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Distance: 74.69 km
Elevation Gain: 378 m
Coffee Stop: Naive Cafe
A slightly longer variation on the Crazy Horse loop. Start going east via Village Green and The Cave to the Mae On Valley. Loop around Crazy Horse area going south with then a detour to the Mae Pha Haen reservoir. Coffee stop near Naive Cafe and then via upper irrigation canal back north until back home.
Distance: 60.75 km
Elevation Gain: 217 m
Coffee Stop: Need Cafe
A loop heading south out of Doi Saket, passing through San Kamphaeng towards the quiet backroads of Mae Pha Haen. The route is mostly flat except when approaching the Mae Pha Haen dam.
Distance: 58.99 km
Elevation Gain: 133 m
Coffee Stop: Phoo Na
A mostly flat loop around Doi Saket. Started with a southern loop below Route 118, stopping for a coffee break at Phoo Na Café. From there, headed north with a loop up toward the Mae Kuang Dam before heading back.
Distance: 90.73 km
Elevation Gain: 260 m
Coffee Stop: Rab-a-bit
A flat loop through the countryside north of Chiang Mai. The route goes northwest past Maejo University and up into Mae Rim. After making a loop with some gentle slopes across Route 107 in Mae Rim, it follows rural roads back down to finish where it started.
Distance: 65.51 km
Elevation Gain: 800 m
Coffee Stop: Secret Elephant Sanctuary
This ride in Mae Taeng starts from Route 107 and climbs up into the scenic valley where there are many elephant camps. A gravel road leads to a coffee stop at the Secret Elephant Sanctuary. After coffee, the route takes an alternative mountain road back toward the starting point. Both the beginning and end of this loop are a stretch of gravel road running parallel to the 107.
Distance: 63.65 km
Elevation Gain: 208 m
Coffee Stop: Innocent Cafe
This is a flat ride that starts with a loop south of Route 118, stopping for coffee at the Innocent Cafe. From the cafe, the route turns north heading up toward the Mae Kuang dams before turning back southwest to complete the loop home.
Distance: 50.99 km
Elevation Gain: 392 m
Coffee Stop: Magic Beans
This is a mainly flat ride that heads north first toward the Mae Kuang dams. After tackling the steep climb up to the main dam, we took the quiet little back road over to the second dam, lifting the bikes past the two barriers along the way. Then to Magic Beans for a coffee stop before heading south for a final loop past the Doi Saket lakes on the way back home.
Distance: 60.53 km
Elevation Gain: 204 m
Coffee Stop: Life Happens Coffee
A flat ride heading southeast toward San Kamphaeng for a coffee stop at Life Happens. From there, the route follows the upper irrigation canal road heading north before looping back home.
Distance: 61.01 km
Elevation Gain: 130 m
Coffee Stop: Hamoy Hamoy
A flat ride heading west into the lower Mae Rim area. The route crosses Route 1001 near the Maejo police station, loops through some quiet rural backroads, and makes a coffee stop at Hamoy Ha Moy. Then back a slightly different way to close the loop.
Distance: 50.34 km
Elevation Gain: 119 m
Coffee Stop: Natang Coffeehouse
A flat loop heading south toward San Kamphaeng with a coffee stop half-way at Natang Coffeehouse.
Distance: 68.56 km
Elevation Gain: 316 m
Coffee Stop: Need Cafe
This Huai Lan loop starts as a mostly flat ride heading southward. It involves some climbing and a stretch of gravel road near the Huai Lan Reservoir. After circling the reservoirs, the loop continues to Need Café for a coffee stop. After coffee, back up north to head home.
Distance: 38.75 km
Elevation Gain: 93 m
Coffee Stop: Rolls Space
This is a short, flat clockwise loop with a coffee stop at Rolls.space before completing the circle back home.
Distance: 56.43 km
Elevation Gain: 153 m
Coffee Stop: Village Green
This is a mostly flat loop that spends the first half of the ride in the countryside south of Route 118. The route then includes a coffee stop at Village Green before going north past the Doi Saket lakes. Then crossing back over the 118 to complete the loop home.
Distance: 64.19 km
Elevation Gain: 138 m
Coffee Stop: Coffee ? Opposite fire station
This is a flat ride through the Mae Rim area, with a loop along the west side of the Ping River. The route includes a coffee stop at a small local cafe located directly opposite the fire station, before crossing the river once more to head back home.
Distance: 106.01 km
Elevation Gain: 832 m
Coffee Stop: Treehouse
Our longest ride so far. First we headed north, going past the Mae Kuang suspension bridge and then immediately taking on two serious climbs. After these hills, we had a coffee stop at Treehouse, then continued to Route 1001 in Mae Taeng and finally back south through the Maejo area.
Distance: 58.07 km
Elevation Gain: 173 m
Coffee Stop: Yellow House
This route starts with a loop around Doi Saket, passing by the Doi Saket lakes. From there, we headed north toward the Mae Kuang dams for a coffee stop at the Yellow House. After coffee, we completed the ride with a loop to the west and then turned south to get back home.
Distance: 63.86 km
Elevation Gain: 301 m
Coffee Stop: Owlet
This ride takes a northern route heading first toward the Mae Kuang dams, followed by a long, stretch of gravel road to the Huai Cho reservoir. After that for a coffee break to Owlet before returning via a flat ride back home.
Distance: 65.19 km
Elevation Gain: 581 m
Coffee Stop: Baan Samadhi
A special ride with some serious hills. First heading east toward the hills, going through Huai Hong Khrai. The route hits the furthest point at Baan Samadhi for a coffee stop, and then south via road 1317 and then loops back along the same main path.
Distance: 60.12 km
Elevation Gain: 123 m
Coffee Stop: Rice Life
This is a flat loop that goes south of Route 118 for the first half of the ride. The route has a coffee stop out among the fields at Chiang Mai Rice Life, before heading back north with a little detour near the end to finish the loop.
Distance: 53.75 km
Elevation Gain: 205 m
Coffee Stop: Nong Nooch Tropical Nursery
A regular, mostly flat ride heading north toward the Maejo area. The route features a gentle hill climb up to the Maejo University farm, followed by a coffee stop at Nong Nooch Tropical Nursery before a flat ride back.
Distance: 60.99 km
Elevation Gain: 164 m
Coffee Stop: Papai Country Lodge
This is a flat ride that keeps mainly just south of Route 118. The route includes a coffee stop at the Papai Country Lodge before looping back home.
Distance: 70.59 km
Elevation Gain: 437 m
Coffee Stop: C Kaffe Coffee & Bakery
This loop starts along Route 107 and heads north through Mae Taeng up to the Mae Ngad Dam. From the dam, first a bit of gravel road and then to a coffee stop at C. Kaffe Coffee. The route then turns west, crossing Route 107, before finally looping south to complete the ride with another stretch of gravel.
Distance: 62.07 km
Elevation Gain: 591 m
Coffee Stop: Magic Beans Coffee
This ride starts as a flat loop aiming east for a coffee stop at Magic Beans. After coffee, we added some extra mileage and a few hills to reach the Mae Kuang suspension bridge before turning around and heading back home.
Distance: 54.02 km
Elevation Gain: 164 m
Coffee Stop: Pan's Farm
This is a flat, anti-clockwise loop that heads south first toward San Kamphaeng. From there, the route turns north, following a the lower and upper irrigation canals. After a coffee stop at Pan's farm, the loop continues north to Doi Saket before turning back west to head home.
Distance: 60.45 km
Elevation Gain: 218 m
Coffee Stop: Owlet
A variation on our frequent Maejo ride, including the hill to Maejo Farm, but this one with coffee stop at Owlet. On the flat way home a detour to add some extra mileage.
Distance: 64.16 km
Elevation Gain: 209 m
Coffee Stop: Nong Nooch Tropical Nursery
This is one of our regular Maejo loops, featuring the hill up to the Maejo University farm. After the hill, we have a coffee stop at Nong Nooch plant nursery. After coffee, a flat ride back home with a little detour.
Distance: 66.75 km
Elevation Gain: 270 m
Coffee Stop: Need Cafe
This loop heads east, passing The Cave to circle around the Crazy Horse area before heading south. The route then turns back west, passing through San Kamphaeng and Bo Sang before heading home. This was a special ride, because during this trip I received the news that my first granddaughter was born.
Distance: 61.25 km
Elevation Gain: 427 m
Coffee Stop: Pan's Farm
An anti-clockwise loop heading east through the hills near the San Kamphaeng Hot Springs. The route then turns north towards the Mae On Dam, followed by some gravel road sections on the way west through the Huai Hong Khrai area. After a coffee stop at Pan’s Farm, it's a straight ride back home.
Distance: 81.33 km
Elevation Gain: 273 m
Coffee Stop: Need Coffee
A mainly flat ride heading south to the Mae Thi Dam. The route then turns north along an irrigation canal road, passing the Alpine Golf Resort before making a coffee stop at Need Café. From there, it is a direct ride back home.
Distance: 59.87 km
Elevation Gain: 431 m
Coffee Stop: Buddha Raksa Nature Farm
This loop ride begins heading east on Route 118, where fast traffic makes for a stressful start. Then we turned to quiet gravel paths, reaching Buddha Raksa Nature Farm for a coffee break. Finally returning via a relaxing loop through the Huai Hong Khrai area.
Distance: 70.55 km
Elevation Gain: 367 m
Coffee Stop: Villa At On Organic Farm Cafe
A clockwise loop circling the mountains around the Crazy Horse area. The route heads east over the hills near San Kamphaeng Hot Springs, then turns south through the Mae On valley for a coffee stop at Villa At On Organic Farm Cafe before looping back home.
Distance: 75.13 km
Elevation Gain: 295 m
Coffee Stop: Naive Cafe
A clockwise loop around the Crazy Horse area. First via Village Green into the hills near the San Kamphaeng Hot Springs, then through the Mae On valley to a coffee stop at Naive Cafe. Finally a flat stretch back to the start.
Distance: 70.29 km
Elevation Gain: 532 m
Coffee Stop: The Cave Cafe & Eatery
A loop heading east into the hills near the San Kamphaeng Hot Springs and continuing up to the Mae On Dam. The route explores some quiet backcountry roads beyond the reservoir, including some unpaved gravel sections. Then stopping for coffee at The Cave Cafe before heading back home.
Distance: 66.47 km
Elevation Gain: 552 m
Coffee Stop: Oon Box
A ride with some serious hills through the Huai Hong Khrai area. Included a coffee stop at Oon Box and passed by the San Kamphaeng Hot Springs on the way back home.
Distance: 62.47 km
Elevation Gain: 207 m
Coffee Stop: Henk Jan
A flat ride heading out toward Maejo and continuing further north for a coffee stop at a friend's house, before taking a different route back home.
Distance: 64.06 km
Elevation Gain: 326 m
Coffee Stop: Oen Box
An anti-clockwise loop heading around the Crazy Horse area. Started with a flat stretch towards San Kamphaeng, then headed north through the Mae On valley. Stopped for coffee at Oenbox and then the return leg with a few hills and back home.
Distance: 39.45 km
Elevation Gain: 214 m
Coffee Stop: Pan's Farm
A mainly flat anti-clockwise loop. Headed east and south, before turning back north to a coffee break at Pan's Farm, which involved some gravel roads. After coffee north and then completed the loop back home.
Distance: 47.26 km
Elevation Gain: 218 m
Coffee Stop: Pan's Farm
A ride with some parts gravel. First headed north toward the Mae Kuang Dam. From there, turning south to follow some gravel roads near the quarry east of the irrigation canal. After crossing Route 118, continued south to a coffee break at Pan's Farm, then completed the loop back home.
Distance: 51.95 km
Elevation Gain: 167 m
Coffee Stop: Village Green
An anti-clockwise loop with a coffee stop at Village Green. A very special ride; it was halfway through this route that I received the phone call announcing the birth of my first grandson.