Outdoor Travel Geek

Tag: mountain biking

  • birthday suit biking

    This Saturday Trek bicycles had a bike demo day at Granite Bay. These demo days are pretty fun, especially the ones at Granite Bay. The trails are relatively easy at Granite Bay, so more people can come out and ride, and there’s plenty of things to do at Granite Bay so it’s nice to spend…

  • 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…

  • biking, burgers & bros

    The rain has been crazy this past week. Originally I had planned to go mountain biking with some friends at Santa Cruz but those plans got shelved because of the rain. The weather forecast said it would be sunny, but we figured that after a week of rain the trails wouldn’t be in great condition.…

  • merry mondays

    Today was my first Monday off. It’s nice waking up with absolutely no plans at all. My only goal was to fix this bike. It had been sitting on my workstand for almost a month. When I had bought the bike around a year and a half ago, it had a broken front shifter. Originally…

  • 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…

  • pickle juice

    A couple of years back, when I first started to get into mountain biking, and before I really had any friends who mountain biked, I joined a group called Bayside Adventure Sports. Despite being the youngest person in the group by like a dozen years, I was the slowest person in the group. After a couple…

  • back to the bike

    It’s hard to believe I’ve gone an entire year without hopping on my mountain bike. I actually enjoy mountain biking a lot more than road biking, but I end up on the road bike a lot more, mostly because it’s more practical. I can just hop on the road bike and ride out to Winters…

  • donner death ride

    I like works of art that evoke memories of the past– of places I’ve been or things I’ve done, or people I’ve met. I think that’s why I like the Crocker Museum a lot. There’s a room in the museum dedicated to California art, and in it there’s a lot of beautiful oil paintings of…

  • a cure for global warming

    One hundred and two degrees. That’s how hot it was Friday afternoon. Instead of sitting in my air conditioned cubicle, I was out mountain biking a dusty trail by Folsom lake. Probably not the smartest trade ever, but I will take that trade any day. The Dike 8 trail is supposedly the easiest trail in…

  • mikes bikes thoughts

    math 1 subaru + 2 friends + 3 mountain bikes = 1 awesome time be prepared Be prepared. The boy scout motto. Being a former boy scout, I thought I was prepared for most situations I would encounter when mountain biking. I carry a first aid kit, bike tools, and a few essential parts to…