Outdoor Travel Geek

Category: bike trails

  • south FART

    It’s been a while since I’ve written a bike trail post. I bought a new mountain bike as a sort of birthday/Christmas present to myself at the beginning of winter, but haven’t really ridden it much. Now that spring’s here it’s time to come out of hibernation and start biking again. So today I took…

  • jaoquin miller / redwood park

    Today I had plans to grab dinner with my friend Jason near Berkeley. Since I didn’t have anything planned for the afternoon, I decided to take my mountain bike for a spin in the nearby Oakland Hills. My original plan was to ride in Jaoquin Miller park, but I ended up riding mostly in the…

  • hidden falls regional park

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    I only recently heard about Hidden Falls Regional Park. It’s a relatively new park, and recently it has expanded and added over 20 miles of trails, most of which are accessible by mountain bike. Since I’m always on the lookout for new trails to ride, I decided to dust off my trusty old Bianchi Superbee…

  • the slickrock trail

    The small town of Moab, UT is considered by many to be the Mecca of the mountain biking world. There are several famous trails in the area, the most famous of which is probably the Slickrock Trail. The trail has been on my bucket list for some time now, and thanks to this last minute…

  • lake natoma trails

    Yesterday afternoon I went to a barbecue for one of my exchange student friends who was leaving Davis. She had prepared an amazing array of food and invited a whole bunch of her exchange student friends. And afterwards we went for round 2 of desserts and drinks. One thing I noticed, everytime I hang out…

  • tilden regional park

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    Today I went out to Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley to hike with a group from the south bay. When I looked at the trail maps of the area earlier this week, I noticed that some of the trails were open to mountain biking. It’s been a while since I’ve ridden my mountain bikes, so…

  • royal gorge

    Today was my second time at Royal Gorge. Last time I came out here with Geo, Jack and Joe. We rode in Geo’s Prius, which we didn’t think could handle the rough dirt road to the trailhead, so we ended up hiking several miles on dirt roads just to get to the trail (the Palisade…

  • bullards bar

    It’s been a while since the Subaru’s been loaded up with mountain bikes. I’ve mostly been road biking lately. It’s been a while since I’ve gone mountain biking, and when I do go, it’s mostly been alone. It’s good to have the car loaded with three bikes. Today Geo, Dave and I hit up a…

  • biking cool

    Summer’s here. Summer = barbecues. It was good to be back on the grill after laying off for so long. After the barbecue I felt like a fatty, so I decided to go biking. Today’s rides were near a town called Cool, which is just up the road from Auburn. I went to this trail…

  • foresthill divide

    After demoing bikes last week I came away with the revelation that the new bikes out there are nice. But they’re a little too expensive for me to justify buying one. But I figure if I ride at least twice a month I could reward myself with a new bike at the end of the…

  • granite bay

    Today was my second time mountain biking at Granite Bay. I came out here once before with Dave and Jason, but we ended up not being able to ride all that much last time. The scenery is nice at Granite Bay, even at the parking area. That being said, I don’t come here often, partly…

  • the confluence

    They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I guess that’s true for places as well as for people. It’s been a little over a year since I’ve last been mountain biking at the Auburn Confluence, or Auburn Connie as I sometimes call it. I had forgotten how much I loved biking there. It’s…