On Sat, Oct. 1, Utah based PlanetGear.com will host young riders, ages 6 to 16, for a youth mountain biking event at Trailside Park in Park City. The ride is part of the nationwide celebration Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, supported by the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA). More information is available here: http://www.imba.com/resources/kids/index.html [...]
The Dixie Mountain Bike Trail Association (DMBTA) along with DocUtah would like to invite everyone to Southern Utah to enjoy a showing of the bikeumentary, Pedal Driven. The showing will take place September 16th at 8 p.m. There will be a Pre-Show celebration starting at 6 pm and consists of live music, raffle drawings, [...]
(Fruita, CO) – The Trek Dirt Series will be bringing its instructional mountain bike camp to one of off-road cycling’s promised lands; The Kokopelli Trailhead of Fruita, CO the weekend of September 24-25. The women’s-only camp is a full weekend designed to help riders of all levels, from beginner to expert, hone their mountain biking [...]
Do you have goals and results that you’re striving for? This takes a lot of time and effort with planning and training. Your effort in scheduling your day with your workouts should include equal effort into planning your food for the day. What you put in your mouth is just as important as your physical training.
Driggs, ID June 7, 2011, Teton Valley Trails And Pathways announces that this year’s lineup of events includes 16 group rides on area singletrack trails, downhill and cross-country races at Grand Targhee Resort, bike demos from bicycle companies Giant and Yeti, riding skills clinics by RipStoke, and three trials-riding demos. There will be parties too, [...]
SUN VALLEY, ID –SCOTT Sports today announced presenting sponsorship of the Ride Sun Valley Bike Festival being held July 11-17. SCOTT is also the Official Bike of the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships which will be incorporated in the festival. The weeklong event featuring numerous mountain bike activities will include the three [...]
By Tom Jow If tire construction and inflation pressure important for road bike tires, then for mountain and cyclocross bike tires it is even more so. The reason is because mountain and cyclocross bike tires are used in a much wider variety of surface conditions. Ever wonder why those mountain bike race trucks have stacks [...]
The Tour Divide is often referred to as “the most challenging mountain bike race on the planet.” Few would argue it’s a beast. The self-supported race covers 2,745 miles of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, which traverses the mountain-rippled spine of the continent from Banff, Alberta, to Antelope Wells, New Mexico. There is a reported 200,000 feet of elevation gain over the distance, through remote and often relentlessly harsh terrain dominated by cows, mosquitoes and bears.
By Sarah Bennett The announcement of the Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act being proposed by Representative Jim Matheson earlier this month has given many Salt Lake area mountain bikers pause in recent weeks. Losing sections of the Wasatch Crest Trail, or other well-loved trails in the central Wasatch Mountains due to resource protection measures [...]
