All the hub bub about the Spokane cycling scene seems to focus on commuting and road biking. The city may be counting cyclists at specified intersections and logging the miles on Bike to Work Week (and month) but who’s counting the downhill riders on Beacon Hill? Who’s tracking the mountain bikers sprawled across Riverside State […]
What’s Your Gear? Peter Jantz: Mountain Biking Read More »
HAVE YOU EVER heard anyone whine about a lack of recreation facilities? Like, hey man, there ought to be a dog park, skate park, playground, river access point, and/or mountain bike skills park on the vacant DOT land next to I-90, right here? I mean, man, if they can pay for a fire engine, library,
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They say that with the Seattle Sounders, the world’s game has come to Washington, but soccer is not the only “new” sport in the region. Spokane TrailQuest, formed in fall of 2007, has brought Mountain Bike Orienteering to the Northwest. This bike scavenger hunt event is popular in Europe and around the world, but so
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I know it’s hard to believe, but someday soon there will actually be dust on mountain bike trails in our area–not just wet, muddy, slime. To help hasten that day we present this freeride video shot at Beacon Hill. This is one of the videos mentioned in our current cover story. Read it here if
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That’s the crux of Friends of the Falls Director Steve Faust’s River Greenway District proposal. Right now most facets of the Spokane River and the recreation associated with it suffer from some degree of active or benign neglect. Are we will to pony up to make this area world-class? This piece appears in the current
Do We Love the River? Let’s Prove it. Read More »
Picture yourself IN a boat on a river—a drift boat, on the Spokane River. As you round the bend, you realize the gate at your take-out spot is locked. A cyclist rolling down the trail stops to portage her bike around a fallen tree. You remember making the same portage a week ago. What’s happening
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This just in from the Fat Tire Trail Riders. They have been doing some awesome work on the Beacon Hill Mountain Bike trails and now they need some map help: GPS-ers wanted for Beacon Help Posted by: “konagal77” [email protected] konagal77 Wed Dec 3, 2008 6:41 pm (PST) Looking for a couple of folks who like
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I recently got a new road bike that can take pretty fat tires. After writing about the joys of “underbiking” a couple months ago, my buddies have enjoyed busting my chops about my new fat-tired road bike, which is more of an “overbike.” My favorite rides always have some dirt element: a county road, a
Everyday Cyclist: Off-Road Trail Paradise Read More »
DIRT PROVIDES RESPITE for a runner’s body, while road is unforgiving. “Trail running is so much softer on joints and bones; I could not put in nearly as much mileage if it was all on pavement. Also, just the beauty of it and getting out of the city and back to nature,” says Chris Zeller,
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ONE OF THE SNOWIEST winters in recent memory drove bicyclists bonkers. Studded snow tires on the winter bike only help so much, and forget the indoor trainer. Yuck. But it’s now time to get on the bike and prepare for the summer. Whether for fun, competition, as a challenge to yourself (or all three), here’s
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