While there are hundreds of miles of bike-legal singletrack in the Roanoke region (not to mention all the gravel roads and doubletrack), Carvin’s Cove is the undisputed hotspot. With the main trailhead located just 15 miles from downtown Roanoke (a … Continue reading
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Mountain Biking Flagstaff, Arizona
The final stop on our almost two-month western mountain biking tour was Flagstaff, Arizona. On the way from Big Bear, California to Flagstaff, we made sure to detour up to Grand Canyon National Park, as neither my wife nor I … Continue reading
MTB in SoCal: The Luge, Whiting Ranch, and Mountain Lions
The main goal of my California trip this past summer was to find legal trails that weren’t in the Singletracks trails database, ride them, map them, shoot photos, and upload all that information to help make the best mountain bike … Continue reading
Riding the Locals’ Favorite: El Prieto, Altadena, California
El Prieto has been hailed by many as one of the best singletrack rides in the Los Angeles area. After hearing such accolades, I just had to check it out! And let me tell you: the reputation is not unfounded. … Continue reading
MTB in SoCal: General Impressions + Turnbull Canyon and Fullerton Loop
During our 2 week stay in the Los Angeles area this past summer, I had the opportunity to ride numerous trails all over the region. To be frank, while I added and/or reviewed every single trail that I rode, many … Continue reading
Shuttle Runs in the San Gabriels: Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe
One of the major destinations on my road trip this past summer was the SoCal area. California in general is pretty famous in the mountain biking world, with Marin County the acclaimed birthplace of the sport. Also, many major bike … Continue reading
Riding the Top 10 MTB Trails in the World, Part 3: Runners Up
If there’s anything we here on Singletracks.com are passionate about, it’s mountain bike trails. We ride trails, we map trails, we categorize trails, we talk about trails, we write about trails… yeah, we really love trails! Recently, I spent some … Continue reading
Laurel Mountain and Pilot Rock: Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
On my recent fall trip to North Carolina, my main goal was to ride Bent Creek Experimental Forest… but there was no way I was going to visit the Pisgah area without doing a ride in Pisgah proper! After consulting … Continue reading
Riding the Top 10 MTB Trails in the World, Part 2
After riding the top 10 mountain bike trails in the world as ranked by users on Singletracks.com, I thought I’d take some time to review my initial impressions of those trails and reflect on them based on my perspective today. … Continue reading
Trail Tuesday: Soquel Demonstration Forest, Santa Cruz, California
When I hit the road this summer, the Forest of Nisene Marks & Soquel Demonstration Forest held a respectable #8 place on our list of the top mountain bike trails in the world, and had for a long time. While … Continue reading
Trail Tuesday: Bent Creek, Asheville, NC
Bent Creek has been on my ride wishlist for a very long time. I’ve heard so many rave reviews of this trail system that my mouth started to water at the mere whisper of the words “Bent Creek,” but I … Continue reading
A Modest Proposal: Building Mountain Bike Trails for Everyone
No, the answer to all of our problems isn’t eating babies. And while I contemplated attempting to write this blog post as a satire, I realized that a) I’m not clever enough to do so and b) the average internet … Continue reading


