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Eichler Bike Park Rebuild Day #4

An update from Portland from Raul Atencio, on the Eichler Bike Park Rebuild: ”Here are some pics from Eichler Build Day # 4. A couple more build days and this park will be 100% rideable. This was Saturday 25th; this time we had a mini-excavator and we had about 18 volunteers from 9:00 to 5:00, we had a [...]

07.18.2011 Eichler Park Read the full story →

Coming soon: the Elk Grove Bike Park in Sacramento

It appears that the extended Bay Area will be getting one more bike park added to the list of what is available to ride soon. Located in the Elk Grove Regional Park, the park is will be 2.4 acres, and include the following amenities: (PDF Link) Pump tracks Jump lines Skills Areas Flow trail According [...]

07.17.2011 Elk Grove Bike Park Read the full story →

Bike Check: Inga’s Kona Paddy Wagon

Sitting in traffic sucks. Of all the aspects of urban living, experiencing the slow jam on a daily basis ranks upon my least favorite. Having to commute to the north bay drove me to the purchase of my first motorcycle a few years ago, and the frowns turned upside down as the throttle twisted. However, it didn’t [...]

07.08.2011 bikes Read the full story →

Zen garden of awesome: pump track sweetness in Santa Cruz County

Pump tracks, backyards, bbq and beers always equal an awesome time. Sadly, it has been a while since I’ve ridden a cool pump track. While they are really popular in the northwest, I haven’t really ridden that many since coming back to the Bay Area. I’m guessing this is likely attributed to a few things: one, [...]

06.29.2011 pump tracks Read the full story →

Fresh Gear: Teva Links MTB Freeride Shoes

Teva is looking to break into the the mountain bike footwear market, and apparently have been sending out advance shoe samples to MTB bloggers at every corner of the net. Thanks to my buddy Adam at MTBR.com, I was added to this list as well, and last night Adam sent me a text to come [...]

06.23.2011 Blog Read the full story →

San Francisco Bike Park Community Design Meeting this Saturday

The Valmont Park in Boulder Colorado opened this weekend after years in development. Boulder already had some good riding locally on the dirt jump side of the spectrum, and the addition of a world class public bike park that is free to the public makes Boulder a seriously rad place to consider relocating to! Why [...]

06.16.2011 Blog Read the full story →

RIP: the Harvest Trails

Trails in the BMX/ dirt jump world seem to come and go, often times leaving behind only memories and photos. In this instance, when we referring to trails, it is in the BMX context, where the definition of trails is significantly different from the MTB definition. BMX bikes are designed to jump dirt, and a [...]

06.15.2011 Blog Read the full story →

Fresno Sessions

Last weekend we headed out to Fresno to take a better look at the Woodward MTB Park. Last fall I had the chance to ride it briefly while heading down to SoCal, but due to the intense summer heat, the session was limited to a few runs. We hooked up with local riders Oswaldo and [...]

06.11.2011 Blog Read the full story →

BTCEB Women’s Ride at Joaquin Miller

Last month I led my first all women’s group ride, and it is likely to be the first of many. I’ve attended many group rides in the past, (once a week while traveling with IMBA) but had never actually led a one. When Karen Lynaugh from the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay asked [...]

06.06.2011 Blog Read the full story →

Eichler Bike Park Rebuild: Day 2

Things are seriously moving along with the Eichler Bike Park Project. If you haven’t been following the story of the Eichler Park Jumps, click here for a recap. It’s been pretty exciting to see progress on this site finally happening, with a legit Bobcat on site moving earth. It was just over a year ago [...]

06.02.2011 Blog Read the full story →

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