My back pain was so bad in 2016 I thought my riding days were over and started making plans for my post-mountain biking life. Now, I’m amazed at how well I am riding at 56! I want to share with you how I’m doing that. You can be riding strong into your...
There has been an amazing amount written about MTB skills and even more how-to videos on Youtube (of various quality). These are all great ways to increase your knowledge of MTB skills. However, knowledge is worthless if you can’t put that knowledge into action on...
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,...