This unmarked trail in the Phil’s Trail system provides a great workout for legs & lungs. Nothing technical, just a good, fun climb. As mountain biking season kicks into full gear in Central Oregon, my friends and I have started tackling longer hills. A good climb can get the blood pumping, making you feel you’ve […]
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Last Wednesday April 19 was the season opener for the NW MTB Series, aka the “Wednesday Night World Championships.” The weekly event continues to grow in popularity and once again set a new opening day attendance record despite cool, rainy, and muddy conditions. Event organizer Russell Stevenson attributes the event’s growing popularity to the fact
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Everyone wins when the pace slows down to encourage and strengthen friendship. For some people it’s only a ‘real’ ride if you sweat your eyeballs out, feel your heart pound in your throat, and feel exhausted at the end of the day. If there’s competition involved, so much the better. Someone wins, which implies that
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Take your ego out of recovery. A pulled hamstring has put a damper on my return to mountain biking this season. I can spin quite nicely, but don’t have the push or power to keep up with my usual riding buddies. Falling off the back of the pack is discouraging — and I don’t want to be
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With Central Oregon’s high elevation trails still under snow, Horse Butte has miles of trails for mountain bikers willing to brave a little weather to get back in the saddle. Located southeast of Bend, the Horse Butte trail system sits at a lower elevation than many of Bend’s west-side trails. This means less snow and
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