Why you should take a GPS on your next mountain biking trip
You've probably heard some of the hype surrounding Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers lately or even seen someone out on the trails using one. But what can a GPS do for you as a mountain biker? If you're currently using a cycling computer to keep track of ride data or you're interested in making your rides safer, you may want to consider purchasing a GPS unit.

Using your GPS on the mountain bike trail
In many ways, exchanging data between your GPS unit and computer can be a confusing and frustrating process. Unlike iTunes and the iPod, there isn't a dominant software / hardware combo to meet your needs. To help you navigate this confusing new technology, I'll go over some of the key hardware, software, and data exchange information you'll need to get started.

Transfer mountain bike trail maps to your GPS
Put GPS track data files onto your GPS for your next ride! Use the TrackBack feature on your GPS to follow a saved track, view elevation profiles, and more!

Loading GPS mountain bike routes on your Garmin Edge GPS
Learn how to get the most out of your Garmin Edge GPS by loading saved trail routes before you head out on your next adventure. This tutorial covers the process of managing GPS trail routes in Garmin Training Center for PC.

Loading GPS mountain bike routes on your Garmin Edge GPS (Macintosh)
This is the same tutorial as the one above but focuses on managing GPS trail routes using Garmin Training Center for the Macintosh.

Download all our mountain bike trail waypoints
Paid subscribers can now download all the mountain bike trailhead waypoints to a single file for use with your GPS! The waypoints are all labeled with singletracks trail IDs so you can your GPS with your mobile phone to get trail information while you're on the road. Try it today!

Mountain Bike Trail Mapping Updates  August 19, 2009
Over the past few weeks we've been working hard to improve the trail mapping tools here on singletracks and I wanted to talk about some of the progress we've made so far. If you submitted GPS trail data recently you know we've been super slow approving stuff but hopefully by...

Google Adding "Trail Views" to Maps  June 26, 2009
So apparently this story is getting picked up all over the place and at first I was pretty excited at the prospects: Google Street View is expanding to hiking and biking trails. For those who are not familiar with Google Street View, it basically allows you to view locations on...

Travel Recorder X from QStarz  June 15, 2009
Regular readers know I'm a nut when it comes to GPS and mountain bikes and these days it seems like more and more riders are catching the fever. The problem? Using a GPS on the trail and managing the resulting tsunami of data is still pretty complicated. That's why I'm...