Events

Past Event: Gravel Bike and Birding Event – Bend City Nature Challenge

On April 27th, Bend will have its first-ever City Nature Challenge through efforts of Think Wild and supported by Dirty Freehub. The City Nature Challenge is a global event that encourages citizen science to find and document wildlife observations while reducing the barriers for people to connect with nature. We will be recording our […]

Past Event: Bike Ride – The HooDoos in Central Oregon

Saturday is lining up for the perfect day to step away from that bike trainer to join the Dirty Freehub team on a ride. This ride starts at the Crooked River Campground and includes amazing views of the Lake Billy Chinook area.

A few things to know: this is going to be a Dirty Freehub photo /video shoot, so wear your brightest coolest […]

Past Event: Taking Photos for Dirty Freehub

Taking great photos for our Ride Guides and for marketing Dirty Freehub is no easy task. After all, you are on a bike ride! So let’s bring in professional photographer and cyclist, Don Miller who does an amazing job at both wildlife photography and landscapes. When: November 14th from 6 pm to 7:30 PST.  Here’s the recording:

Specifically, […]

Past Event: Join us for the Baker Bash 2023!

Hanging out at campfires, gravel cycling, heading to the Taste of Baker … this event is half tailgating party, half bike camp. Limited to 50 intermediate cyclists. All in historic Baker City, in Northeast Oregon.

This is a great way to contribute to the missions of Dirty Freehub while getting some great riding in with new and old friends. […]

Past Event: 10 Year Anniversary Party & Ride

Wowzzzer, it’s been ten years since we posted the very first route on a website. So, of course, it’s time to celebrate. We have an online event and a bike ride to mark the occasion.

The Online Party
When:
August 23rd, 7 pm

Location:
Join Zoom Meeting

Dial in remote for this fireside chat (yes, it’s been a hot summer) with our […]

Past Event: How to Share Your 5-Star Route!

Do you have a great route you would like to share with Dirty Freehub? Are you interested in being a Dirty Freehub Ride Ambassador? If so, this webinar is for you!

In this webinar, you will learn how to submit your route to Dirty Freehub via our data entry form. We will spend a significant amount of time on the trickiest part of the entire […]

Past Event: Best of Bend Gravel

Meet with our two founders, Gravel Girl and Captain O, in this highly interactive webinar to find out about their top Dirty Freehub gravel routes in Central Oregon. (Which is damn hard to select.)

We have also invited a special guest, Serena Bishop Gordon, our hometown badass gravel cyclist to toss in her perspective. She will also talk […]

Past Event: Wallowas Bikepacking Tour

Let’s dial in with route designer, Ben Groeneveld, with this drill-down webinar covering his latest adventure, the Wallowas Bikepacking Tour. We will kick it off with why this is his favorite place to ride in northeast Oregon and drill- down into the nitty-gritty details with his insider view.

This is one fun bike backing route: The […]

Past Event: Skyline Forest – 20 Minutes w/ Brad Chalfant

The Skyline Forest: What You Can Do To Have an Impact

We love the Deschutes Land Trust; they are all about conserving land for wildlife, scenic views and local communities. That includes some of the beautiful places that you ride. One of the places that is on their radar is the Skyline Forest, one of our favorite places to ride gravel out […]

Past Event: 20 Minutes w/ MacGyver

Worried about being stranded by an unexpected mechanical when you are out riding your bike? This event will help you think through the top mechanical issues and how you can be ready for quick fixes in the field. Andrew, aka MacGyver, has tons of experience with patching together bikes with little or no gear. (He’s the kind of guy who always […]