McMinnville Mayhem

Development Route / Portland, Oregon / Published: Apr 2021 / Directions

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General pictures of the area, not route specific.

Route:

Loop | 36 mi

Gain:

3,600 ft

Surface:

32% gravel, 68% paved

Technical Difficulty:

Unknown

Navigation:

Challenging

Locale:

Remote

Tire Suggestion:

Unknown. 50mm+

Options:

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We think the northern part of the Willamette Valley is really underappreciated for the great gravel riding that it has. Most of the riding is west of Highway 47 and north of Highway 18. The terrain is rolling hills with farmlands and woodlands. As you head deeper west, you come into the Coast Mountains and timberlands.

Caution, this is a Development Route. It has not been fully vetted or ridden by the Dirty Freehub Team. We have ridden parts of this route but not the middle third. Thus, go prepared and expect a bit more adventure. Any feedback you have would be much appreciated. You can leave it below in the comments block.

Map

Brown = gravel / dirt road

Blue = single track

Red = paved road

Purple = paved bike path

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Ride Details

When We Like to Ride This

The Willamette Valley area rides well most of the year. Winter can be wet, but spring is absolutely beautiful with the flowers, blooming trees, green fields and flowing creeks.

Terrain & Riding

Unknown. See the comments tab.

The Start

Lat / Long: 45.199188, -123.217673

Discovery Meadows Community Park

Food & Water

Unknown

Notes & Options

Route Notes

Recommend a red blinky light with rear looking radar detector like a Garmin Varia.
We believe this route may be too rugged for most gravel eBikes.

Route Options

Other rides in the area to consider are:

Yamhill Loop / 5 Star
Yamhill 8 / 5 Star
Ghost Hill / Development Route
G-Man / Development Route
McMinnville Mayhem / Development Route
Powerhouse / Development Route
Chehalem Vineyard Tour / Development Route

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Comments

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2 comments

3 years ago10/12/2022

Unverified comment

Napoleon

Full disclosure- this was my first gravel ride but I have a lot of experience on single track and the road. The 10 mile bookend sections of this ride were exactly as you described but the 17 miles sandwiched in between bore no resemblance at all. Based on your description I chose to ride my Surly Cross Check with 700 c rims and 40 mm hybrid gravel tires. My drivetrain is a compact crank with a 12-30 cog cassette. When the ride turned up the volume at mile 15.7 the road turned to loose gravel and there were interval climbs of 13-15+% that went on for almost 6 miles. On the downhill the loose gravel continues until mile 23. Be careful there because (if you follow the GPS) there’s an off-ramp on the left to what can only be generously called a deeply rutted Jeep trail that by necessity becomes single track. After about a mile you rejoin the gravel road and it’s smooth sailing from there. My friend was on his Salsa gravel frame with 29 inch wheels and 2.25 tires -he had a great time! If I had followed my gut and brought my mountain bike, we would have had a great time together. Lector cave.

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3 years ago10/13/2022

Administrator

Kevin / Team Dirty Freehub

Thanks for you comments!

Note, we publish two different types of routes. 5-Star fully vetted routes and Development Routes, those that are not fully vetted and need some exploring. We label the route type at the top of the page and we have a full description of the route types at https://dirtyfreehub.org/5-star-vs-training/

This route is of the later type, Development.

Unfortunately, in the transition from DF 1.0 to the new site, this one, DF 2.0, some information for this route guide got missed. Our mistake. We apologize. We have tightened up the description and and will be adding more clarifying information.

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