The itinerary for our final day of the ultimate spring break mountain bike road trip included two rides in Cortez, one familiar and famous, the other unfamiliar and obscure. The first would…
I finally got a chance to get out and truly trail test my latest piece of Sombrio Gear: the Burst long sleeve jersey. Unlike the last Sombrio shirt I reviewed, this one…
Watch the birth and development of the Captain Ahab Trail in Moab, Utah: from construction to riding. Check the video out here: Captain Ahab Trail from Tyson Swasey on Vimeo.
If you haven't already heard it through the grapevine, the Lunch Loop area in Grand Junction is expanding in a big way! Over 100 acres of property east of the current area will…
Roanoke has transformed itself into a true East Coast mountain bike destination. The city is surrounded by great trails, including Carvin's Cove, Dragon's Back, Liberty Mountain, and many more. So if you…
How often have you thought to yourself, "this hydration pack (or sunglasses, shoes, etc.) is excellent, but there's this one feature that would make it better..."? In today's age of technology and…
After becoming a human pincushion on day seven of the ultimate spring break mountain bike road trip, Miniskibum’s status for day eight seemed somewhat questionable. Despite being bloodied and spending a fitful…
Vassago only builds big-wheeled bikes, and is best known for their steel single speed frame, the Jabberwocky. I have been riding one for over three years now, and really like it, so…
Last summer I volunteered in the merch tent at the New Belgium Fat Tire festival in Atlanta where I was first introduced to the Club Ride New West jersey. Everyone wanted to…
After a couple rough days in Tucson, it was time to move up, both on the map and in elevation. This would allow us to add a good deal of variety into…
I first heard about the new Captain Ahab trail from a video sent to me by a friend. So this weekend Adelle, her hubby, and I decided to go check it out. We left…
Not too long ago, Easton spec'd their Havoc Carbon bar at 750mm wide, but with demands from riders and bike manufactures for wider bars, Easton needed to do something. After extensive testing…
Day 5 of the ultimate spring break mountain bike trip marked the end of our streak of two-a-day trail days. While the rest of our Tucson experience would be less successful in…
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Mountain biking is a beautiful sport. It’s hard to beat the rush of adrenaline and euphoria felt while bobbing and weaving through the trees on fast singletrack, cleaning a tough technical section…
Last year, Crested Butte Mountain Resort opened up the brand-new Frequency trail in the Evolution Bike Park. I had the chance to ride and write about CBMR's downhill trails back in 2011,…
The Sea Otter Classic, one of the largest mountain bike races and festivals of the year, is currently in full-swing at the Laguna Seca speedway in Monterey, California. While mountain biking is…
I've been shopping around for a good bike to race the Cohutta 100 on. At first, I was hoping to find a carbon hardtail 29er to use for my race bike, but…
Novice and Intermediate rider alert: this day’s for you! After a fantastic, if a little painful, day three, day four of the ultimate spring break mountain bike road trip promised to be…
Let me just start by saying this: I am a sunglasses freak. I like to live a relaxed, stress-free lifestyle, and that goes for my eyeballs just as much as any other…
Most mountain biking destinations have a marquee ride, that one “must ride” everyone will hit when they visit (think Slickrock in Moab or Trail 401 in Crested Butte). But in each case…
Raleigh Bicycles is one of the most venerable names in the cycling world. Over 125 years after it was originally founded, the company still continues to make high-quality bicycles that are sold…
Dan Milner, the Trail Ninja, goes in search of pump track mojo, having never ridden a pump track before. He finds that mojo and the know-how to ride a pump track in…
Day three of our trip would start out with what would be our most adventurous ride yet, which is surprising given that the destination was inside a major metropolitan area almost adjacent…
Nola took this photo a few weeks ago when she was out at 18 Road in Fruita for the dedication ceremony of our newest trail, "MoJoe."
If you've seen me around town or at an event, chances are I was wearing a Walz cycling cap. I first got turned onto Walz caps by my friend Gike and purchased…
Read any mountain biking mag or hang out at the LBS and chances are you'll hear people talking about the latest craze to hit the market: fat bikes. Whether they are a…
Day two of the ultimate Spring break mountain bike road trip would prove to be just as successful as the first. There’s a whole lotta’ nothing in much of New Mexico and…
There are less than three weeks to go until the Cohutta 100. What I am trying to do... the difficulty of what I am trying to accomplish... is finally setting in. Riding…
The Crossmax SLR 29 wheel set from Mavic is a lightweight set of hoops that rides surprisingly stiff out on the trail. How do they do it? It all starts with expert…
I love it when a plan comes together! A combination of my wife wanting to visit family in Tucson, my son’s 10 day spring break schedule, and my surplus of accumulated vacation…
The Hitcase Pro and ChestR transform your iPhone into a trail-worthy action camera, ready for almost any moves you can throw at it. No need to pack a helmet camera for your…
Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, and with a depth of 1,645 feet it is the second-deepest lake in the United States (behind Crater Lake in Oregon). If…
Strava announced this morning a few new additions to their popular GPS-enabled ride tracking software. The GPS-enabled application currently awards King or Queen of the Mountain…
Since I am always looking for new and exciting things to try out on the trail, I talked the guys at POC into sending me the new Crane helmet and Cornea Flow…
Groomed, well-signed, and heavily-ridden trail systems are fun and all, but in my book the sport of mountain biking is about adventure. In the Roanoke area, Carvin's Cove is the well-signed, hard-to-lose-yourself…
One of the main things that stokes the fires of my mountain biking passion is travel. While mountain biking is exponentially more interesting than road riding, if I had to ride the…
Most people heading to the St. George, Utah area to bike are probably going to ride at Gooseberry Mesa. Located high above the towns of Springdale and Hurricane, Gooseberry Mesa is a network…
A few months back we quietly rolled out a data service called TrailAPI, offering developers access to many parts of the Singletracks trail database. TrailAPI also integrates data from other outdoor websites…
On their website the Sombrio Cartel describes themselves as "west coast creators of progressive and purpose built athletics and lifestyle apparel." To be honest, I was skeptical at first. The gear and…
Weather, Injuries and related problems lead to the delay of a video of Dustin for the past year. This year Dustin and I set a mission to created a 2 part web…
The last pair of shoes I got in for review was intended primarily for cross country racers, and not for all-day epics and adventurous rides that might require hike-a-bike. When the opportunity…
In my last article, I described the Maryland half of DC’s Dirty Dozen, 12 great trails close to the Capitol Beltway. This time we're crossing the Potomac to the south and east…
When people speak of Fruita, to me they're talking about a larger area that actually encompasses 5 distinct bike areas and three towns with great apres-bike food and brews.
For an experienced mountain biker who has been riding for decades, this might seem like a no-brainer. But to a relatively new user of knee warmers, figuring out how the heck to…
It's here! Bike season is finally here! Last night's first ride of the season (for me) at Lunch Loop was the perfect time to finally get a good trail test of my…
Chattanooga, TN has been busy transforming itself into a gateway city for outdoor recreation, adding miles of sweet singletrack at all points on the compass. The city is now a bonafide long-weekend…
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…
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