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You always remember your first bike. As a matter of fact, I remember every bicycle I had as a kid in vivid detail. Ooooh, the Kermit-the-Frog green, the white pinstripes, the matching white rims with rock-hard pneumatic tires, the training wheels that were finally shunned on one glorious and momentous day of new-found freedom. These … Continue reading →

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Reserve Saturday, Nov. 22 for a full day of bicycles about our city with Asheville on Bikes.The day begins with AoB’s annual ride in Asheville’s Holiday Parade and culminates on Haywood Rd with the THE BOUNCING BALL sponsored by the Haywood Road Market Co-op. You won’t want to miss these events.Asheville Hoilday Parade: Gather at … Continue reading →

Get the fuc% outta here…we’re all dead!  That’s what was echoing in my brain while I was barely pre-hypothermic at the top of a 12-mile single track descent on the Colorado Trail above Durango. It was October 4th and just above freezing, and we were in a cloud that was dosing out an awesome mixture … Continue reading →

Some call it Mecca.  Many claim it as the true birthplace of mountain biking.  The “repack” crew from Marin California traveled here for the first documented epic bicycle trail rides.  And why wouldn’t they?  This sleepy little mountain town is surrounded by endless trails in every direction. It’s for these reasons that Crested Butte is … Continue reading →

End of Season reflection by Kristi Sanborn – October 12, 2008 Well it’s been a year since I started training…a long year, a hard year, a good year. I have to pause now and reflect on where I came from. I started cycling about 5 years ago, and had a tough time of it. I … Continue reading →

Some of us are in a great spot – able to ride our bikes to and from work and for running our errands without cars.  At last, taking my child to school in a Burley trailer puts me in a position of envy of motorists stuck in traffic or waiting in gas lines! In case … Continue reading →

I guess I should consider myself lucky that I am spoiled enough by living in Mountain Bike Heaven that I can say that sometimes it is just TOO HOT or TOO MUGGY to go mountain biking. Luckily, in Western North Carolina, the summer heat is rarely so stifling to keep me off the bike for … Continue reading →

The NORBA National Championships in West Dover Vermont was unseasonably dry, well at least until midnight on Friday night. Rain fell out of the sky in buckets prior to my race at 8:00 in the morning. There were nine starters from all over the United States in the Expert 25-29 race. I had a great … Continue reading →

For Release Sunday, March 2, 2008 © 2008 Washington Post Writers Group YEAR OF THE BICYCLE? By Neal Peirce Bicycling’s best year since the start of the auto age?  That’s the argument likely to be made March 4-6 as hundreds of cyclists from across the nation gather in Washington for the National Bike Summit sponsored … Continue reading →