Watch out bike thieves - GPS bike tracking shows up again! This time it's at the University of Toronto and the bikes being tracked are actually "bait bikes" placed around campus to…
on Sep 12, 2007
Forget about track stands and bunny hops - check out what this guy can do! You may have seen this or similar vids already but I never get tired of seeing this…
on Sep 11, 2007
Tara Llanes suffered serious injury after a bad crash at the Jeep King of the Mountain race at Beaver Creek on September 1. Tara landed on her head and back and she's…
on Sep 10, 2007
Allentown is hosting a slew of bike races on Sunday including the first ever Tour de Brew Fat Tire Crit. Competitors will ride through a bar/restaurant from back to front as patrons…
on Sep 6, 2007
The Rocky Mountain News had a good article yesterday on the growing popularity of Women's only mountain bike clinics. They talk about how to choose the right clinic and even list a…
on Sep 5, 2007
I've had fond memories of Bull Mountain over the past 8 years and Monday I decided to see how my memories compared to reality. We got up to the trails early and…
on Sep 4, 2007
I'm heading to Interbike next month and I'm completely pumped like a fat tire at 60psi. The trade show is being held Sept 26-28 in Las Vegas and it's by far the…
on Aug 31, 2007
The Santa Cruz Sentinal had an article about a 50-year-old couple who suffered severe injuries after riding off an 80 foot cliff in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in California.…
on Aug 30, 2007
The OC Register had an article yesterday that mentions how an injured mountain biker was rescued thanks to his trusty GPS and cell phone. Devon Kemp was mountain biking on the San…
on Aug 29, 2007
Mudhunny forwarded me this interesting article from the Washington Post about busting bike thieves in the DC area. It turns out bike thieves are becoming more discerning in seeking out high end…
on Aug 28, 2007
This weekend mudhunny and I rode at the Georgia International Horse Park (GIHP) trails in Conyers, GA (ya know, the 1996 Olympic mountain bike course) and had a blast. The trails weren't…
on Aug 27, 2007
A new mountain bike trail is being developed around Lake Kinneret in Israel that, when complete, will be more than 114 kilometers (about 71 miles). Like alot of new trail development these…
on Aug 24, 2007
The Jeffersonian ran a good profile yesterday on Chris Eatough, 4-time National and 6-time World 24-hour solo mountain bike champ. As you may recall Eatough is the star of the documentary 24…
on Aug 23, 2007
There are new downhill mountain bike trails at SolVista Ski Resort near Winter Park in Colorado and this summer it's free to ride the lifts on weekends! The trails are getting rave…
on Aug 22, 2007
When I moved back to the flatlands of the southeast a couple years ago I found it odd that mountain bike trails had difficulty ratings. Some ratings were official (like the beginner…
on Aug 21, 2007
We're finally getting settled into our new Atlanta digs and mudhunny and I managed to squeeze in a ride at Yellow River yesterday. The trailhead area has seen major upgrades since the…
on Aug 20, 2007
I came across a couple articles yesterday about new mountain bike trail projects under consideration near Asheville, NC and Roanoke, VA that sound promising. In both cases, though we hear the same…
on Aug 17, 2007
Lennard Zinn has an interesting article over on Velonews this week where he looks back at some of the advancements in bike tech over the past 25 years. I have to admit…
on Aug 16, 2007
While skiing this past winter I had a morbid question on my mind: do more people die in skiing related accidents or mountain bike accidents each year? One article I read in…
on Aug 15, 2007
In case you've been completely disconnected like me, Floyd Landis took second place in the Leadville 100 mountain bike race in Colorado this weekend. He actually had a pretty good performance -…
on Aug 14, 2007
I really thought the news was too good to be true. A couple weeks ago we read that Lance Armstrong AND Floyd Landis would be racing in the Leadville 100 mountain bike…
on Aug 9, 2007
Terry Pearson posted a few days ago about cycling induced heat stroke and with record heat across the country this week it's a great time to remind people about the dangers of…
on Aug 8, 2007
Sorry about the lack of news over the past week or so. We're on the move from our digs in Durham, NC to a new spot in the Atlanta area and it's…
on Aug 7, 2007
There's been alot of talk and high-fiving around the Mountain Bike Oregon weekends and I have to say, I don't get it yet. I mean, I have heard that it's fun and…
on Jul 31, 2007
I meant to post a short tidbit last week about a collision between a mountain biker and motorcyclist near Telluride but never got around to it. Ellen Hollinshead mentioned it in her…
on Jul 30, 2007