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Opinion
on Sep 11, 2019
Go Outside, Transform Your Life: The Power of Outside 365
by Greg Heil
Greg sets a goal to be active outdoors every single day for a year. After many fits and starts, he...
Singletracks
on Jun 22, 2018
Farewell to Greg, the Bearded Bike Trail Philosopher
by Jeff Barber
Greg wrote and edited articles for Singletracks for more than 5 years, covering everything from travel to advocacy to MTB...
Opinion
on Apr 18, 2018
Over a Beer: The Trails Don't Belong to You...
by Greg Heil
Even after decades of mountain bike advocacy, learning to share the trail, yield, and respect other trail users is a...
Opinion
on Mar 28, 2018
Over a Beer: Just Decide Which Bike to Buy, Already
by Greg Heil
The multitude of mountain bike choices on the market today is actually making us less happy, not happier. But we...
Opinion
on Mar 14, 2018
Over a Beer: What We Can Learn About Getting Outdoors from Our Dogs
by Greg Heil
The excitement that our dogs have for going outside every single day can teach us a valuable lesson about what's...
Opinion
on Mar 7, 2018
Over a Beer: Attend Meetings, Get Trails Built
by Greg Heil
The nuts-and-bolts of mountain bike advocacy is surprisingly mundane, and boils down to attending a lot of meetings. But meeting-goers...
Opinion
on Feb 28, 2018
Over a Beer: For Me, Riding Isn't About Fitness. It's About Adventure
by Greg Heil
For Greg, mountain biking -- and cycling in general -- isn't motivated by fitness. Instead, it's motivated by adventure.
Opinion
on Feb 21, 2018
Over a Beer: Quit Your Side Hustle and Ride More
by Greg Heil
Working a side hustle is hot right now, but would you be happier and more fulfilled if you just went...
Opinion
on Feb 14, 2018
Over a Beer: Time Is Our Single Greatest Limitation
by Greg Heil
Time is our single greatest limitation but if we choose to spend our time wisely, if we choose to prioritize...
Opinion
on Feb 7, 2018
250,000 Feet: Pursuing Health By Changing my Metric of Success
by Greg Heil
In an effort to stay healthy health, Greg decided to stop measuring the number of miles that he bikes in...
Opinion
on Jan 31, 2018
Over a Beer: Mountain Bikers Are Conservationists, Too
by Greg Heil
The debate about mountain bikes in Wilderness areas is pitting recreation groups against conservation groups, and mountain bikers against each...
Opinion
on Jan 17, 2018
How Mountain Biking Fulfills Humanity's Most Basic Needs
by Greg Heil
In this article, Greg attempts to discern just how fundamental mountain biking is--or could be--to achieving the five most basic...
Opinion
on Jan 10, 2018
Over a Beer: The Problem with New Year's Resolutions and Mountain Biking
by Greg Heil
Setting a year-long mountain biking goal as a New Year's resolution is fraught with challenges. What if we simply started...
Opinion
on Jan 3, 2018
Over a Beer: The Definition of
by Greg Heil
At first blush, "mountain biking" seems like an easy thing to define. But when you sit down to write the...
Opinion
on Dec 27, 2017
Over a Beer: Passion Leads to Tension
by Greg Heil
Mountain bikers are a passionate bunch and sometimes, that passion leads to internal tension.
Opinion
on Dec 20, 2017
Over a Beer: Your Time Will Come to Pay the Price
by Greg Heil
If you mountain bike for long enough, your time will come to pay the gods of Pain and Suffering.
Opinion
on Dec 6, 2017
Over a Beer: How do you define success?
by Greg Heil
How do you define "success" in your own life? What makes a person successful? There are no easy answers to...
Opinion
on Nov 29, 2017
Over a Beer: "But that's not REAL mountain biking!" ...or is it?
by Greg Heil
In this Over a Beer column Greg looks at the arguments that some people give for discriminating against one type...
Opinion
on Nov 15, 2017
Over a Beer: On Wanting - Where do motivation and desire come from?
by Greg Heil
What motivates us? Where do our desires to do certain things come from? Why do we want what we want?...
Opinion
on Oct 25, 2017
Over a Beer: How Bad Do You Want It - What Pain Do You Want To Sustain?
by Greg Heil
As you're confronted with the next obstacle between you and your goals, ask yourself: "how bad do I want it......
Opinion
on Oct 4, 2017
Over a Beer: What Autumn Can Teach Us About Worry
by Greg Heil
Worrying about the future and obsessing about the past--these two things rob us of embracing and enjoying this present, singular...
Opinion
on Sep 25, 2017
Interbike: It's All About the People
by Greg Heil
Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for......
Opinion
on Sep 13, 2017
Over a Beer: The Yin and Yang of Bikepacking
by Greg Heil
Bikepacking is both complex, and yet very simple.
Gear
on Sep 6, 2017
Over a Beer: 5 Reasons Why Plus-Size Tires Are Overrated
by Greg Heil
Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for......
Opinion
on Aug 30, 2017
Over a Beer: Do you really want to live in Plainsville?
by Greg Heil
Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for......
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