Cool Places: Black Mountain Cycles
When you pull into the dirt parking lot of Black Mountain Cycles (some riders carry their bikes to avoid a dusting), you don’t expect this humble little shop to be run by a totally over-qualified…
Category: Mountain Biking
Riders Learn To Mountain Bike
There is nothing I like better than to arrive at the trailhead and see a bunch of eager, young riders chomping at the bit to get on the trail. This group got an early start…
Hitting This Link Will Cost You An Hour Of Your Life And Unveil 6,821-Miles Of Mountain Biking
I love maps. Printed, digital, 3D or street view, it doesn't matter. Open any map and I'm already off on a trip in my head. That's why hitting this link to the Colorado Trail Explorer…
Illegal Mountain Bike Clubhouse Built On Private Property
One of my favorite trails in Hill Canyon (located west of Wildwood Park) was initially constructed illegally by some still-unknown groms. Fortunately, park rangers were able to improve the rogue trail and actually add it…
A Toast To Tilford Planned For July 4th In Cable, Wisconsin
The Rivers Eatery in Cable, Wisconsin, (probably Steve's favorite town on earth) is hosting a Toast To Tilford on July 4th from 6-9 PM. Join Trudi (Steve's widow) and friends for a toast to our…
Nuns Mountain Bike To End Human Trafficking
Reuters Business Insider has a great story about hundreds of Buddist nuns who are mountain biking across the Himalayas to raise awareness of the region's practice of human trafficking. "When we were doing relief work…
MOUNTAIN BIKING REACHES 15 MILLION
It is never a bad thing for mountain biking to get some positive exposure and that happened in a big way with the June issue of Relish magazine. Relish is a food magazine that gets…
MOUNTAIN BIKING EQUALS RENOVATION WELLNESS
Great story in VoyageLZ about Renovation Wellness founder Gina Flanagan. You can read the story by clicking here. I got to ride with Gina and her husband, Greg Flanagan, a number of years ago on…
JRA BIKES & BREW GETS SCHOOLED BY MAGURA
JRA Bikes & Brew in Agoura Hills, California, invited Magura’s traveling tech guru, Mike Mantione, to visit the store and educate their service department on the German brand’s latest service techniques. This is no small…