That’s the Spirit!

Minnesota is the home of Duluth. I wouldn’t have given it a second thought, except that I heard on good authority that it is filled with awesome mountain bike trails. To that end, I set up a day at Spirit Mountain, located just a bit southwest of downtown. I drove up the hill, walked in […]

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Riding the Rapid City

Three road trips, three vehicles. I finally replaced the 4Runner that was destroyed in the Bentonville tornado, and I love the new 2024 TRD Pro. I got it all packed and ready to go on the big event this year; spending more than four weeks on the road riding the bike all around the USA. […]

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Another great day at the Bentonville Bike Festival in Arkansas! I was relaxing at the YT Mill and chatting with my friends before we hit the trails. YT’s brand new digs in town are amazing! But more on that later.  A quick ride across downtown. When I say quick, I mean that our e-bikes brought […]

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Riding Spider

I left Carlsbad, New Mexico after enjoying a great ride at the La Cueva trails. The next leg of my road trip involved driving across Texas almost all the way to Austin, Texas. Spider Mountain is located about 65 miles northwest of Austin near the town of Burnet. I grabbed a room at the Thunderbird […]

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Carlsbad-Lands

Many of you who tune in regularly know that I wasn’t able to take my big road trip last year because I got laid off just two weeks before I was supposed to leave. Oh well, I still got plenty of rides in through the end of the year. With some creative planning and a […]

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