Matty Active

I hinted at this guy’s YouTube channel recently, so I thought I’d give him the full endorsement this time. His channel is called Matty Active and it sounds like he started his athletic career as a baseball player. Now he’s doing mountain biking videos and being honest about his experiences. Pause there, because that’s what …

More Value For Your Dollar

Berm Peak, on YouTube, has a great video every aspiring mountain biker should watch before buying a bike. The video is regarding the differences between a 400$ mountain bike and a 13,000$ mountain bike. I’m going to spoil it right here, so if you want to watch it for yourself, watch now… The guy making …

Spring!

It IS Spring! We definitely had a shorter Winter’s end and swifter Spring beginning. Thank you Salty Stew! (That’s the name of our groundhog.) So Spring is here. Flowers are popping out of the dirt, the weather is warming, and people are venturing out of their hibernation hovels. Even yours truly was able to get …

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 …

Wrongness

Like a toy store with extremely tall shelves. Like a couch with no cushion. Like a gard-dog with no teeth. Like a rich man with no imagination. Like an empty well. Like a mountain bike with only one wheel. Like a talentless pride. Like salsa with no peppers. Like a spider with no venom. Like …