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The Pursuit of Adventure - One Bike Ride at a Time
 
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Introducing the
Mountain State Explorer
West Virginia's
Bikepacking & Touring Route
Website and Official Launch coming soon!

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GRUSK

GRUSK 2024
You came for the gravel,
and found
a family!
presented by
 

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SAVE THE DATE
GRUSK 2025
July 10-12, 2025

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GRUSK

is a gravel cyling adventure on and around the highest peak in the West Virginia...Spruce Knob!  

 

Riders will traverse gravel and dirt roads through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the East.

 

GRUSK is a true challenge for the adventurous spirit within every cyclist and one you don't want to miss.

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SCHEDULE

  • Event weekend is July 11-13, 2024

  • Venue Address:

    • 18 Woodlands Way, Circleville, WV 26804​

  • Venue opens July 10th at 6pm​​

  • Ride start times:

    • 7/11  6am -  VENTI/LUNGO riders depart

    • 7/12  3pm - Preview Ride to Spruce Knob p/b Lauf Cycles

      • Lauf Cycles demo rides available Friday evening​

    • 7/13  9am - TALL 80 and GRANDE 100 riders depart

    •           10am - MEDIO 50 and Highlights riders depart

  • Camping - $15 per person for entire weekend

  • Dorm bunks - $30 per night (very limited number of beds)

  • Meals available - pre-order only 

  • Live music starts at 6pm Fri and 7pm Sat

  • Post-Race dinner - starts at 2pm

  • Charity Raffle - 6pm 

  • Campfire Friday & Saturday nights

  • Venue closes July 14th at 11am

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GRUSK VENTI & LUNGO
Live Tracker

Tuscany

Join one our amazing cycling tours of Italy in 2024

  • Tour de France Grande Depart, Tuscany, and Piemonte
    June 26-July 3O

  •  Tour of Lombardy and Piemonte & Lombardy Gran Fondo

    October 6-14
     
SPONSORS

SPONSORS AND AFFILIATES

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ABOUT US

ABOUT US

MountainRides, LLC was established in 2015 as a platform to officially launch the Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob.  Our mission is to promote cycling adventures in our home state of West Virginia and the exploration of incredible cycling routes wherever our hearts and legs take us.

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Travis Olson is the owner/operator of MountainRides, LLC. 

 

He's been cycling since the late 1980s, and started guiding experiential cycling trips in West Virginia and Arizona in the mid-90s.  He now manages the Gravel Ride Up Spruce Knob, one of West Virginia's largest cycling events, and co-hosts several other races in his home-state of West Virginia.

CONTACT US

MOUNTAINRIDES, LLC

PO BOX 9195

MONONGAH, WV 26555

(304) 290-7194

mountainrideswv@gmail.com

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