The Intermountain Cup Mountain Bike Racing Series schedule is out and the summer looks jam packed. Competitive and leisure races will take place all over the state, from the red rock of St. George, to the mountains of northern Utah, and even a race in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. With colorful names like Hammerfest…
Category: Mountain Biking
“Race Across the Sky” screens in Park City
The Leadville Trail 100, known as one of the most grueling mountain bike races in the world, is getting the big screen treatment in the new documentary, “Race Across the Sky.” Imagine mountain biking for 100 miles and climbing to an elevation of 14,000 feet in Colorado’s mountains, and you can form an idea of…
Trails are dry in St. George – time to go mountain biking (video)
The great thing about living and recreating in Utah is the ability to do just about anything no matter the time of year. Case in point: mountain biking in St. George in February. The trails have dried out and the biking is out of this world with perfect temperatures in the low 60’s. At least…
‘Tis the season to mountain bike Moab (video)
The holiday season is nearly upon us, and the northern Utah valley’s may have seen the first major snowstorm of the winter, but southern Utah is still alive and kicking. Moab remains sunny and dry with temperatures in the 50’s in November, so Jared Anderton went with some friends to try and hold on to mountain bike season just a bit longer.
Mountain biking Fruita’s Kessel Run (video)
As a continuation of yesterday’s post about mountain biking in Fruita, Colorado, here is a helmet-cam video of what we all considered to be the highlight of the entire trip. Kessel Run. Located in the Bookcliffs area of Fruita on 18-Road, Kessel Run is a rush. Although it’s not technically difficult, it still forces you to hone in on your bike-handling skills on countless twists and turns through a banked creek bed
Mountain biking Fruita, Colorado
Okay, so mountain biking in Fruita, Colorado has nothing to do with Utah, but the town is just over the border, and the landscape is very Utah-esque. Therefore, riding in Fruita is like riding in Utah if you ignore that “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” sign at the state line. But why travel so far to…
Bike rental: $45. Memorizing your credit-card number: expensive!
The day after wrecking my husband’s bike, I walk into Over the Edge Sports bike shop in Fruita to pick up my rental, thinking I’ll be renting some crappy old hard tail. No. There it is, a Rocky Mountain full suspension with disc brakes. It’s all shiny and cute and most importantly dark green with pretty maple leaves painted on the frame. Immediately I fall in love with it, almost like my crush on Christian Slater in Robin Hood Prince of
How to work the word “endoed” into a conversation
Once again I’m sitting on my husbands’ beat up Specialized Rock Hopper mountain bike. Why? Seriously. Why? I guess it’s the camaraderie found on two-wheels. We’re heading out on the trail near Fruita, Colorado, and once again I’m the second to last rider amongst a bike posse of 14. Rolling over the bits of slick rock and sand, I’m finding my balance after weeks of not biking. I can tell we’re close to the end of the trail and figure the good riders are probably onto the next trail.
Mountain biking the Great Salt Lake’s Antelope Island (video)
Mountain biking on Antelope Island is like riding on another planet. The strange landscape, covered in rocks over a billion years old, surrounded by a dead, salt filled lake, is an other-worldly place to pedal a bike. This fact alone is reason enough to make the drive to the Great Salt Lake and explore Antelope Island by bike.
Pearl Izumi X-Alp Enduro bike shoes review
My search for mountain bike shoes that are tight yet comfortable is at an end. The Pearl Izumi X-Alp Enduro bike shoes have everything I wanted for cruising the trails of Utah. Stiff plates for rigidity while pedaling? Check. Lightweight? Check. Breathable? Check. Deep soles for easy walking? Check. A way to ratchet down the straps for that extra-tight fit? Check.