A strange phenomenon is sweeping our local trail networks. Roots are disappearing. Rocks are migrating. The cuts in the side hill are getting wider. At it’s current rate of growth, every corner will be bermed by 2015, and terms like “off-camber,” or “bunny-hop,” will quietly make an exit from most mountain bikers’ vocabulary. Continue reading
A necessity for the cycling family
It’s funny the things you begin to look forward to once you become a parent. Before learning that I was going to become a dad, I never would’ve thought that I’d so anticipate being one of those parents seen pulling a child carrier behind their bikes. Now, however, what used to look like a chore before becoming a dad, is now a great excuse to get some new bike related swag! As cycling parents, behind-the-bike child carriers make perfect sense for transporting kids around, so when our baby girl was born, my wife and I couldn’t wait to go shopping for a child trailer to tow behind our bikes. After some looking around, we settled on the Joytrax SE2. Continue reading
I feel guilty, and maybe even a little bit ashamed. I shouldn’t feel like I hate winter right now, but I do, and It doesn’t help that all day long at work I’m listening to people say stuff like this:
“I sure hope it snows.”
“We need some snow right about now”
I just play along and say, “Yes you’re right, a powder day sure would be nice right about now.” The words come out of my mouth automatically, after all, I do work in a ski shop, don’t I? Continue reading
I was just watched the full length premier a movie named “All or Nothing” on Pinkbike today. If you haven’t done so already, I’d say it’s worth checking out. It’s one of the funner bike films I’ve watched this year, containing a variety of riders, bikes and riding styles. The film also seems to focus on up and coming younger riders, including one that was particularly impressive. Continue reading
Who says you need a bike with four inch wide tires to ride in the snow? You don’t know until you try. Just get out there and give it a shot, you might be surprised what your ‘skinny’ tires are capable of!
I have a confession to make. I’m a hoarder. But I’m not one of those senile nuts you see on an A&E television series, buried alive under bottomless piles of useless junk. Certainly not like them, but a hoarder nonetheless. I like to think of it as just an innocent little case of bike hoardery. Continue reading
There are a lot of mountain bike blogs on the internet these days, and if you are a regular blog seeker, you will have probably encountered some of these blogs already. As a mountain biking blogger, I am constantly on the lookout for new blogs about mountain bikes, ten of which I have picked out for you here. This list is by no means exhaustive, as there are no doubt hundreds or even thousands of mountain bikers out there writing their own blogs. These are my favourites, at this moment, and I will likely need to update this list once a year or so, as I discover others I like. So here we go, BikeFAT’s list of 10 blogs about mountain biking, in no particular order: Continue reading