After what seemed like a long hiatus due to Coronavirus and weather delays, new mountain bike trails, pump tracks, and skills parks are starting to open across the USA.
Now, perhaps more than ever, our communities need more pump tracks.
Mountain bikers never stop exploring.
With out of town mountain bike trips postponed and extra time on their hands, a few riders are making unauthorized changes to their local trails, drawing the ire of land managers.
To dig new mountain bike trails in Japan is no easy task but Ryo Hazuma has spent the better half of a decade earning respect and permission to build trails in the Minami Alps.
The story of a long-awaited advocacy win for very patient mountain bikers in Marin County, California.
Four ideas for mountain biking responsibly on the trails where we're still privileged to ride.
You don't need fancy tools, expensive materials, or even a big backyard to build a fun mountain bike skills course for you and your kids.
Claus and his friends explore the mountain bike trails, history, and cuisine in Japan.
Fill out this five-minute survey to let IMBA EU know what kind of mountain bike trails to build.
The differences between European and North American singletrack styles have historical and cultural connections. Check out what Miranda Miller, Jesse Melamed, and other have to say about mountain bike trail variations between the two continents.
The work being done on Rocky Point road outside Portland, Oregon are a sign of hope for a mountain bike trail deprived city.
Close the trails because they're too crowded? Seems like a better solution is to just build more mountain bike trails!
Mountain bike trail grand openings have been put on hold indefinitely, and even trail building efforts have slowed considerably over the past few weeks, but we expect a surge of news this spring and summer.
Rancho Cacachilas in Baja, Mexico elevates the idea of what a mountain bike destination can and maybe should be.
World Ride is trying to get more women on mountain bikes in countries like Nepal and Guatemala around the world.
These two riders from Portland, Oregon, are working with Specialized to create more mountain bike trails near the city.
The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship has officially launched the Connected Communities project - an ambitious plan which would resurrect the economy in mountain towns through trails.
Ed Sutton, an established mountain bike trail builder from the south, explains his process of trail building.
Cam Zink's Sensus grip brand has a program dedicated to developing progressive mountain bike trails.
It's been a long time coming for Redlands, California, but the town, just outside Los Angeles, has been awarded a Bronze-Level IMBA Ride Center designation.
Harry Geyer had a vision to create an indoor bike park in Pittsburgh, and assembled the dream build team to make it happen.
The mountain bike trails at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama were officially opened to the public in February, 2020.
Mountain bikers around the world interact with wild boars, and some have found positive ways to work with the forest dwelling swine.
The mountains east of Moab are filled with excellent singletrack trails far from the crowds, begging to be explored.
Many popular mountain bike trails weave in and out of aspen groves. We investigate to learn more about this unique tree species.
In November of 2019, Santa Cruz launched the Paydirt program, a $1M grant program for increasing mountain bike access in a number of ways. We interviewed Seb Kemp to get a better idea of what Paydirt looks like.
This year is off to a rockin' start with big mountain bike trail openings from New Zealand to Arkansas.
Southwest Utah has blown up in popularity as a mountain bike destination over the past decade, but that brings a new set of problems that trails builders must deal with.
The BLM is offering two parcels of land for oil and gas development that include parts of the Slickrock trail in Moab, UT.
Some of the best trails in the Kingdom Trails network were closed to mountain bikes in December, and there are still questions floating around as to why it happened.
Luv Trails is an app that makes it easy to give back to the mountain bike trails you ride, no matter where you go.
Tom Lepesqueur is one of Vermont's best mountain bike trail builders, and has been digging in one way or another for most of his life.
Trail builders around the world are closing out the year with grand openings! Here are the newest mountain bike trails offering fresh dirt this month.
If you dream of Italian party tracks, San Romolo has it all -- with less mountain bike traffic than nearby Finale Ligure.
Every rider knows that trail maintenance is the minimum tax for the joy of mountain biking, and working on the trails that you love can also bring you bliss. Here are some of the ways that laboring on your local ribbons can benefit your physical and mental health, riding capabilities, and of course your greater community.
Going into the wet season, most of us will be tempted to get out on the trail eventually, which begs the question, 'when is it OK to mountain bike in the mud?'
Tasmania is opening new mountain bike trails just in time for the summer riding season, while trails are being added to existing systems and re-opened in the USA.
The trails around the Western Slope in Colorado have been continuously vandalized, says COPMOBA. In the most recent case, strategically placed rocks were moved, perhaps in a bid to make the trails easier.
Matt joins Hydro Flask and Rim Tours for a three-day guided tour around the White Rim trail in Moab, UT and re-centers his brain without email and social media.
The mountain bike trails in Greece are great, and they're made even better with the right gear and experienced guides.
Congress is expected to vote on a bill this week that would preserve and enhance mountain bike trails in Colorado.
The latest mountain bike trail openings across the USA, Western Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Wales.
Broadening the diversity of our trail population would get more people stoked on the sport, and bring new ideas to the fore that are rooted in different peoples' lived experiences, while refreshing outdated ones. Check out our collection of articles and resources that focus on diversifying the population of our sport.
For many trail users around the globe, Himalayan blackberry vines pose a familiar and occasionally painful nuisance. Here's a little info on how to eradicate them from the trails and how to make a delicious sorbet from their fruit.
The Czech Republic might be best known for smooth Pilsner and the literary works of Franz Kafka, but the Bohemian nation has been scribbled with excellent mountain bike trails in recent years.
Rick Ianniello explores the varied environments of the Sierra Nevada by mountain bike.
Fall is officially here, with many local trail builders scrambling to open new trails before winter hits. Here are the new mountain bike trail openings we found for September, 2019.
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