Tales from the Trail
Mountain bike ride reviews, bicycle rides
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
You see the strangest things mountain biking. We were taking a breather at the Crossroads, where the Devils Gulch and Mission Ridge trails intersect near the top, when a young couple pushing K-Mart specials came striding down the DG side. He was in front, she behind. Both were pushing their bikes … down the trail. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Devils Gulch, leavenworth, Mission Ridge, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Last night, as temps hit 94 in Bellevue, I went out to ride with IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) and EMBA (Seattle’s Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) at Paradise Valley, the recently reopened Conservation Area past Woodinville near Maltby. Back in the day I rode Paradise occasionally, recalling it as a cross between an Appalachian firing [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, imba, Mountain Biking, Paradise Valley
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 4, 2009
Having been out of town at the Sea Otter Classic, I’d missed the official opening date of April 13 (2 days earlier than usual) on Tiger Mountain, my favorite place to ride in the Seattle area. The sun was still out when I started, but a breeze was kicking up and the forecast called for [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Tiger Mountain, Today's Ride | Tagged EMBA, Mountain Biking, preston, preston railroad grade, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 20, 2009
One of the toughest mountain bikers in the world is not a guy. Last year she gave up a dominating career in mountain biking to train for the BMX event in the Olympics, tore out her knee, put off surgery and gutted it out to a bronze medal. She’s Jill Kintner, born in Seattle, 1999 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged dual slalom, jill kintner, Mountain Biking, Sea Otter
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 16, 2009
Back to Santa Cruz for a tour of Forest of Nisene Marks, billed as the leading host of lyme-disease carrying ticks in the state (1 in 5)! Well, that one won’t make the tourist promos, but anyone with their share of run-ins with ticks knows that proper precautions avert a lot of trouble. Stay on [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Today's Ride | Tagged aptos, Mountain Biking, Nisene Marks, santa cruz california
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 13, 2009
Tiger Mountain is my favorite ride in the Seattle vicinity, so I’m sorry to be out of town for the big seasonal Tiger opening today, two days before tax day 2009. For years I’ve had the pattern of paying taxes, riding Tiger and then going to the Downhill Zone to buy a new bike with [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Mountain Biking, seattle, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 12, 2009
A mainstay on any trip to Cali is the Wilder Ranch compound just north of Santa Cruz. Yeah I’ve ridden it so many times I could do it backwards upside down, but there’s nothing like panoramic ocean views, clear blue skies and UC Santa Cruz stunts to stir the soul of a mountain biking addict. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Today's Ride | Tagged Mountain Biking, Nisene Marks, santa cruz, sea otter classic, Wilder Ranch
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 9, 2009
Sorry to have been dark lately, but I’m traveling to Monterey by bike and car to attend the Sea Otter Classic. Not sure what the communications setup will be but I’ll be filing as available. Tracking many new trends and the competition is always a great time, accentuated in recent years by the jump and [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing, Road Trips | Tagged Mountain Biking, sea otter classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 22, 2009
I’m fortunate enough to live close to Green Lake and Woodland Park, so ride time is just about any time. When the weather is threatening, I stay fairly close to home and practice stuff. Lower Woodland Park, with some rollicking trails, a jump strip and log rolls, is a good place to get in a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride | Tagged bike jumps, intense bicycles, lower woodland park, Mountain Biking, seattle, transition bikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 21, 2009
It was a gorgeous day and the tail end of a fantastic sunny week in the soggy Northwest, so I made the trek for a second time in 4 days to Black Diamond. It’s funny and ironic, but “black diamond” in this case refers to coal, which was mined heavily in this area’s past — [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride | Tagged black diamond, Bob Hollander, EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Jim Hendricks, Lake Sawyer, Mountain Biking, Today's Ride, Turtle
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