I've ridden a few mountain bike trails over the years (129 trails over 13 years to be exact) and in that time I've formed an opinion or two about what makes a…
on Mar 16, 2007
The US National Park Service is holding several forums around the country this month and listening to park users of all types (including mountain bikers). The meetings are designed to solicit public…
on Mar 16, 2007
For most of us mountain bike trails just seem to exist. It's not that we're lazy or ungrateful, it's just that we don't put much thought into the sacrifices that are often…
on Mar 15, 2007
Spring is in the air here this week and I've been having great luck mapping some of the local mountain bike trails with my GPS (Lake Crabtree, Harris Lake, and Southern Village…
on Mar 15, 2007
Ah, the seductive powers of the mountain bike. In Sacramento a new program aims to use bicycling (I assume they mean mountain biking, cycling is still a pretty elite sport) to lure…
on Mar 15, 2007
Mountain Bike Adrenaline looks like a sweet mountain biking video game for the PS2 but it appears to be offered only in France. The sample video clips on the site looks pretty…
on Mar 14, 2007
In perhaps another example of mountain biking becoming the next golf, Paul Kedrosky writes "Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Mountain-biking." Paul makes some good points about looking where you…
on Mar 14, 2007
Nice video compilation of mountain bike crashes on Google Video. Actually the vid is a little slow getting started but hold on - there's plenty of pain to keep you entertained.
on Mar 13, 2007
To whom it may concern: My name is Jeff and I've been riding the same Trek 7000 mountain bike (hardtail) for the past 7 years. The bike has been everywhere as my…
on Mar 13, 2007
I'm not sure why this is news but I guess things are a little different "Down Under." Apparently a mountain bike was spotted at the bottom of a gnarly cliff and no…
on Mar 12, 2007
A review of the Garmin Edge 205 GPS.
on Mar 12, 2007
A couple weeks ago I talked about our (sucky) mountain bike gear review pages on singletracks and now we've done something about it. The new mountain bike review pages are now online…
on Mar 9, 2007
For some reason these mountain bike job posts always seem to come to me on Fridays -¬† which is too bad since most of us dream of these types of jobs on…
on Mar 9, 2007
We haven't been officially blogging that long but we've been writing online mountain bike articles on singletracks for years (5 and a half years to be exact). Now you can find all…
on Mar 8, 2007
When the Olympics come to town it usually means new athletic facilities and sometimes even new mountain bike trails (look at the Georgia International Horse Park trails - you too can ride…
on Mar 8, 2007
The Fat Cyclist is organizing a raffle to help out Dave Nice, a rider in this year's Great Divide race, a 2,490 mile jaunt from Montana to New Mexico. Nice started the…
on Mar 7, 2007
North Shore rider Ryan Leech is using his skills on the mountain bike to teach kids important life lessons through his 50-school "Trials of Life" tour this spring. The 28-year old rider…
on Mar 6, 2007
I can't imagine skiing off a jump like this, let alone hitting the ground on a mountain bike. I also love the reactions of the Richard Simmons look-alike on the ground, classic.
on Mar 5, 2007
According to an article from New Zealand, mountain biking and cycling in general are becoming more popular with riders of all ages - leading one bike shop owner to agree that "cycling…
on Mar 5, 2007
I've written a couple times about mountain bike jobs (here and here) and somehow I keep finding other jobs I've overlooked. The latest gig I found is mountain bike photographer and if…
on Mar 2, 2007
The FBI is on the lookout for what I'm dubbing the "Mountain Bike Bank Robber." Apparently this guy has robbed banks in Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky and in each case -…
on Mar 1, 2007
It happens to everyone at least a couple times a year - you plan a gnarly mountain biking trip for weeks and on the day of your ride, it rains. Or even…
on Mar 1, 2007
A couple weeks back I wrote about public high schools offering mountain biking courses. Now it's time to talk about what adults can do to learn about mountain biking or improve existing…
on Feb 28, 2007
For those who haven't heard, the first ever mountain bike race at the north pole will take place on April 7. There are 13 riders signed up for the 2007 race, though…
on Feb 27, 2007
I was reading an article recently about a former landfill in New Zealand that was being developed into a park with mountain bike trails and I realized something: alot of mountain bike…
on Feb 26, 2007