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Stomping Snowy Fat Bike Singletrack and New YouTube Channel!

Aloha from sunny Sun Valley, Idaho!  Actually, I now rest my head in Hailey – 10 miles south of Sun Valley/Ketchum but still sunny, just a bit more devoid of touristas, but still plenty of baristas. So big news first.  … Continue reading

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Oh Hi – Let’s Give Ojai’s Dirt a Try

I went to college in Santa Barbara (UCSB Gaucho pride, yo).  When I met and started dating my future wife, she lived in Camarillo.  In all that time, I never once visited the quaint “zen” town of Ojai (which btw … Continue reading

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Oakridge, OR – A Slice of MTB Heaven in the Cascade Range

  After hitting Susanville and Ashland, we journeyed to fabled Oakridge, Oregon.  Nestled in the Cascade Range, this old logging town of 3,300 peeps is now a mythical mountain biking mecca.  This trippy small town boasts tons of character and … Continue reading

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Ride Report: Endless Velcro Flow Trails in Ashland, OR

“Daddy, I like Ashland.  It isn’t even covered in ashes.” – Molly (my 5 year-old) Both my kids just finished Shakespeare class, and thus, were super hyped when I told them of Ashland’s Shakespearean background.  I, of course, was jazzed … Continue reading

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Ummm, DROP – 8,000′ of DOWN on the Cannell Trail – Kernville, CA

This ride has been on the “Bike It List” for a good, long while now.  It’s weird how the rides closest to home sometimes take the longest to tackle.  Kernville is only 3 hours or so from Mammoth.  It’s kind … Continue reading

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The Great Tahoe Flume Race – Yeah Baby

I feel like a buster sometimes.  It’s like those people that live down the block from Disneyland who’ve never been.  With Lake Tahoe so close to home, I’m embarrassed to admit, that this was only the 2nd time I’d ridden … Continue reading

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Ride Report: Wasatch Crest / Park City IMBA Epic

So, I found myself rolling through Park City, Utah – saying hey to my buddy Tony.  He’s a badass singlespeeder and pretty good at drinking beers.  So that’s what we did.  Drink beer and ride singledingle on some super singledingletrack. … Continue reading

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Otherworldly Riding at the Alien Run Trail – Aztec, NM

Sometimes I just need a no-brainer.  Especially when my dome feels like a sponge that’s been rung out and the dingy brown soup is dripping all over my feet.  Sometimes, I don’t want to think about trail finding, making the right … Continue reading

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Weekend Trip to North Carolina – Day 1: Tsali and Asheville

30 degrees outside.  Sick of all the baby on board signs in ATL.  Let’s get out of dodge.  Black Eyed Peas, help me out here.  Jump in the Hyundai Sonata rental rocket, bike in the trunk a dunk dunk.  North … Continue reading

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Phil’s World – Disneyland for Mountain Biking in Cortez, CO

I can’t remember how I first heard about Phil’s World.  Chitter chatter in the mtb world, I guess.  Word gets around.  After hearing, “Dude, you gotta hit up Rib Cage if you’re ever near Durango”, it got stuck in my … Continue reading

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