Hike report??? Are we sleeping with the “enemy”? As mountain bikers, we always have to lookout for hikers and there are times that they disrupt our “flow”. This past weekend we decided to mix things a bit and we gave hiking a go. RL was already camping at O’neill park so I joined him and…
TRAIL ETIQUETTE, WHY?? Now we have been down this trail before on MtnBikeRiders.com, trail etiquette is important to all users and there are three basic groups you will encounter on any given trail depending where you are at. You have Hikers, Equestrians, and Mountain Bikers. It’s not uncommon that these three groups will bump into…
Since my bikes and I are on the outs right now I will post an HR. That’s a Hiking Report, not the chick in Human Relations that has no sense of humor and makes you sit through sexual harassment training every year. Lately work has been the wedge in my biking relationship. My bike scowls…
Afraid of the new trail? I noticed it the first time I did a shuttle ride. Normally I’m all about the XC trails: flowy, some tech, uphills, downhills, singletrack for miles. But the shuttle ride was decidedly not XC. It was definitely more AM-ish so much so that when the shuttle driver picked us up…
Mountain biking comes in tied for 5th in the National Estimates of Outdoor Recreational Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments for non-fatal injuries. The top four are: 25.5% – Snowboarding 10.8% – Sledding 6.3% – Hiking – who would of thought? 3.7% – Personal Watercraft (not boats) Mountain biking is tied with Water skiing at 3.6%.…