Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Biking Hall of Fame Set to Expand
The Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Biking Hall of Fame chronicles the history of our sport, and it’s set to expand soon.
254 SHARES | 0 COMMENTS | Continue reading »How to Spend a Weekend Mountain Biking in Wydaho at Grand Targhee Resort
A guide to spending a weekend mountain biking Grand Targhee in Wydaho.
131 SHARES | 4 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Exorcizing My Crash Demons: Will a MTB Skills Clinic Save Me?
After losing confidence following a bike crash, a mountain bike skills training clinic is just the thing to get back in the game.
985 SHARES | 3 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Viewing Wildflowers by Mountain Bike: A Wheeled Wildflower Wander
A group mountain bike ride on Mt. Tam. in Marin County, CA showcases the incredible wildflowers. Mountain bikers can be nature nerds, too.
107 SHARES | 0 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Lost in the Forest: One Woman’s Tale of Blind Panic
One woman’s story of being lost in the woods, at night, somewhere in the wilds of California.
186 SHARES | 2 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Gut Punch
Life is prone to taking unexpected turns. Maureen shares a story about a riding partner and friend’s unexpected turn.
152 SHARES | 1 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Old School: A Look Inside WTB with President Patrick Seidler
WTB’s president Patrick Seidler talks about mountain bike advocacy, Marin County, and how WTB continues to lead the industry.
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While recovering from a crash and resulting surgery, Maureen finds humor in the stereotyping that appears to be alive and well in the sport of mountain biking.
159 SHARES | 3 COMMENTS | Continue reading »My Downieville Downfall
Who among us doesn’t have a story, about ourselves or a friend—that badass guy or gal who flings themselves over gap jumps, nose wheelies this or that, then breaks their femur tripping on their PJ’s falling down the stairs? Fractures their foot taking out the recycling? Well I don’t gap jump, and most wouldn’t label …
272 SHARES | 3 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Tour de Bloom – The Kokopelli Trail Done Right
It was certainly an ominous start. Gun metal gray clouds churned out sleet and the intermittent snow flurry, and each rude gust of wind had me retreating turtle-like further into my shell. At the Loma trailhead in Fruita on a late May morning, participants and organizers of the Tour de Bloom were adding layers, shuttling bags …
157 SHARES | 1 COMMENTS | Continue reading »New Bike Legal Singletrack in Marin: Is It Enough?
Ah, Marin. “The birthplace of mountain biking,” they say. And they speak the truth. The legends of the sport hail from here and can still be spotted on the slopes of Mt. Tam. This place is a cornucopia of landscapes and ecotones. Dry, stubby chaparral clutches rare serpentine rock, gnarled mahogany fingers around sage-green earth. …
224 SHARES | 7 COMMENTS | Continue reading »Placemaking: Building Community with Beer, Bikes, and Beans
“Hey, have you heard of a place in Sonoma County that has a bike shop and a bar and a café where bikers hang out? Trail something?” In my work on the San Francisco Bay Trail at the Association of Bay Area Governments, my colleagues are urban planners working on regional housing and transportation needs, …
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