My name is Greg, and I live to travel and ride new trails. I've spent years crisscrossing North America and Europe with my mountain bike, and I'm currently diving deeper into the riding scenes in South America and Asia. After serving as the Editor in Chief for Singletracks for 5 years, I'm stoked to return to this community as the Managing Editor. I also write about getting outside every single day at Outside365.blog
No, the answer to all of our problems isn't eating babies. And while I contemplated attempting to write this blog post as a satire, I realized that a) I'm not clever enough…
on Apr 10, 2012
Those of us who partake in the gravity-fueled disciplines of downhill, freeride, or bike park riding--know that at some point we're going to crash. When we do, we want to be ready…
on Apr 2, 2012
This new mountain bike shoe from Five Ten is perfect for all sorts of applications including normal trail riding, freeriding, downhill, and more. Specs The uppers on the Maltese Falcon feature an…
on Mar 29, 2012
At the age of 23 I am still pretty young but I'd like to think I've already learned some valuable lessons thanks to my unique life experiences. One of the lessons I've…
on Mar 27, 2012
Daylight savings time is upon us, and with it comes progressively more afternoon and evening sunlight. But that doesn't mean night riding season is over! Nope, now's the time for dawn patrol…
on Mar 14, 2012
The fickle Georgia winter weather decided to cooperate and offered up a gorgeous weekend for the Southeast Bike Expo, with highs reaching 60 degrees on the second day of the event. Thanks…
on Mar 8, 2012
There's been a lot of hubub around the interwebs of late about the potential explosion of the 650b wheel size. Much of the commotion is around the very substantial rumor that Fox…
on Feb 29, 2012
Bull Mountain has been castrated. What used to be one of the last remaining bastions of technical mountain biking in the state of Georgia has been cut and bled of its virility. What was…
on Feb 21, 2012
This is the video that started it all for the now-legendary trials genius, Danny MacAskill. With almost 29 million views on Youtube, odds are that if you ride a bike, you've seen…
on Feb 12, 2012
"Jack of all trades, master of none," is the cliche that keeps coming to mind when I think about my experience with the Ibex Asta Pro. But is that a bad thing?…
on Feb 10, 2012
There's one piece of gear that every mountain biker has, but most of us rarely think about: a helmet. That is, we rarely think about it until we really need it. The…
on Feb 2, 2012
We've seen a recent surge of interest in trail building here on Singletracks and we just started a new forum for discussions about building mountain bike trails. But building the trail is…
on Jan 24, 2012
Years ago, IMBA's only designation for truly excellent singletrack was the term "Epic." Over the last several years that has slowly been changing, with new designations including "Gateway Trails," "Flow Trails," and…
on Jan 17, 2012
Most of the country has been suffering from a horrible snow year, but for many people this just means that the mountain biking season hasn't come to an end yet! When I…
on Jan 11, 2012
Do you ever feel like you're just riding in circles on your local singletrack? If so, a guided mountain bike tour in a far away place is just what you need in…
on Jan 10, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about completing my goal of riding 2,000 mountain bike miles in one year. If you are going to tackle a statistics-oriented goal such as this,…
on Jan 6, 2012
A couple of months ago I received a cache of Giro gear in the mail for my reviewing pleasure. Among the goods were a pair of Xen gloves. Photo by Sydnah Swails.…
on Dec 30, 2011
Goals. We all have them, whether we've written them down, spoken them aloud, made a pact with some friends, or just thought about them to ourselves... we all have goals for most…
on Dec 26, 2011
Specs The WTB Nano Race 29er 2.1" tire features an Aramid bead, DNA rubber, and a lightweight casing. The Aramid bead and lightweight casing definitely help drop weight, and at only 560…
on Dec 23, 2011
It happens to the best of us if you ride enough, its almost guaranteed that youll get saddle sores sooner or later. Theyre uncomfortable, even painful, and they threaten to make every…
on Dec 9, 2011
This is the final installment in my series of ride reports from my vacation to Colorado during the first week of August, 2011. By the time this blog post goes live, it…
on Dec 6, 2011
The Ibex Maroc 29er has multiple personality disorder - but it's the most wonderful disorder a mountain bike can have! The Test Any bike that shows up on my doorstep is bound…
on Nov 11, 2011
“Hmm, that doesn’t look good,” I thought to myself as I examined my face in the bathroom mirror. A dark red scrape oozed blood above my right eye, just below the visor…
on Nov 4, 2011
Sentry Jersey The Sentry Jersey from Dakine is a baggy t-shirt-style jersey designed for downhill mountain bikers. It features a very roomy design to accommodate bulky pads and body armor underneath. Special…
on Nov 3, 2011
As the morning sunlight of our last day crested the mountain peaks near our campground outside of Crested Butte, CO, we knew that there were a ton of trails that we still…
on Nov 1, 2011