Are your dirt jumps safety certified?
Pending court case could force cities to adopt “industry standards” — or break out the bulldozers.
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The sweetest trails and riding spots
Knobbies on snow
Here in Colorado, cold is settling in and snow is settling down. It seems like time to hang the wheels and wax the skis, but — no! — not yet.
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Grand Junction and Moab, moto style
If you’re a bitter person, don’t read this. It’ll only make you angry. For the rest of you, behold three days and three adventures.
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Riding in Israel
A fellow SMBA coach recently rode on the Egyptian border. “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Boulder anymore …”
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How to build a pump track
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Here’s a story I did for Decline magazine back in June. It includes detailed plans for the pump track at The Fix in Boulder, CO.
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Better Homes and Pump Tracks
Does mowing the lawn make you yawn? Are the daisies making you crazy? Well, forget all that and turn your yard into something fun and useful: a pump track. We recently transformed a back yard here in Boulder, and I must say it came out nice.
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Pleasanton jump park
Hey, I was looking over your site and saw the story about legalized dirt jump parks, and then saw there was one in Pleasanton, California. I was wondering if you had the address of that place, because I looked online and couldn’t find it. Thanks!
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Rampart Range moto session
Distance: 52 miles. Time: 2:40. Average speed: 20 mph. Top speed: 60 mph. Terrain: swoopy singletack. Not a bad afternoon.
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Backyard pump track MADNESS
Oh, man. A pump track has been built in a backyard near my house. Full details are coming soon, but first a few photos from Saturday.
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On the trail and loving it
I’ve long had this fantasy of riding singletrack — the kind we rip on bikes — on a motorcycle. Just swooping through the woods, left right up down brap braap braaaping along, so smooth, so flowy, so graceful.
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Run timer: DMC Moto-Trainer II
If you’re trying to go fast, the only true measure is time. What feels fast is frequently slow, and vice versa. For example, riding sketchily feels fast, but riding smoothly is fast. You cannot trust feel. If you want to know whether one run is faster than the last, you must use a timer.
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The challenge of crossing over
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Try as he might, Brian Lopes has yet to dominate the Crossover Challenge — the annual motocross race for non-moto pro athletes.
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