Asheville offers mountain biking course for kids: Showing a progressive attitude and thinking outside the baseball diamond, Fletcher Parks and Recreation will offer a Mountain Bike Program for
ages 11-15 running Tuesday through May 15. Participants will meet 6-7:30
p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at different parks, such as Fletcher,
Jackson and Patton parks, to learn about controlled braking,
maintenance/repair, uphill/downhill riding, jumping, trail safety, basic
wilderness navigation and more. (Click here for the rest of the story).
The Cox Ferry Lake Recreation Area Gets Trail: South Carolina's Cox Ferry Lake Recreation Area is getting the area's first mountain bike trail thanks to the work of a group of community volunteers and Coastal Carolina University students. (Click here for the rest of the story)
Aspen Mountain Consider Too Difficult For Most Riders: Aspen Colorado's City Council has $200,000 worth of economic stimulus to spend and have considered using some of it to open the Silver Queen Gondola during the summer to ferry mountain bike riders to the top of Aspen Mountain. Problem is, the council feels the mountain trails are way too advanced for recreational riders and the biggest economic stimulus might end up going to the area's hospital. (Click here for the whole story).
Seattle gets Eastside bike park thanks to the RMBA: Mike Westra, of Seattle, is project manager for the Evergreen Mountain Bike
Alliance (EMBA), a Seattle-based organization with more than 5,000
members that is building and will maintain the Duthie Hill bike park in
cooperation with King County Parks, which owns it...(Click here for the rest of the story).
Tension turns into partnership for Real Life Church and biking community: Pastor Steve Murray has long had a vision for the future home of Real Life Church and the vision would become reality on a 90 acre property on the edge of Black Diamond. Then the black-diamond trails started to appear...(Click here for the rest of the story).
 England puts firefighters on mountain bikes to catch fire bugs: Firefighters in England have launched an innovative scheme in a bid to slash the
numbers of heathland arson attacks.
Yesterday, the first mountain bike patrol took place on Poole’s
sprawling Upton Heath, a site with an unenviable history of deliberate
fires...(click here for the rest of the story).
Nashville's Davidson County mountain bike trails refined: Renovations began Saturday at Davidson County's only mountain bike trail park in hopes of making it a regional destination for cyclists where there are few off-road opportunities...(Click here for the rest of the story).
Happy ending for man robbed of mountain bike during ride: Two men were in custody Friday after they allegedly used a sharpened
stick to rob a man of his mountain bike in a rugged rural area near
Ramona, San Diego, authorities said. The armed robbery near Cedar Creek Falls happened late Thursday
afternoon, said San Diego County sheriff’s Deputy Darren Dollard...(For the rest of the story click here).
Man faces numerous charges after stealing mountain bike: It is not surprise that possession of drug paraphernalia is one of those charges after you read what this guy is accused of doing. It began outside the Golden Spoke Bike Shop...(click here for the full story).
Mountain bike trail adds $4 million to local economy: More than 40,000 people traveled to Vermont last year to ride the Kingdom Trails, boosting the area’s economy by an estimated $4 million. That’s the kind of economic impact a mountain biking network in the Adirondack Park could have...(Click here for the rest of the story) or Click here to learn more about the Kingdom Trails.
Island fever causes mountain bike shopper to use an axe: A habitual criminal from Victoria took the loud way into a bike store early Tuesday morning. A 33-year-old man smashed through the front door of Goldstream Bikes with a large axe and made off with a mountain bike worth...(Click here for the rest of the story)
Riders help recondition Capitol State Forest non-motorized paths: Horseback riders, mountain bikers and riders of off-road vehicles joined forces Saturday to help repair weather-damaged trails at Capitol State Forest as part of the Great Gravel Pack-In. (Click here to read the full story)
Shooting range or race course: Two groups are looking at the Colorado town of Victor as the home of a private shooting range and a world-class bicycle race. A bicycle racing group is looking in and around Victor to set up a 20-mile race course for one of the 2010 Carmichael Training Systems Summer of Cycling series races. (Click here to read the full story)
Foes Racing to give away bike: If you shop at Bristol Farms, you have the chance to win a $2,600 special edition, 2010 Foes Racing Pasadena Crown City Commuter Bike. Foes Racing, a Pasadena-based maker of mountain bike frames and custom commuter bicycles, teamed up with the grocer and FRS energy-drink company to offer the bike giveaway. (Click here for all the details)
Injured rider gets unwanted helicopter ride: An injured mountain biker who fell several feet off a dirt trail was airlifted to safety earlier today. Palm Springs Fire officials said a 45-year-old woman had been riding on a trail off of Dunn Road not far from Murray Peak when she lost balance...(click here for the rest of the story).
Durango DEVO rides again: The Durango, Colorado, Junior Development Mountain Bike Team (DEVO for short) will cruise into its fifth season this year. Registration for the popular junior mountain biking program is coming up...(click here for the rest of the story).
Illegal trail found in Portland's Forest Park: An illegal mountain bike trail built in northwest Portland's Forest Park has wreaked havoc on the park's ecosystem, park officials said Tuesday. Tucked away and hidden under the canopy of the Forest Park trees, the hidden trail is located about...(click here for the rest of the story)
Cronin’s mountain biking license plate clears House: Rep. Brian Cronin’s, D-Boise, mountain biking license plate is one step closer to appearing on the cars of Idahoans after clearing the House Monday. The plate, which will feature a human figure on a mountain bike on the left side, now heads to the...(Click here for the full story)
Scuba diver mountain bikes underwater: A diving school has designed an underwater mountain bike, and they're challenging diving fans to cycle a mile on it to raise money for Sport Relief...(click here for the rest of the story)
No one seems to care that area man's bike was stolen: Despite the fact that it cost $350 when purchased two years ago and was still in excellent condition, no one seems to care that area resident Dan Bleidner's Trek 820 mountain bike was stolen from his Lansing Street apartment building Sunday.
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