GODSPEED STEVE TILFORD
Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Everything remains as it was. The old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.…
Category: Mountain Biking
CAPE EPIC PUSHES THE SPEED AND PAIN BARRIER
[caption id="attachment_645" align="alignnone" width="1800"] The lead bunch above Hermanus during stage 1 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race. The event uses enough gravel roads for the promoters to stage an event…
WET WEATHER RIDING TIPS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKERS
[caption id="attachment_537" align="aligncenter" width="892"] Goodenough Road, Fillmore, CA. Photo by John Ker.[/caption] So stoked to be getting lots of rain so far this winter. The official On Two Wheel's rain gauge has gulped down two…
GOOSEBERRY MESA ESCAPE
Recently spent some time camping at one of my favorite mountain biking destinations, Gooseberry Mesa just outside of Hurricane, Utah. The early November trip surpassed expectations with clear skies and weirdly mild temperatures. The vest,…
2016 MOUNTAIN BIKE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame yearly inductions have been held in conjunction with the Interbike bicycle trade show in Las Vegas in recent years. That changed in 2016. The ceremony moved to the Marin…
SEE ANYTHING WRONG?
At the risk of being labeled a troll (having an opposing viewpoint these days is to be chastised into the dreaded “troll” category), I still have to pass this along. After posting the reasoning for…
WHY I BURNED MY IMBA CARD
I feel the International Mountain Bicycling Association has recognized motorized mountain bikes as a category of mountain biking and I don’t want to fund that direction. Instead, I donated directly to a local trail organization…
SUMMER’S EARLY ARRIVAL
This freaked me out today. After a week riding the lush trails of the North Umpqua and McKenzie River in Oregon, I headed out for a ride in Wildwood Park. What happened here? In little…
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEFF ARCHER
July 20, 2016 -It is with heavy heart that I say farewell to a friend who was an integral part of preserving mountain biking history. Jeff Archer was struck and killed while crossing a street…
PIVOT MACH 429 CARBON LONG-TERM MEDITATION
Back in my good old Mountain Bike Action days, three riders (and sometimes only two) tested over 50 bikes a year. As soon as I’d cozy up to a bike, it was time to…