffmaster

[@chaos888ca]

Hilarious! The year I did Huffmaster, I dropped back just a little to take a photo and couldn't catch back on at EXACTLY the same spot you did (crazy headwind). :)

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Yeah. I thought I didn't have to pay attention for another few miles, but I lost track as we were pushing through the earlier group. Lesson learned.

[@clivetcctogettherg3170]

Flipping awesome effort mate!! Well done huge achievement!!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Fastest 90 miles I've done!

[@VietCong-ln1jf]

Νice route Zach! Cool Grasshopper sign! It seems you are good in ...housekeeping. Stay young, keep us motivated!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

I had a lot of practice at Rock Cobbler.

[@markxkovacic]

Great video and discussion on the future Sites dam. Good to talk to you by the beer booth. I was trying to buy a ticket and a kind soul gave his.

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Great to see you again Mark. I hope to be out in September for Lassen.

[@NikI-fc6ly]

Nice video! I remember hearing you ask the Specialized folks for that extra Sram battery! I'm standing in front of the table while you call it out!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Sorry to make it sound like I was coming into a triage center.

[@2wheelanything68]

New subscriber and been really liking the content. I enjoyed this video since it is my home county and there is also a lot of past videos where I know the area. I travel a lot in CA and the Bakersfield episode showed me Tin Cup Coffee, not far from my hotel, so it is my new stop when there for work. So, thanks

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Great. I keep trying to expand across the state!!

[@efraer]

Nice job, Zach! Your videos are always in my "must-watch" category. Cheers!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Thanks. It's definitely not "must-listen" with my voice.

[@efraer]

@@GravelBikeCalifornia You do a good damn good job with that part, too.

[@zachcutburth9516]

Deadly mechanical on that climb!!

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Lesson learned to take another battery...

[@get_ready_for]

I have to say yours video making me feel enjoying

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Glad they have entertainment value.

[@joerockbottom7588]

Nice overview video. It was questionable if it would rain too much even a few days before the ride. Last year with rain and snow the Huffmaster road was peanut butter mud and pretty much unridable. This is a pretty easy course. I used 32c slicks and did fine, and they don't collect mud the way knobby tires do.

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Agreed. I'd go skinnier on tires next time.

[@lisahunt59]

I wish the short course did that first dirt section. The current short course has, IMHO, a harder road climb.

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Definitely more of a grade. I wonder what'll be like after the dam...

[@mellissanash7517]

Aren't Rutlands a little slow and knobby? Wouldn't the faster and better choice, especially on that bike be the Mezcal 44mm or the faster and lighter 50mm Continental Race Kings?

[@GravelBikeCalifornia]

Probably a little knobbier than I needed, but I wouldn't have gone bigger than 38s. I think 35s or 32s could have worked.