Why Do We Love Such Low Mountain Bike Tire Pressure?!
By now most of us know that low tire pressure in our mountain bike tires is the way to go. Tire pressure is a hot topic (and probably has been since the invention of mountain bikes) and there are a ton of articles out there giving advice on how to properly set your tire pressure for different conditions and for different-sized tires. I want to take a closer look at the benefits of lower tire pressure. This isn’t one of those articles. Instead of debating the difference that one or two psi makes in different conditions and on different surfaces, I want to take a closer look at the benefits…
An Argument for Morning Indoor Trainer Rides
When to ride the indoor bike trainer, that is the question. Morning or evening? It’s something I’ve asked myself for years now. Mountain biking is a big part of my life and riding inside during the winter months is a priority for me. Because they’re a priority, I want to make sure I’m scheduling rides for when I have the best chance of actually doing them. “I’ve now switched over to morning rides and I’m sold!” In my early days of trainer riding, my work schedule demanded that I start early in the morning. So early that morning rides weren’t an option for me. I would come home from work,…
From Transrockies to Singletrack 6: A Tale of Two Mountain Bike Races
The Transrockies Challenge. If you’ve been mountain biking for any length of time, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that name before. The name is synonymous with stage racing in North America, and for good reason. It was one of the first, and most iconic, mountain bike races on the continent. It blazed a trail for other stage races that would come along as the sport grew in popularity. Today, the Transrockies Challenge, created by Transrockies Inc., is no more. It has been replaced by another stage race — Singletrack 6. Singletrack 6 keeps the multi-day mountain bike stage race format of the original Transrockies Challenge, but many other aspects…
3 Crucial Decisions I Made During BC Bike Race
In 2018 I rode in the BC Bike Race. The race’s tagline reads ‘The Ultimate Singletrack Experience’ and I have to agree. The riding is out of this world, and the atmosphere around the race is amazing. Now that it’s all over I can look back on a great week of riding and be proud just for having finished the race. There were 3 decisions I made during this edition of BC Bike Race that proved to be crucial to me finishing. My race wasn’t all fun and games though. BC Bike Race 2018 was one full of problems for me. It wasn’t my first stage race, but it was…
