Riding Tips

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Riding tips for riders that are just starting out and that have been riding for years.

Riding Tips

Broken Bones – The Dark Side…

An often discouraging topic associated with any extreme sport is injuries. However, they do not have to be…

Riding Tips

How To Become A Better Mountain Biker – Part 4

A reoccurring theme throughout this series has been that "practice makes perfect", so logically...getting a lot of miles…

Bike Maintenance

Weekend Wrenching – Setting Up Your Workspace

Bikes are clumsy to work on. You have to remove wheels and components that the bike requires to…

Riding Tips

Mountain Biking and Conquering the Cold

While mountain biking in frosty temperatures can be exhilarating, it can also be dangerous for someone who does…

Riding Tips

How To Become A Better Mountain Biker – Part 3

It is true, if you diversify your riding...you will become a better rider. This is a well known…

Riding Tips

Getting Involved! – Local Races and Events

For many riders that are new to the sport or just new to a different area...you are going…

Riding Tips

How To Become A Better Mountain Biker – Part 2

The idea behind sessioning is that we are not perfect riders...none of us are. How can we expect…

Riding Tips

How To Attack A Rock Garden

Rock gardens provide an incredible rush and a challenge during a ride. There is something about blasting over…

Riding Tips

How To Become A Better Mountain Biker – Part 1

Everyone has their local trail that they have grown to love and know like the back of their…

Riding Tips

Jerry's Letter to the Mountain Biking Noob

Congratulations on choosing mountain biking from a wide variety of summer sports! It is among the fastest-paced, fun-filled,…

Bike Maintenance

Top 9 Ways To Make That Old Bike Feel New Again

Are you getting the new bike "I wants?" Everyone gets these from time to time and some of…

Riding Tips

Riding Green – 10 Tips for Riding Responsibly

As mountain bikers, we often pride ourselves as being ‘green’ outdoors-folks; individuals who would rather spend a day…