Check out yours truly caught on film shredding the single track in Sedona by MountianBikeRiding.com. As you listen to the soothing voice of Pete, the body and soul of Mountain Bike Riding.com look for the rider in the front with green and yellow long sleeves and gray shorts. The film doesn’t really do justice to the riding in Sedona but its cool to check out.
I’ve been off the wagon for a few but have cleared the plate and I’m ramping the site back up, so don’t fret ADV bike riding hasn’t gone any where.
Yesterday at the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C. Google announced a new addition to Google Maps, biking directions. This is a big step towards organizing and collecting cycling routes all over the country. Google Maps is not only using known municipal cycling routes, but also rail trail routes, designated state routes and county cycling routes. As with other types of transportation methods the Google Maps bike option has customizable routes, but with some added features such as highlighted dashed and solid green routes in Urban centers. Google biking directions is still in a beta version and Google is encouraging feedback, Utility Cycling has raised some interesting questions about the new Google Maps bike directions. » Read more: Google Maps Now for Cycling Routes
Ever get tired of taking your hydration pack off over and over to use your camera? Or need a place to put your Clif Bar™ after you opened it and only wanted a couple of bites? The Mountain Feed Bag solves these needs and offers many more solutions to others. The Feed Bag is made by Epic Ride Research (www.epicrideresearch.com) in Oakridge, OR and is a MUST for every endurance cyclist. » Read more: Mountain Feed Bag
At the end of February the North American Hand Made bike show was held in Richmond, Virginia. Make no mistake this is no Interbike, this is more like bike art. The countries finest custom bike builders gather once a year to show off their latest and greatest creations. This year was no exception, there were many entries that will take your breath away. It is hard to imagine that a bike can literally be a work of art, but what makes these works of art so great is their functionality. So many of these bikes not only look good but ride great as well. » Read more: Our Favorite NAHBS Pick
I hope everyone had a good weekend and the chance to get out on the bike in one form or another. For myself, I enjoyed what certainly turned out to be an adventurous MTB ride on Saturday with MountainBikeRiding.com’s very own Pete. We headed to Sedona and did the old “lets see where this goes” on a trail I had never been on and he had ridden once a while back. Well 4 1/2 hours later, on the back side of a mountian from where we were supposed to be, some long forest roads, and some mountain road riding we arrived back at the car, a little more worked over than we were expecting.
Here’s a quick ride tip, if your in Sedona don’t ride the Turkey Butte Trail unless you have plenty of time to kill, love epic rubbly climbs and gnarly baby head descents. If you like that stuff go for it, if not, Sedona has plenty of other great single track to offer.
This week we will have a review of the Ergon BA-1 and more great bike touring and adventure riding information. I leave you with one of my favorite cycling parody videos. I’m sure many of you have seen this already, but some how it never gets old. Every ride is an adventure.
We just received our first Dahon BioLogic bike mount for the iPhone . We are really stoked to give this a test as it seems to be the best waterproof iPhone case made for either a bike or a motorcycle. We first got to put our fingers on one of these at Interbike last year, and they certainly looked promising.
So far, many of the iPhone mounting cases have been sub-par at best, either they have a good interface but aren’t water resistant or weather proof, or they are sealed up tight with a poor interface. We are hoping the Dahon breaks the mold and performs well in both categories. Things look promising with a welded water proof touch membrane, a 360 pivot handlebar mount and protected weather resistant openings for head phones and the data/charging port, MSRP about 60.00.
Bukwyld will be putting it through its paces, if anyone can break it Bukwyld can. Give us a couple of weeks and we will be back with a thorough user review.
For many of us across the country who ride, winter is a time spent staring out the window wondering when spring is going to arrive. The cold and gray seems to push on for ever. Its hard not to get stir crazy, our poor lonely bikes are just sitting in the garage, depressed and underused. Our minds and bodies start to feel the same way our bikes do, melancholy and in need of activity. Well don’t fret any longer. Although winter is plagued with short cold days there are ways to get out and have fun while still getting a work out that wont make that first bike tour or race of the season hurt so bad. » Read more: How to Survive the Winter
What is the most efficient way to carry booze on a bike tour? Ok, so the question is, how do you take liquor along on your bike tour, no one really wants to carry a twelve pack, or a six pack for that matter, very far on a bike tour, its just not practical. So what do you do, no one in there right mind should be denied a relaxing beverage after a long day in the saddle.
Welcome to Adventure Bike Riding. The experts in adventure riding. What is adventure riding you ask? Any ride can be an adventure or turn into one, but more specifically we are focused on rides such as bike touring, epic MTB and road rides, endurance racing, and just spending all day on the bike and having a great time. We are working as fast as we can to get the site up and running, so bare with us. We will soon have gear reviews and links, guides and tips, maps, expert advice, new rides and much much more, so stay tuned.
So far, many of the iPhone mounting cases have been sub-par at best, either they have a good interface but aren’t water resistant or weather proof, or they are sealed up tight with a poor interface. We are hoping the 
