4 hours, 3 bikes, 2 Marins, 1 Rapturous Ride
I spent yesterday exploring Marin trails with a couple of locals. The Marin that gets depicted on the maps and in the guide books is … Read more
California State Park closures hit mountain bikers hard
Wow, these hurt. Some of California’s best close-in mountain biking venues, its State Parks, are under threat of being closed by September due to the … Read more
Paradise Valley: Where mountain bikes are free to roam
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 … Read more
Tiger Mountain trail opening by weekend?
Over on MTBR.com, Jon Kennedy of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has a post updating the group’s efforts to increase access to Tiger Mountain. Jon and … Read more
Another Tiger closure, time for action
The Northwest Timber Trail on Tiger Mountain is closed again, this time for logging prep work near the upper trail. The good news is that … Read more
Daily Roundup: Breakthru in Marin access, Bikewise.org in Seattle Times, new SanFran bike park, Snarky Giro, WWJST
Bill’s Trail in Samuel Taylor Park is a 4-mile, switchbacky joy ride through the redwoods. In what is being called a “historic opportunity,” mountain bikers … Read more
Trail work: Discovering the satisfactions on Tiger
When we think about doing trail work, our first impulse tends to be, “Any time we spend working on a trail could alternatively be spent … Read more
P-I features Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
The Seattle P-I, which unfortunately is on the verge of closing its print publication, has a long feature on Seattle’s mountain biking organization, the Evergreen … Read more
Tuesday Morning Roundup: Booby Trapping, Cyclist Mugged, Rudy Project, New HID Light Reviewed
Bad stuff happens: “TASMANIA Police are investigating an incident where a female mountain bike rider received injuries after hitting a wire that had been deliberately … Read more
Portland's Forest Park to Add Singletrack?
Anyone who has spent time in Portland marvels at how bike-friendly the place is. For all its bike-worthiness, however, it has been surprisingly stingy with … Read more