singletracks is mountain biking
 
photo: leah
 
 

Fresh Mountain Bike News

Week in Review: Mountain Bike PODs
posted May 25, 2013 by mtbgreg1
Every day of the week we feature an excellent user-submitted mountain bike photo as ourPhoto of the Day. Just in case you missed one or two from the past week, here are the seven most recent PODs that weve published. To view a larger version of...
read full article  0 comments  
Review: Dakine Tour Jersey
posted May 24, 2013 by maddslacker
I recently received the Tour Jersey from Dakine for testing and have put it through its paces out on the trail. Tour Jersey The Dakine Tour Jersey is clearly geared toward the freeride crowd with its 3/4 length sleeves, loose fit, and heavier material. Overall the fit of...
read full article  0 comments  
What's in your hydration pack?
posted May 24, 2013 by mtbikerchick
Lately I've been interested in decreasing the weight of my pack for mountain biking. I want to climb better and it seems like having less weight to carry will help. The other day I weighed my pack, an older Camelbak; without water the pack weighed 3...
read full article  14 comments  
Video: "Rocky Mountain - Fortitude"
posted May 23, 2013 by mtbgreg1
Rocky Mountain's approach to suspension on the Altitude platform is truly unique. I wrote about it briefly after Interbike this past September, but in a nutshell the Ride 9 system provides 9 different geometry combinations, which change the seat tube angle, head tube angle, and suspension...
read full article  2 comments  

More Mountain Bike News view all

The latest singletracks forum posts, trail and MTB gear reviews, photos, videos, maps, etc.


schwim replied to Re: first ride in 10 yrs. on the forums
These are exciting times you find yourself in! The excitement and incredible speed in which your health will improve in the beginning is simply staggering. Enjoy it!
1 hour ago
 

Wryfox reviewed Blue Springs State Park
I came to this trail when it first opened and it looked promising. Definitely a beginner trail through the scrub but is really beautiful in many sections. Not too much flat stuff but easy grades for the most part. The mild hills make it more interesting. What is sad is this trail has gone downhill rapidly. Growing in badly in some sections, its just not being maintained. I hit a lot of brush, palms, branches, etc. Growth in middle of trail shows its just not being used much or kept up. Many of the signs need to be moved or corrected as they show the wrong directions. Some intersections do not have signs at all. Hard to keep track of where you are going. I can't recommend this trail when there are so many good trails in the area, and what's worse is this is the only trail in the region you have to pay to use ($4). Unkept, bad signage, and pay to use? Three strikes your out, for now.
 
1 hour ago
 
 

Wryfox reviewed Grapefruit trail
This trail awesome!! It's very short..about 2 miles, but the features are outrageous. I drive two hours to come here and its worth every minute. So many options to take on the trail, you can run it 15 times and choose different options each time, Very challenging in some section, overall strong intermediate to expert. It's a bit tricky to find as its really a locals trail buried deep along the canal. Its being developed into a legit bike park so there is now very good signage once you get to it. Several skull and crossbones signs (real warnings) give you an idea of some of the challenge. All smooth packed dirt and flows like a mother. You have to try this trail!
 
1 hour ago
 

toxic_ reviewed Landahl Park Reseve
Really good park. I've hit the intermediate trails, and it runs from some fun switchbacks to fun with slick rock.
 
1 hour ago
 

lilyallure reviewed Ridgeline Open Space Trail
Road this today and loved it! It's a lot of fun! Good ups and equally good downs. It's quite sandy/gravely in a few places so be careful not to slide out like I did.
 
3 hours ago
 

diannegraham replied to first ride in 10 yrs. on the forums
Hey everyone! New here and just went for my first ride in 10 years. can't figure out. why o stopped. in the first place. maybe marriage and a newborn boy. Kick butt time. riding partner is on the same shape as...
4 hours ago
 

CraigCreekRider replied to Re: Stealth electric bike on the forums
Interesting discussion on this here Any way I look at it I see an electric motorcycle. Looks like fun, but where do you ride it? Obviously private land is the best place. Scooters have become quite popular here, but I...
6 hours ago
 

PClarke replied to Re: Schwinn or Diamondback on the forums
The reason I thought of buying one is because the frame on my Schwinn is one of the smallest you could get it in, I think. That's what the guy at the shop said, anyhow. My neighbor's Outlook seems to...
7 hours ago
 
 

PClarke replied to Re: Schwinn or Diamondback on the forums
Well...the thing was...I didn't know the bike was small for me until that guy told me so Then I thought "well, he should know" and then it wasn't as comfy as it had been. So maybe it's just a mental...
6 hours ago
 

schwim replied to Re: Stealth electric bike on the forums
You've got to know your audience. Try to appeal to the people that have already proven they don't like to pedal with their previous purchases Besides, They probably didn't have much of a choice. How many well known mountain bikers...
8 hours ago
 
 

schwim replied to Re: Schwinn or Diamondback on the forums
I was simply going by your statement that your current bike felt comfortable. If you don't feel cramped on the bike and it's comfortable for you, it doesn't matter what size the frame is. If it does feel cramped then $100...
7 hours ago
 

schwim replied to Re: Schwinn or Diamondback on the forums
I would suggest that you save your money if you feel comfortable on your current bike as I would not consider the DB to be any real step "up" in quality. If you're in need of ultra-cheap, also keep an eye...
8 hours ago
 

leedaddy posted a video of Huff N Puff
 
10 hours ago
 

bc3xx0 replied to Re: Giant Revel fork Upgrading on the forums
I don't know if they are any good but I have heard good things. Your bike probably needs the 1.125" straight steerer..... Which they do have. Suntour had an upgrade program that knocked some off the price of an epicon or...
15 hours ago
 

185,926 mountain bikers. Newbs: kvjoseph, rbelt, tbalduf



Popular trail searches

 

Quick Links

 
Copyright 2013 Blue Spruce Ventures LLC | Decatur, GA  
singletracks.com is yet another slick Review App