Category: mountain biking

Improve Your Mountain Biking Skills

Mountain Biking skills

5 Ways to Improve Your Mountain Biking Skills It’s always a good idea to continue improving your mountain biking skills for any new trails and locations you decide to visit. The more you improve upon your skills as a bike rider, you will be able to enjoy more skilled trails and tracks that aren’t for …

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Colorado Trail: Section 1

yellow flowers on trail

Hiking the Colorado Trail I completed most of section one of the Colorado Trail this summer. Due to some wilderness regulations and gnarly blisters, I’ll need to go back and tackle part of segment 4, but that’s already in the works. I highly recommend the Colorado Trail for you long-distance hikers out there. It’s absolutely …

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Ireland Mountain Bike Trails

Derroura Mountain Bike Trail in Ireland

Mountain Biking Trails in Galway, Ireland I have been working in the hospitality industry in Ireland for many years and in recent years there has been huge rise in popularity of activity holidays. I work for the Drury Court  Hotel which is located in Dublin, however a lot of our guests would travel from here …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2013/11/22/ireland-mountain-bike-trails/

The Best Backcountry Biking Trails In The French Alps

The French Alps have some of the best spots for mountain biking anywhere in Europe. The combination of easy and challenging trails means that the area has something to offer for both beginners and experienced riders. In addition to the trails, there is stunning scenery to be enjoyed while riding, making this an ideal place …

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Should rail trails be classified as road biking?

Route of the Hiawatha trail in Idaho In addition to my own trail website, I enjoy contributing to other trail communities. After all, it is my hope that we all have the same general goal: to promote the enjoyable and healthy lifestyle that trails offer.However, I am having trouble convincing other websites that there should …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/31/should-rail-trails-be-classified-as-road-biking/

If it’s not mountain biking, and it’s not road biking, then…?

Here is the bike trail version of the famous, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause…” letter. I recently received an email from a gentleman who had this question for me: Subject: bike trailsDon’t quite understand what your problem is with naming of routes.I ride mountain bikes, whether part of my route goes on to …

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