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 Cycling
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.
MTB roundup: Helltrack, River View planning, Sandy Ridge award, and more
Helltrack is coming! Just because Portland isn’t known as a mountain biking mecca (yet), doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of mountain bike news. Check out the updates on several fronts below… Helltrack at The Lumberyard The Lumberyard has partnered up with PlusSizeBMX on an interesting event next month: They call it “Helltrack.” According … Read more
‘Trailfest’ success (recap and photos)
Our friends at Northwest Trail Alliance reported a big success at their recent Trailfest event. NWTA’s Kelsey Cardwell sent along the following highlights and photos… Despite the forecast for a downpour, 18 riders showed up for our Forest Park poker ride on Friday night and we were rewarded with clear skies! We handed out prizes … Read more
Two new trails opening at Sandy Ridge this weekend
Now there are two more reasons to ride at Sandy Ridge.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Sandy Ridge, the popular mountain bike trail-riding area just 40 miles east of Portland, just got even better. Two new trails are set to open by this weekend bringing the total mileage of bike-specific trails in the system to over 15. … Read more
Research: Mountain biking boosts rural Oregon economies
Research shows that the three-day Mountain Bike Oregon event pumps $1.2 million into the Oakridge economy.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
MTB advocates see reasons to support Metro natural areas levy
Metro levy would bring more single track to Portland.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Off-road bicycling advocates in the Portland area have two major reasons to throw their weight behind Metro’s parks and natural areas levy: Agency Creek and McCarthy Creek. Both parcels are called out by name in the text of Measure 26-152 as having potential … Read more
Guest Article: Urban mountain biking in Portland – What it could be
Typical “flow” singletrack on the Beginner Trail inLebanon Hills.(Photo used with permission ofDakota County Parks, Minnesota) This article is written by Joshua Rebannack. Joshua contacted me after he read our recent coverage of mountain biking in Forest Park. As a way of helping Portland see a different vision for urban, off-road bicycling access, Joshua wanted … Read more
Portland Parks seeks members for River View Natural Area advisory committee
A trail in River View Natural Area.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you care about off-road bicycling in Portland, take note that a very important planning process is getting underway. Portland Parks & Recreation is seeking members of the public to sit on an advisory committee that will help plan the future of their River View … Read more
NW Examiner highlights “illegal cycling” in Forest Park
Cover of NW Examiner April issue. The NW Examiner, a free monthly newspaper with a circulation of 30,000 homes and businesses in various neighborhoods of northwest Portland, has made mountain biking in Forest Park it’s cover story for the second time in three months. In the April edition (PDF only), editor and publisher Allan Classen … Read more
Finding MTB fun in Forest Park
No joke. Is it possible to have fun on a mountain bike in Forest Park? Ask five different people and you’re likely to get five different answers. In the end, I think it depends on what you consider fun. On Sunday, I ventured out to discover some new (to me) roads and found that the … Read more
US Forest Service approves permit for Timberline MTB Park
A major new mountain bike park on Mt. Hood is all set to move forward. The United States Forest Service (USFS) has just approved the permit for the Timberline Mountain Bike Park, concluding that the plans are in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and that as proposed would have “no significant impact.” … Read more