Roulette 2014
Roulette 2014
California Sierra Nevada Mountains
September 14-20
Dual Sport Explorers Ride by gpsKevin
The Ride is over now below you can enjoy a slideshow of the fun!
Below is the original ride plan
This will be a 6 day ride to explore some of the lesser known and least ridden areas in the California Sierra Nevada Mountains between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. The rides focus will be in the El Dorado National Forest and the Stanislaus National Forest. The ride will be staged from two different hotels during the week. Riders will ride right from the motel in the morning and return in the evening. The ride will start near Placerville, CA and end near Sonora CA. We will pack our bikes into our trucks and move once during the week. This is an explorers ride, meaning we will be discovering new places and trails. As with any new discovery, some of it could be great and some of it could be bad. You should come prepared to enjoy either outcome. I find there are many tough guy riders that enjoy this type of adventure. I have put a lot of work into this ride and I would like to think that the likely outcome is that it will be great. You will join with other riders to take on this adventure for life.
Things to think about before signing up
Is this ride right for you?
This is an explorers ride. The nature of exploring is that much is unknown, so things can go wrong. The routes are unproven and sometimes don't work due to obstacles or just plain errors. The day can turn long and test your abilities and patience. You will find yourself in the mix of many rider's opinions that know how to fix the problem. You need to be able to find the fun in that. The riding can be fun, challenging, fast, slow, scenic, and hard. It is all about the riding.
Are you right for this ride?
When something goes wrong on a ride, would your riding friends say that you are more likely to need help or more likely to give help? You should be in the more likely to offer help camp. This ride is filled with riders that are more likely to give help, so most of the time the riders never need help. Additionally there is all the normal stuff, come prepared to maintain your bike, fix your bike on the trail, repair flat tires, deal with bad weather and rain and make a joke or two.
How does the ride navigation work?
This is a self-led GPS ride; all riding is on your own. You are responsible for your own riding. You will be given a GPS map file and instructions on how to use your Garmin GPS unit. People will hook up in small groups of less than 6 riders and tend to ride together. You are not encouraged to ride alone. You are responsible for your own riding and yourself. (see my ride Navigation Video )
About Signup
Cost to join this ride is $600
The money covers 7 nights hotels, the kick off dinner and the final night celebration dinner.
It also covers GPS files, both Tracklogs, and GPS Background Maps. I will also provide a printed daily ride plan with printed daily maps, all designed specifically for our route.
Roulette is by invitation only. How do you get an invitation? Several ways:
If you have been on a Roulette before, you are invited you will get an email.
If you know gpsKevin you can request an invitation below
If you are friends with someone that has been on a Roulette you can ask them to request an invitation on your behalf
You can attend one of my other upcoming rides and discuss the Roulette with me personally during the ride
Lastly you can fill out the request form below and I will consider adding qualified riders based on space availability.
Sorry this is my way of continuing to get only great riders. It is a great group of riders
Roulette Invitation Request Form
If you have received an invitation please use the following form to join us for the ride
Ride Signup
Questions email: gpsKevin@gmail.com
Below is the video from last years ride
FAQ's
TBD
FYI: Who is already signed up for the ride?
See the Table below
Ride Plan Maps
I put these ride maps on the web page because I know a few of you love looking at the ride detail and dreaming about the ride. At first glance these maps do not look so impressive, but they are way cool. If you click the Earth or Satellite tab and start zooming in, you can see the ride in incredible detail. I have spent a ton of hours sorting through the details of the ride for each day, so for those of you that enjoy this sort of thing, well enjoy!
Legend:
The Red lines are Motorcycle Only legal trails (Singletrack)
The Dark Cyan lines are ATV trails
The Blue lines are dirt roads
The Green lines are a mix of easy and paved routes
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