The Muddy Onion, Vermont, 2026

Back: Richard, Hannah, & Jennifer

Front: Deidra & Wendy

The crew - 5 of us riding and 6 total hangin’ - from Habanero Bikes in Salem, MA took a road trip up to Montpelier, VT to participate in the annual Muddy Onion Gravel Ride. It was pretty fantastic. Good peeps, a fairly low share of douchebags (there are always one or two when it comes to bikes).

The weather was perfect, the roads were great, and considering Vermont probably has about 3 miles of flat road in the entire State, not a bad ride.

Here are a few of the highlights.

The videos are 4k - make sure you’re set to at least 1080 in the settings, or they’re going to look like crap.

That F-ing Hill

You’re going to want sound for this one. This was supposedly the last big hill.

We heard that about 7 times. It’s just as steep on the other side,

That One Good Hill

Most of this ride was up. 2000 feet of up, but there’s always a downside, and this was one of them.

The Girls In Red From Maine

We met a couple of women (Andrea and Rebecca) representing the Fast & Happy Bike Shop in Springvale/Sanford Maine - These are clips of them.

“Ride it like you stole it.”

About 2 Hours Crammed Into 18 Minutes

Here’s the full ride, with some edits and cuts. I don’t think anyone wants to sit through the whole ride, but if we could do over two hours, you can do 18 minutes.