Thank Gravel It’s Friday and Giordana bring you a gnarly gravel ride from Pedalers Fork to chase the everlasting summer around Southern California. Hawaiian shirts, salty hair, sand between your toes, and waves crashing on the beach will take you on a throwback ride along the coast. You’ll be throwing shakas and mahalos like it was 1966. This unique expedition takes you up some of the gnarliest single track, heavy dirt climbs, and fast descents, before crawling back to Pedalers Fork for cold beers and delicious tacos. Share the stoke as you search the Santa Monica mountains in Los Angeles for that perfect gravel which may be hiding just over the next climb. We will meet at Pedalers Fork at 7:30am to check-in and have a coffee before the course talk and roll out at 9am.

There will be two routes on offer so there's a challenge for everyone. Please see the routes below. Routes subject to change depending on conditions.

Please use your real email when you RSVP so you can get the Ride Guide that we will send out the day before with everything you need to know about the ride. This will also help us gauge how many people to expect for the aid station supplies and free food for riders at Pedalers Fork post ride, compliments of our amazing sponsors. Giordana, Ritte and Lead Out! will be shredding with us and we'll be raffling off some of their sweet swag post ride so stick around and grab a bite. You could go home with new Lead Out! bike bags, a free Ritte bike demo, or some new gravel gear from Giordana.

If you'd like to demo a carbon Ritte Espirit all-road with 35mm tires or a stylish steel Satyr gravel model on the ride please send us an email at thankgravelitsfriday@gmail.com.

Ride at your own pace and make sure you have everything you need to finish the ride on your own. There will be one aid station provided by Skratch Labs to help fuel your journey. Weather can be hot and exposed or chilly, you never know what you're going to get. Please check the weather and come prepared. This ride will have technical trails so we recommend a 42mm tire or wider. The wider and knobbier the better! The terrain will be technical and difficult but we love a challenge and we are here to see riders challenge themselves to something they wouldn't normally do on their own.

We're all about the good times and great lines, the only winner will be the best dressed. Wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt or dad shirt...whichever you prefer.

Routes are attached to the Ride With GPS RSVP page but you can expect:

Long - Approx 49 miles | 5600ft climbing

Short - Approx 38 miles | 3800ft climbing

You will be asked to sign the waiver prior to the ride - SIGN HERE