Rides
A comprehensive archive of more than 20 years of rides
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 13, 2009
Over the holidays the incredible news machine that is Bike Intelligencer inevitably slackens as cyclists of all bent don funny little pointed sticks or funny flat rounded sticks and head for trails covered by snow. We of course ride in snow. But we of course are nuts. In any case, the holidays seem like a [...]
Posted in Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Oregon Gulch, Sun Valley Idaho mountain biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 29, 2009
FAIRFAX CA — I’ve ridden the annual Turkey Day mountain bike ride, or “Appetite Seminar,” in Fairfax maybe half a dozen times over the years, and each one has been different in its own wonderfully unpredictable way. But Thursday’s edition will top my list for a long time to come. My Seattle friend (and former [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged Appetite Seminar, charlie cunningham, Gary Fisher, Jacquie Phelan, joe breeze, john loomis, Marin County mountain biking, scot nicol
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 22, 2009
The Plains of Abraham, a desolate, stark romp through the death zone of the Mount St. Helens inferno nearly three decades ago, is a miraculous testament to Nature’s ability to resuscitate itself. Now it’s an officially recognized IMBA Epic as well. I’m happy because it gives me another epic to add to my IMBA quiver, [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged imba, IMBA epics, Plains of Abraham
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 9, 2009
Last fall when Jim and I rode up Pyramid Peak, at 8,350 feet arguably the highest point open to mountain bikers in Washington State (Angel’s Staircase and Tiffany Peak are close competitors), Jim kept looking one ridge over and muttering to himself. “Dude, we’ve got to do Grouse Pass,” he said. It was out of [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged entiat, grouse pass, marmot, pugh ridge, Pyramid Peak, whistling pig
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 7, 2009
Before the weekend’s rains hit, Jim Lyon and I took a day to do some classic high-country mountain biking, the kind everyone did before Whistler, North Shore and Galby changed the mountain-bike scene. We must have run across a dozen marmots (whistling pigs) in the meadows, waddling languidly around and engaging in their high-pitched, eerie [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride, Videos | Tagged entiat, glacier peak wilderness, grouse pass, mountain bike video, Mountain Biking, pugh ridge, whistling pigs
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 10, 2009
The trails got a light dusting of rain Saturday night/Sunday morning but barely showed a trace by afternoon. Hey, who’s doing trail work up there? They weenied out one of my favorite step-ups, the lower bridge at Iverson, and are in the process of smoothing out the jumpy final section on Iverson. I’m sure these [...]
Posted in Tiger Mountain | Tagged iverson trail, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 26, 2009
Every year I go to Whistler expecting it to show signs of Moab Disorder. Moab of course used to be the center of the mountain biking universe. Then too many people went there and did that. The blase and inattentive locals did nothing to grow the culture, tapped-out riders started looking elsewhere, and what they [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Babylon by Bike, Comfortably Numb, Olympic Winter Games 2010, See Colours and Puke, Whistler mountain biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 20, 2009
You won’t see Tiger’s trails like this for a long time. They’re in primo condition, better than they will be two weeks from now. How can I say that so assuredly? Because if it rains, they’ll be wet. If it doesn’t rain, they’ll be on their way to getting pitted out from constant use. There’s [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
As of Sunday, Miller Peak’s fabled loop was still under snow along the ridge. After being advised by a motorcyclist whose helmet read “Motos for Christ” that there was no clearance for the entire loop (he seemed trustworthy), we decided to do an out and back on Iron Creek. The “out” isn’t too bad, requiring [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Iron Creek, Miller Peak, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
The good news is, Tiger Mountain’s primary mountain biking loop is open again. The DNR reopened Northwest Timber Trail earlier than expected (the first time that’s been done in recent years) this past weekend for the duration of the season. The bad news is, Northwest Timber Trail is in serious jeopardy. A huge swath has [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Mountain Biking, northwest timber trail, Tiger Mountain
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