MTB advocates will deliver petition, request planning funds at Parks budget hearing
Advocates for off-road cycling will request $200,000 from Portland Parks’ upcoming budget.
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Off-road biking supporters pack Metro meeting on Tualatin Mtns project
Portlanders want more mountain bike trails close to town. Badly.
After years of disappointment, single track lovers have reasons for optimism
With renewed energy from Portland’s off-road biking advocates and a Metro project that could open up 1,300 acress of trail possibilities, 2015 could be a very big year for advocates itching for more local single track trails. As we reported yesterday, local advocacy and trail building group the Northwest Trail Alliance has thrown down a … Read more
Call for city to create off-road biking plan draws 550 signatures in 36 hours
Hundreds of local mountain biking lovers are piling signatures into a new petition.
Bomb squad disarms tripwire device found on trail near Forest Park – UDPATED
The device was an improvised firearm with a pipe loaded with a shotgun shell.
Guest article: Take a kid mountain biking and help grow the ‘Dirt Roots Movement’
Andy Jansky practicing what he preaches on a ride at Mt. Saint Helens with his two teenage daughters.(Photo courtesy Andy Jansky) This article was written by Andy Jansky, a volunteer trail steward with the Northwest Trail Alliance. It’s time to start a new cycling movement. I call it the “Dirt Roots Movement” and it’s all … Read more
Portland Short Track series celebrates 10th anniversary tonight (photos)
The Portland Short Track series out at PIR celebrates its 10th anniversary tonight.
MTB news roundup: Arrests and a new trail at Sandy Ridge, new shop in Portland, & more
From a new trail to a new shop in Portland, get all the latest mountain biking news in one big fat roundup.
Wolf-tracking documentary team will share their Oregon bike adventure tonight
Two members of the six-person team that set out this spring to trace the trail of the wolf OR-7 by bike through Oregon’s wilderness will discuss what they found in a free presentation Tuesday.
$10,000 REI grant will help boost MTB trails at Stub Stewart State Park
A $10,000 grant and big trail work party later this month are latest signs of life for mountain biking trails at Stub Stewart State Park.
The Friday Profile: Rachael Pecore-Valdez, mountain-bike rookie on a wolf’s tail
For someone whose longest bike trip ever is 40 miles to Sauvie Island and back, a 1,200-mile, five-week mountain bike trek through Eastern Oregon will be, well, a leap.
Off-road advocates propose biking trails at River View Natural Area
The Northwest Trail Alliance has unveiled their proposal for the future of mountain biking at River View Natural Area.