Welcome to Bikin' Bits - a bit about bikin' - so you don't have to look forever to find the trails you want to ride. Where we tell you the loops to ride, the loopdy-loops to ride, the uphills, the downhills.
Where we summarize the trails, so you know exactly where you want to go, how long you want to spend, how much elevation you want to gain and how much descent you want to fly down. And of course there'll be a brewery recommendation at the end.
Phil's is where to ride when visiting Bend. Bend is a beautiful town with biking, beer, and skiing problems. With just under 100,000 people, hundreds of miles of trails, and over 20 breweries, you gotta come here.
This 16 miles loop gives you 1500 feet of elevation gain, but also brings you right back down that same amount! Starting at Phil’s Trailhead - take Ben’s for 5.5 miles to another junction and you go up Pine Drops for two miles of 500 feet of ascending. To the top of Pine Drops head to Lower Whoops - two miles of flying down the 500 feet you went up back to the same junction and now you take Extension for less than a mile to get you to Phil’s Trail - OMG! This trail is all downhill from this junction and one way, open to throttle, pedal fast, play, play, play for over 5 miles - Wow!
Hopefully the excitement in our voices is contagious, because this loop is one of our all-time favorites. We're still giddy about it!
BEER?! The Good Life, The Ale Apothecary, Crux Fermentation Project, Deschutes, Worthy, Immersion, Crosscut Warming Hut No 5 Taphouse, Bevel, Spider City, Bend Brewing, Sun River, and so much more!
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