This review is two years in the making… I’m always curious about the many standards in the bike industry and how slow the industry is to change. I wrote articles about wide bars, short stems, slacker head angles, wider tires, and longer frames years and...
Fear when mountain biking is good. You may have never thought of it that way but often fear can save you from injury and it can create a great feeling of accomplishment when you overcome it (through practice and baby steps). Fear can also make you step up your game....
I thought we had gotten past the era of simply surviving a mountain bike ride, apparently, we haven’t. I saw a rider on Amasa Back trail the other day that had me scared for her safety, then I saw an MTB video that disturbed me. Mountain biking should be a fun,...
Inspiring Mountain Biking Students from 20 Years of Coaching, Part 1 As you can imagine in my 20 years of coaching mountain bike skills I have had a lot of interesting and inspiring people take my camps. Some of these people have gone on to become famous racers, some...
Mountain Biking 10 Ways To Calm Your Fear and Ride at Your Best 1. Create a pre-ride routine to get you in the right mental space to ride your best! Nothing kills confidence liked a busy, cluttered mind. Don’t just a hop than bike after a stressful day, start...
