Tales from the Trail
Mountain bike ride reviews, bicycle rides
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 29, 2010
You can ride all over the world and not find cross-country splendor and diversity to rival that of Sun Valley.
Posted in Tales from the Trail | Tagged Mars Ridge, red warrior, Sun Valley Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 10, 2010
Rains have abated at last and a touch of spring seems to be in the air, albeit on the cool side. (Allergies are acting up.) At Arastradero, which I use as a benchmark indicator, it is still sloppy in parts. The ground is just too saturated on certain switchbacks and shaded sections. It sucks…figuratively and, [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged arastradero regional park, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 5, 2010
The Northern California rains of recent weeks have taken a grim toll on mountain biking trails. Erosion is severe in many places. Blowdowns, while not as widespread as might be expected, have kept trail crews busy. And some trails are just plain under water — a rarity for the region, but fact nonetheless. The practice [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged bay area mountain biking, forest of nisene marks, mike ferrentino, mountain bikers of santa cruz, northern california mountain biking, Santa Cruz Bicycles, wilder ranch state park
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 26, 2010
It’s not easy naming trails, and it’s gotten progressively harder as the sport of mountain biking has become more respectable. Somewhat off-color or “out there” names that captured the real spirit of the trail became harder to stick with when the trails made it into print — on maps, book guides, local tourist literature and [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged top 10 mountain bike trail names
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 8, 2010
It’s funny how these things happen. The small southeastern King County town of Black Diamond was originally named after the nickname for coal. Coal mining brought big bucks and lots of people to Black Diamond in its heyday a century ago, a phenomenon commemorated by a coal car on rails at the town limits. The [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged black diamond freeride park, Lake Sawyer, southeast king county mountain biking, summit ridge freeride park
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 3, 2010
In which our intrepid duo climbs the world’s longest, most boring fire road, traverses the Talus Field From Hell, and finishes in complete darkness, riding by Braille. Was this fun or what?! This btw concludes our holiday “classics” series. Happy 2010, ride safe out there! Still basking in Sun Valley’s halo, Jim Lyon and I [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged BBTC, devils backbone, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, pot peak
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 31, 2009
[Note: Continuing our holiday series of Bike Intelligencer's past Classic Epics, we hearken back to a memorable triptych in 2003 covering Mt. St. Helens' Juniper Ridge, Oregon's McKenzie River Trail and, further south, Oregon's North Umpqua River Trail.] Finally the big day was imminent. After getting back to the Smith River reservoir on the McKenzie [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Anthony Cree, Mire Levy, North Umpqua River Trail, oregon mountain biking, Peter Partel the Gonzz
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