2013 Mountain Biking Archive Stories

Dirt bike riders plan to sue the U.S. Forest Service in an effort to compel the agency to ban all users from trails in the Bear Creek drainage area that were closed to vehicles last fall as part of a court settlement to protect an endangered fish. It’s the latest salvo in what has become a flash point in th

FRUITA • Four trails built in the past year, another coming this summer and more in the planning stages — this mountain biking paradise built by mountain bikers isn’t settling in the desert dust. MoJoe’s is the latest trail to be constructed. The route, finished this spring in the Bookcliffs/18 Road area just north

April showers bring mutant powers. One or two more doses of heavy wet snow to slog through on a bike and then it’s back to normal. It is time for grown men to shave their legs for the “safety” of it on a bike. Or do what I do and follow the lead of local pro Cameron Chambers — let the leg hair grow, grit through a