Jeff co-founded Singletracks with his wife Leah in 1998 and has been dedicated to sharing the mountain bike information that inspires others to take epic adventures ever since. He started mountain biking in high school and served in the US Air Force before devoting himself full time to Singletracks in 2007.
Though formally educated as an engineer, Jeff began writing stories at an early stage, inspired by his mother who is a longtime accomplished author. He enjoys covering the world of mountain biking from every possible angle, whether it's trails or gear or skills. His goal for every story: that readers learn at least one new thing.
Author snapshot
MTB Background and expertise
- Riding experience: Trail, XC, and bikepacking.
- Mountain biking since: 1992
- Number of products reviewed: ?. I think my first product review for the site was this one for a plastic wallet.
- Current stable: Canyon Neuron, Orange P7 hardtail, and Scott Fun XC
Education and writing experience
- Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Duke University
- Masters of Business Administration, Duke University
- Other publications: Panther Press (Lakeside High School - Augusta, GA), CitySearch.com
For many of us, if there isn't a GPS trace to save at the end of the ride, it's as if it didn't happen.
HRATS is raising funds online to help pay for a bike park that riders are already enjoying this summer.
A National Park in Australia gets two mountain bike specific trails, while bike parks are built and expanded in the western USA. Plus, Maine, Arkansas (naturally), British Columbia, Alberta, and North Carolina get in on the action.
The Enve Builder Round-up showcases handbuilt mountain bike builds from some of the best US builders.
According to the Garmin System Status page, many of the company's online services are back online as of today, though some features mountain bikers rely on are not fully operational.
Panzer rethinks their mountain bike tire insert, dropping weight, tweaking materials, and changing the shape.
This all carbon race bike looks like a work of art, and is priced accordingly.
Mountain bikers can voice support for this plan to build new bike trails in Tennessee.
Yes, it's a personal question, but beginning mountain bikers want to know!
Well, it is the most popular color according to our surveys...
Garmin is currently experiencing a serious outage that is affecting many of its popular online services.
NICA student athletes and their parents are wondering what the race season will look like this fall. Here's what one chapter is doing.
Mulberry Gap, a mountain bikers' favorite in Georgia, is rebranding itself as a basecamp for adventure.
For many mountain bikers, mountain laurel is a plant that's closely identified with some of the best mountain bike trails on the east coast of the United States.
Quarry Lake Park in Shakopee, Minnesota is getting closer to adding 3 miles of new singletrack mountain bike trails.
Scott Nydam and Vincent Salabye talk about a mountain bike program in Gallup, New Mexico designed to reach Native American youth.
While disc brakes are pretty much standard issue for mountain (and even road) bikes today, there are still many flavors to choose from to get the right mix of power, weight, performance, and price.
The Enduro World Series has decided to modify competition for the overall team title and to not crown an individual EWS Championship winner for 2020.
Mountain bike wheels get optimized. Again.
The Trackdown MIPS keeps the same overall aesthetic and feature set of the original, and adds MIPS for extra safety.
Industry 9 adds 24-spoke, Super Boost Plus hubs and rolls out the third generation of the 305 enduro wheels.
2020 is shaping up to be the year of the solo mountain bike ride. Here are some tips for staying safe while riding alone.
The Wood River Trails Coalition, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, is raising fund to support local mountain bike trail projects in the Sun Valley, Idaho area.
Mountain bikers can fill out a quick and simple form to show support for a bill that would authorize unprecedented funding for trails.
Lindsey shares her story and explains how mountain biking can make us all better, happier humans.
Ventilation is your friend when it comes to mountain biking in hot summer temperatures.
If you don't look at the wound, it doesn't hurt. Right?
Just like no two mountain bike trails are exactly the same, no two riders are the same either.
Through much trial and error, we finally found a way to get smooth helmet camera footage.
Today Bentonville, Arkansas proclaims itself the premier global destination for mountain biking.
Moots is rolling out updated versions of their Routt gravel bike featuring frame clearance for wider tires and a slacker head tube for improved descending capability.
New mountain bike trails are popping up everywhere in June.
We share our impressions of the mountain bikes we've recently tested, and those we are just getting to know.
With so many mountain bike tire widths available today, riders can get pretty much exactly what they want for their local trails and preferred style of riding.
Not sure whether to laugh or cry...
Ground has been broken on a project to build rad mountain bike trails on an 800 acre plot in Missouri.
The 2021 Specialized Epic cross country bike sees big geometry updates, while the more aggressive EVO version loses its Brain.
Bontrager just rolled out updates to their Line carbon mountain bike wheels, and claim the new wheels perform better in impact tests than anything the company has tested in the past.
Commencal makes big changes to the Meta All Mountain bike for 2021.
Mountain biking for more than a couple hours usually requires taking in some calories along the way, and there are plenty of convenient options.
Check out this release to see if your Rocky Mountain bike is affected.
Participants will have 8 weeks to climb 100,000 feet on their bikes anywhere in the world.
The Vittoria Mazza tire is designed for trail and enduro mountain biking in mixed terrain.
Nearly halfway through the year and well into racing season in the northern hemisphere, we want to know how you're adapting.
Compliance is a good thing... until it's too much.
The Thule RoundTrip bike duffel bag offers 55L of gear storage space, which Thule says should be enough for a 3-5 day mountain biking trip.
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