COLUMNISTS
Hike-a-bike diaries: Colorado’s (yearly) Gold Rush
Words and Photos by Andrea Wilson I hail originally from the hot, flat realm of Memphis, Tennessee. I moved to the Colorado Front Range almost three years ago, and I’ve… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
BIKE CULTURE
High Star Ranch: Away From The Lift Lines
Away from the lift lines and away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Park City lies the small town of Kamas, UT. Kamas, known as the gateway to the… Read more
Bikepacking
Echos of futures past: A 24-hour bikepacking Rawland Ravn shakedown.
Words and photos by Erik Mathy It was Sunday morning and I was running late, as usual. We’d had a last minute change in plans and family had stayed at… Read more
BIKE CULTURE
WTF Bikexplorers Vermont: Cutest Capital Cruise
Last weekend, I took a scenic drive up to Montpelier, Vermont to check out the unassuming state capitol and spend three days pedaling along dirt roads and single track with… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Hike-a-Bike Diaries: I’m Starving
Words and Photos by Andrea Wilson I hail originally from the hot, flat realm of Memphis, Tennessee. I moved to the Colorado Front Range almost three years ago, and I’ve… Read more
EVENTS
What’s better than riding in a wet chamois? Throwing yourself off a cliff
by Jen Rose Smith In Huaraz, Peru, local athletes don’t really have a place to swim—the town’s river is clogged with trash, and nearby mountain lakes are glacially cold—but they’ve… Read more
BIKE CULTURE
Blast from the Past: The Original Dirt Fest
This story first appeared in December 2016. With Dirt Fest West Virginia kicking off, we thought it would be fun to revisit this trip down memory lane. Enjoy! And hopefully,… Read more
EVENTS
The Inside Line on Big Bear Lake Trail Center
Interested in hanging out with us in West Virginia this month but not sure what to expect? Big Bear Lake Trail Center’s recreation land manager Jeff Simcoe shares his insider’s tips… Read more
Bikepacking
Call of the wild: Sweet Skills teaches women backcountry biking
by Cassidy Randall photos by Lisa Sumire Ankeny The early morning sun cut through the alpine chill as we assembled with our bikes at the remote backcountry trailhead. We double-checked our… Read more
Bikepacking
Chasing the Tune of Kokopelli
by Maureen Gaffney Riding the Kokopelli, the 150-mile trail between the esteemed mountain bike destinations of Fruita, Colorado and Moab, Utah for a second time is like childbirth. Your mind neatly erases the painful… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Trail Report: Fair Hill, MD
Whenever one has committed to a weekend road trip out of town, the motivation to maximize the time away from work and chores is at an all-time high. As we… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Video: Trail Boss – Finding Flow on South Mountain
Trail Boss is a video series produced by Jeff Lenosky and documents his attempts to ride some of the most technical trails he can find. A veteran rider with a… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Featured Ride: Pittstown Trails, New York
Pittstown State Forest is located northeast of Albany and Troy, New York and the I-87 corridor. While its 12 miles of trail hardly make it a destination-worthy mountain bike spot, it’s… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Frostbike ’18: Riding the Minnesota River Bottoms with Surly Bikes
While my home in Pennsylvania was experiencing a February heat wave (temps in the 60s!), I woke up just before dawn on the first morning of Frostbike and looked at… Read more
EVENTS
Photo Essay: The Silverton Whiteout Festival
Words and photos by Colt Fetters The mild winter in the San Juan’s didn’t keep the fat bike freaks from swarming Silverton for the fourth annual Whiteout Festival. The winter… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Sierra Canyon: Connecting Nevada’s oldest town with California’s South Lake Tahoe
Words by Kurt Gensheimer, photos by Abner Kingman Towering more than 5,000 vertical feet above the Carson Valley, the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada isn’t as much a slope… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Riding the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike
I have a certain fascination with and interest in exploring abandoned manmade things. There’s a surrealness that comes with being in a place that is in between urban and wild, developed and natural.… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Access: Where will the bikepackers go?
Words by Kurt Refsnider, photos by Kurt Refsnider and Kaitlyn Boyle I stood chatting with my friend and trail advocate Tom Riggenbach on the sidewalk in front of a plaza… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Inner City Singletrack: West
By Nick Legan When traveling to a big city there’s no reason to leave your mountain bike at home. If you find yourself near any of these places, know that… Read more
FEATURED RIDES
Inner City Singletrack: Midwest
By Nick Legan When traveling to a big city there’s no reason to leave your mountain bike at home. If you find yourself near any of these places, know that… Read more