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Your GearCrave editor will spend the weekend working on the house, something I’m dreading quite a bit.  If I had my choice, however, It’d be me, my road bike and a few friends touring through Napa Valley.  If the idea of exercise, scenery and more wine than you can possibly handle excites you, we suggest you give it a thought as well.  A tour through California’s wine country is the focus of this year’s Bicycling Magazine “Dream Rides”, as managed by BackRoads.com.  This trip gives you 4 days in wine country, riding through the Northern California scenery on a nice road bike, albeit a little drunk.  You’ll stop at famous wine country wineries along the way, sampling the flavors of some of the best wines in the USA.  Give it a thought, GearCravers.  You can plan your own or join the BackRoads bike tour, coming in September.