Two Wheeling in Sisters

By Bill Bartlett

There’s the legendary biking in Central Oregon. Then there’s biking in Sisters. Can it get any better? Probably not. Maybe that’s why so many top tier events are held here. Like the Sisters Stampede. And the Cascade Gravel Grinder.

Photo Courtesy of Black Butte Ranch

And why so many cycling tours ride through or start in Sisters. Cycling Adventures’ Sisters Experience Tour is a three-day, two-night affair that captures what it means to bike in Sisters. 

Just need a shuttle ride to avoid the hassle of car juggling? Stagecoach Adventures has you covered.

With two full-service bike shops right in town, and a tune-up portal at Village Green Park, there’s nothing to slow you down. Both shops rent so if you left your wheels at home, no worries.

Sure, we’ve got the stuff that legends are made of, but we also have miles upon miles upon miles of family friendly trails starting right in town. Plus, miles and miles of paved bike paths inside the city limits so you can shop, dine, and frolic from your bike.

Don’t let winter stop you. Sisters has some of the best fat tire tracks in all the Northwest. If you haven’t biked in the snow, well, you just haven’t fully biked yet.

What’s your pleasure? Single track dirt? Scenic paved byways? Grinding gravel? It’s Sisters. You’re covered.

The welcome mat is out for our friends on motorcycles —hog to motocross,  dirt bike to enduro.

Take on the 65-mile Sisters-Smith Rock Scenic Bikeway Loop or the McKenzie Pass from Sisters to Dee Wright Observatory — a 30-mile ride to a lava moonscape.