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Posted on August 28th, 2008 at 11:39 am.
(Photos © J. Maus)
A plan to develop close to 15,000 acres of public land for recreational use in and around the Sandy River (”Located in Portland’s backyard”) has local mountain bikers excited for the potential of new trails and riding opportunities close to home.
The Salem District of the Bureau of Land Management is in the [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am.
“This has left many in the mountain biking community very frustrated.”–Shane Gould, Portland United Mountain Pedalers
Mountain bikers throughout Oregon, with support from the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Oregon Mountain Bike Alliance (ORMBA), are miffed at a recent proposal by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) to ban mountain bikes from the Boulder Lake and [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2008 at 11:05 am.
The Short Track course is long on fun.More photos here(Photos © J. Maus)
Mountain bikers will be the main event at Portland International Raceway (PIR) tonight when the Mountain Bike Short Track Series kicks off. The series will continue each of the next six Mondays through the end of July.
Organizer Kris Schamp says given [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 at 4:27 pm.
This just in from IMBA and the Oregon Mountain Biking Association:
Help Save Important Mount Hood Trails
Action Alert
Oregon mountain bikers need to take action and ensure important trails around Mount Hood are protected with bicycle-friendly designations. Representative Earl Blumenauer has proposed a comprehensive plan for Mount Hood, one part of which would close the beloved Boulder [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 5:46 pm.
“We call for better access to city parks and recreation areas for off-road riding.”–From a statement issued today by a new coalition of mountain bike advocates
Hoping to join the Platinum party and no longer wanting to play second fiddle to its on-street cousin, mountain biking in Portland is poised for progress.
Today, a coalition of mountain [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pm.
This Saturday, Seasons — a new mountain bike movie from The Collective — will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland.
The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below…
Seasons Movie Premiere
4/26, McMenamins Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne)
All ages show - Doors at 6, Show at 6:30
21+ show [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 at 9:14 am.
The Bike Gallery is hosting a special “MTB Tech Night” with mountain bike pioneer, guru, fashion-star, and bike industry celebrity Gary Fisher. Event flyer is below followed by press release.
Here’s the blurb from the press release:
Hollywood Bike Gallery is hosting a big night of big MTB fun on Thursday, April 24, 6:30-9:00 PM. The [...]
Posted on April 5th, 2008 at 1:09 pm.
PUMP’s Roger Louton — talking with Oregon State Parks Trails Coordinator Rocky Houston — used the Summit to get some answers abouta trail building project he’s involved in.(Photos © J. Maus)
One of the most important functions of the Oregon Bike Summit is an opportunity for advocates to meet with key partners and decision makers face-to-face.
Between [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2008 at 8:43 am.
The Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) have been maintaining and riding mountain bike trails in and around Portland for 20 years.
PUMP members in their natural habitat.(Photos © J. Maus)
Twenty years ago, at the cusp of the mountain biking boom, Portlander Theo Patterson spoke up to make sure knobby tires weren’t banned from Forest Park — [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2008 at 3:11 pm.
As part of their ongoing stewardship of the Firelane 5 trail in Forest Park, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP!) are throwing a trail work party.
Here’s the notice of the event:
As your Forest Park Co-Representative, I am pleased to announce the scheduling of our second trail (work) party on Firelane 5. The first one was [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 am.
Singletrack splendor in Forest Park.You can help maintain itat a work party this Saturday.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
The Forest Park Conservancy (formerly known as Friends of Forest Park) has asked the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) to formally adopt the Firelane 5 singletrack.
The trail, a rare piece of singletrack in the 5,000+ acre park, was completed [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 at 10:09 am.
Stub Stewart State Park(Photo: Oregon State Parks)
Two Portland-area mountain bike advocacy groups hacve been given the green light by Oregon State Parks to begin building a network of freeride and singletrack trails in the newly opened Stub Stewart State Park, a 1,600 acre park located just 31 miles west of Portland in Washington County.
According to [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2007 at 8:10 am.
Due to troubles finding a reliable wi-fi signal in Oakridge, I wasn’t able to post as many stories as I had hoped from Mountain Bike Oregon.
I’ve put together a special coverage page and I just finished uploading and organizing all my photos.
If you’re having trouble adjusting back to work after a weekend of riding paradise, [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2007 at 8:32 pm.
A welcome sight for mountain bikers.(File photo)
If Oakridge had an unofficial base camp for mountain biking adventurers, it would be The Trailhead.
This aptly named cafe is right at the start of Main Street in Oakridge (which is actually a highway), and I couldn’t think of a better welcome to town.
The Trailhead has a surprising menu. [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2007 at 9:41 am.
Camping on the banks of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River.(File photo)
The quality of riding in Oakridge can be illustrated in many ways. One of them is by the success of Mountain Bike Oregon.
The first MTB Oregon was held in 2005 and was attended by 38 hearty soles. Founder Randy Dreiling [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2007 at 8:21 am.
(File photo)
Tonight I’m off to Oakridge, Oregon (”The center of Oregon recreation”) to take part in Mountain Bike Oregon.
The event promises three full days of riding on what I’ve heard are some of the best trails anywhere in the country. I’ll join about 150 other folks at a rustic camp along the Willamette River [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 am.
These racers know a good start is crucial.(File photo)
Last night was not the type of roller-coaster ride I expected to have at my first mountain bike race of the year.
I rode out to Portland International Raceway (a short ride from north Portland) to revel in the whoops, turns and twists of Kris Schamp’s ever-popular MTB [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2007 at 2:45 pm.
Chris Distefano and Tom Miller chat while riding in Forest Park last night.(File photo)Gallery - slideshow below
Last night the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) led a group of city staffers on a mountain bike ride through Forest Park. The ride was organized to give key decision makers and city planners an up-close and personal [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pm.
James Koski (L) and Don Bain, founders of Cascade Huts, LLC.(Photo: Cascade Huts)
Three years ago, Intel employee Don Bain and his friend James Koski (Chief of Staff for Congressman Earl Blumenauer) took a ride from Durango to Moab on Colorado’s fabled hut-to-hut mountain bike route. They had such a good time, they wanted to [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2007 at 9:10 am.
(File photo)
The Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) want to show Portland officials what singletrack is all about. They’ve sent an invite to City Commissioners, Parks Department staffers and other key stakeholders for a mountain bike ride through Forest Park later this month.
According to PUMP, the ride will show “what is possible if we focus [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2007 at 11:50 am.
A packed meeting room at City Hall for last night’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting.File photo: 5/8/07
Symbolic of the pent-up demand for more mountain biking in Portland, nearly 40 people crammed into the Lovejoy Room inside City Hall last night for the most crowded Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) meeting I’ve ever attended.
The agenda [...]
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 2:46 pm.
The City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, which advises City Council on all bike-related matters, will host a discussion mountain biking in Portland, with members of the Board of the Portland United Mountain Pedalers.
Here’s an excerpt from the agenda:
PUMP’s Roger LoutonFile photo: 6/17/06
“Mountain bicycling is fast growing as a popular recreational activity. It is also [...]
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 am.
Future site of Bike Skills Park.Photo: Ric Balfour/City of Vernonia
Bikes Belong, a national coalition of bicycle manufacturers and retailers, has just announced they will give a $5,000 grant to the Vernonia Bike Skills Park.
Here’s the official word:
“Our funding is earmarked for construction of the skills development trail, the first element of the park. When complete, [...]
Posted on May 1st, 2007 at 9:14 am.
Cities across the country are embracing mountain biking and adding singletrack trails to urban parks.
According to an article in the NY Times last Friday,
“…in cities from Philadelphia to Santa Fe, mountain biking is gaining as a viable urban activity. Extensive trail networks designated for the knobby-tire crowd, some many miles in length, now wind through [...]
Posted on March 7th, 2007 at 3:00 pm.
[Ric Balfour]
Trail advocate and planner Ric Balfour is spearheading an effort to transform the small town of Vernonia (about 45 miles west of Portland) into a cycling paradise.
The town already boasts the popular Banks-Vernonia Trail, a 20 mile Oregon State Parks trail between the towns of Banks and Vernonia, but Balfour sees much more potential [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 at 10:41 am.
[Coming to North Plains March 5-6.]
Next week, Portland will host the largest slope-style mountain bike competition in the U.S.
The Wham Bam Thank You Jam will take place at the HindsightMX Indoor Motorcross Park in North Plains (just a few miles West of downtown Portland) and is expected to attract over 50 of the [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2006 at 9:27 am.
[Timothy Lake]
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has just released their eighth annual Report Card and Oregon has been named the “Top Dog” in the U.S.
In their official press release they mention local mountain bike club, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP).
Here’s more from IMBA:
“Our reasons for making this selection go beyond outstanding riding. There’s [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2006 at 8:42 am.
[Update: According to a rep from Friends of Forest Park—who were instrumental in making this trail happen—some minor work remains to complete this trail.]
Last Saturday was the second of two trail work parties to complete a new mountain bike trail in Forest Park. The trail, which extends off an existing firelane, is the [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 9:20 am.
This Saturday, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers will break ground on the first bit of new mountain bike trails in Forest Park since 1988.
With a major assist from the Friends of Forest Park—who spearheaded the grant and permitting process—PUMP is holding a work party to make the new Firelane 5 trail a [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2006 at 9:22 am.
[PUMP's Roger Louton]
With a major assist from The Friends of Forest Park, mountain bikers are set to begin the process of planning and building a brand new piece of trail in Forest Park.
According to PUMP board member Roger Louton, the new trail will be an addition to the existing Firelane 5 fire access road. [...]
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