It has occurred to me that one of the reasons why many of my friends who mountain bike don’t end up hanging out together, let alone riding together, is because there are so many styles of mountain biking. How many styles are there? First, let me list one that’s not: Not quite grown out of …
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Lightning Ride
Your place for the latest news in mountain biking is right here. Yes, indeed, you can hear it here first. The most recent conundrum for the hobbled subset of mountain bikers is the worry over lightning. Their question is if they are straddling what amounts to a lightning rod. It’s a valid concern when you’re …
Stop Naming Trails This Way
With some help from my friends and family, we came up with over 300 mountain bike trail names worth using, or emulating. Before I get in to what some of those trail names are, let’s review naming traditions which need to be buried. Naming a trail after a person is the quickest way to tell …
The Quiet, Peaceful Places
Live your life in the chaos of the city. Find solace in the quiet, peaceful places. There where nature is active, peace can be found in the simpler movements. A pool of water attracts life of all kinds: the small and quick, the verdant, or the large and lumbering. Lose your life in the chaos …
Fragile
To be honest, it wasn’t a familiar trail I was riding. I was exploring new trails when I snagged my brake tubing on a branch. It didn’t look like it was damaged. It looked like it only came out of its retainer. So I kept riding, testing the brakes occasionally to see if any real …
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