Mountain Biking Bentonville versus Coquitlam

Bentonville Arkansas is the so-called “Mountain Biking Capital of the World”. Let’s check out the claim, made by some residents of the town. What would make a place the capital of anything? Well, the capital is where the president or the governor resides. Maybe even a senator might reside in the capital, or possibly work …

So You Think You’re in the Olympics

This is the time of year when a fistful of knuckleheads will end up at the local fitness center and throw the weights on the floor. Why do they do that? Because they saw it in the Olympic Games. Never mind that the floor of the local fitness center is made of cement rather than …

Who Rules The Trails?

It’s not really about who thinks they rule the trails. It’s about the little bits of bike we all leave behind. It’s about the side of the tree with scrapes from the multitude of bikers who couldn’t see the towering thing and hit it with a handlebar. It’s about the plastic bottle wedged in a …