gravel
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Good Dirt Ride 2026
🧬 Course DNA & Technical Intel
📏 Primary Distance
50 mi
🛞 Recommended Tire
38mm – 42mm Tubeless
🚴 Discipline
gravel
🏁 Course Distance Options
50 Mile Ride
25 Mile Ride
15 Mile Ride
10 Mile Ride
Aid Station Volunteers -- Dove Canyon 7:30 - 12:30
Aid Station Volunteers -- Caspers Park 8:15 - 10:15am
Aid Station Volunteers -- Antonio Parkway at Waterworks 9:30 - 1:00
Course Guide Arroyo Trail Junction #1 (7:00am - 11:00am) MM 1.6
Course Guide #2: Arroyo/O'Neill Junction (7:15am - 10:00am) MM 4.0
Course Guide #3: Live Oak Fork (7:15am - 10:00am) MM 4.3
Course Guide #4: Coyote Cutoff (7:15am - 10:00am)
Course Guide #5: O'Neill Park - Vista Trail (7:15am - 10:00am) MM 5.9
Course Guide #6 -- Twisty Tire Trail MM 8.4
Course Guides #7 -- O'Neill Exit Gate
Course Guides #8 -- Star Rise
Course Guides #9 -- Crossing Guard
Course Guides #10 -- Intersection Guide
Course Guides #11 -- Intersection Guide
Course Guides -- Help Riders Along the Way
Registration Packet Pick-up at Rock n' Road 10:00am - 1:30pm
Registration Packet Pick-up at Rock n/ Road 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Raffle Prize Prep & Bag Stuffing -- Thursday, October 22nd
Day of Registration & Raffle Sales 5:45am - 10:00am
Day of Registration & Raffle Sales 10:00am - 2:00pm
Flexible Volunteer -- Early 6:00am - 11:00am
Flexible Volunteer -- Late 11:00am to 3:00pm
First Aid Support
Traffic Control Volunteers -- Early
Traffic Control Volunteers -- Late
Trail Marking Group 1 -- Course starts at RSM
Trail Marking Group 2 -- Ranger's office at the main gate, through O'Neill
Trail Marking Group 3 -- Top. of Westridge DH to Tijeras Creek
Trail Marking Group 4 -- Dove Waterfall to Starr Rise Trail
Trail Marking Group 5 -- 10 Mile Route
Finish Line Greeters
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 1 Course Start to O'Neill Park Entrance
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 2 O'Neill Park Entrance to Dove Waterfall
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 3a Casper's Loop
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 3b Starr Rise to Dove Waterfall
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 4 Dove Waterfall to Course Finish
Course Sweeps -- Sweep 5 10 Mile Ride
About Good Dirt Ride 2026
Official registered gravel event in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. Direct registration on BikeReg.
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