Ideas for Your Next Ride

Looking for a little guidance? We’re here to help you find your two wheeled nirvana. Here is where you’ll find a treasure trove of suggested itineraries – road routes and trails that vary from one-day samplers on up to full weeks of bike bliss. You’ll find official Oregon Scenic Bikeways routes here, as well as highlights from Cycle Oregon’s most recent routes, plus some of our personal favorite trips. Start exploring!

Featured Itinerary

Madras Mountain Views Scenic Bikeway

The Madras Mountain Views Scenic Bikeway is a peaceful 30-mile loop through Culver, Metolius and Madras in Central Oregon. It offers amazing views of Oregon’s volcanoes and agricultural and pastoral scenery. The bikeway passes through a sage and juniper ecosystem, showcasing basalt palisades above the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers and the farms and ranches of Jefferson County. It takes riders through an important agricultural area of the state, where grass seed, onion seed, carrot seed, garlic,…

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  • Duration:
    1 day or less
  • Length:
    14.1 miles
  • Location:
    Madras, Culver, Warm Springs, Terrebonne, Redmond
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Oregon Cycling Updates

  1. Old West Bike Vacations at TREO Ranch

    Author: Brynna King

    Biking. Hunting. Pheasant pot pies. Eastern Oregon has become more popular as a cycling destination in the last couple of years, and it just got even more exciting: Heppner’s TREO hunting ranch is launching a new set of cycling tours and retreats this spring, complete with gourmet meals full of locally sourced ingredients and lodging on the 300-acre ranch, where visitors can enjoy a six-person hot tub, billiards, beer on tap and a shooting range…

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  2. Introducing Two New Scenic Bikeways

    Author: Ride Oregon Staff

    May 2013 sees the addition of two new Oregon Scenic Bikeways, bringing the grand total to 11. The newest designated routes are Madras Mountain Views, which is a beautiful loop through Central Oregon, and Tualatin Valley, which winds through the northern Willamette Valley and features the Banks-Vernonia State Trail. Oregon’s Scenic Bikeways program designates riding routes nominated by local proponent groups, and makes it easier for locals and visitors to experience the state’s best riding with…

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  3. Self-Guided Bike Touring

    Author: Brynna King

    Interested in bike touring, but don’t know where to start? For first-timers, planning a touring route, along with all the gear and resources you’ll need, can feel overwhelming. Yet with all the amazing bike routes in Oregon — including our pride and joy, the fantastic Scenic Bikeways — multi-day bike vacations appeal to riders with all kinds of experience. A lack of expertise should never stop you from enjoying Oregon’s world-class road-biking routes. If the idea of…

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Upcoming Guided Tours

Let a guide show you around Oregon on two-wheels.

  1. Oregon Coast Loop

    August 17-23, 2013
    100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
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  2. Intro to Road Touring – Oregon

    July 28-August 2, 2013
    100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
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  3. Portland-Crater Lake Loop

    August 3-17, 2013
    800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
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