There’s a ton of trail-building going on along the Wasatch Back. One of the more recent builds is the new Oakley Trail Park. As the name implies, this trail system in located just east of the town of Oakley at the mouth of Seymour Canyon. Professionally constructed by Avid Trails LLC for South Summit Trails…
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Sweet Protection Dissenter MTB helmet review
If you’re gonna go fast, you better protect that melon on top of your neck. It’s not rocket science. Mountain biking in Utah can often mean steep and fast descents with plenty of technical sections; exactly the type of riding where having a top-notch helmet could save your bacon. Sweet Protection knows a thing or…
Beginner mountain bike trails in Park City
Mountain biking can be intimidating for first-timers and beginners. But it doesn’t have to be! Park City has over 400 miles of singletrack trails. That alone can be intimidating. But there are several loops easy enough for newbies to learn and gain experience. Combined with cooler mountain air, sweeping views, and a concentration of restaurants…
Deer Valley to build Tsunami, a new expert mountain bike trail
First there was Tidal Wave. Then there was Holy Roller. Next up is a Tsunami. Deer Valley is taking mountain biking up another notch this summer when they construct a new expert-level flow trail. “Tsunami” will be the resort’s biggest and baddest trail yet with huge berms, giant table-tops and over 900 vertical feet of…
Discovering 650B mountain bikes at Dealer Camp with the Intense Tracer 275
DealerCamp 2013, just finished its fourth year, at Deer Valley, and the big deal was that 650b (or 27.5) mountain bikes are going to explode even more in 2014. If you’re not familiar with Dealer Camp, then just imagine Outdoor Retailer for bikes of every variety. Dozens of bike manufacturers meet with hundreds of retailers…
Yeti SB66 Enduro mountain bike review
They call it the Super Bike. Really, they do. Yeti, a mountain bike company based in Colorado, shook the mountain bike world with their SB66. The SB, of course, stands for Super Bike, and the 66 represents 26 inch wheels with six inches of travel in the suspension. But what really makes this bike “super,”…