Gear Review: Lolo Vertical Bike Rack When our family was expecting our third child, I had to finally admit that my little Subaru Impreza wasn’t going to be big enough for our family adventures. I sold my beloved Subaru to a friend and bought a full-size SUV. This was in December at the beginning of ski season, so I wasn’t too worried about my bike transport […] Gear Review Brent Thomas | June 22, 2022 0 Comments
Turn Any Bike into an E-bike With This Pocket-Sized Battery Do you have a bike and wish it was electric? Maybe you should make the switch. Or should I say Swytch? That is exactly what the company Swytch Bike wants to help you do, as they look to completely disrupt the e-bike industry with the smallest, lightest, e-bike battery in the world. The Swytch Kit is an affordable way to […] Cycle Brent Thomas | May 16, 2022 2 Comments
22 Year Old Tadej Pogacar Dominates Competition At 2021 Tour de France 2021 marked the 108th edition of the storied Tour de France, the most significant grand tour in cycling. The 2021 edition was a blowout, with 22-year-old Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates taking the GC (Overall Classification) title. Pogacar took the lead on stage 8 in the Alps and never looked back. In the mountains, he was able […] Cycle Nic Stathos | July 23, 2021 0 Comments
After 4,000 Volunteer Hours, Lake Tahoe’s Newest Trail Opens to the Public SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (July 13, 2021) – Tahoe’s newest trail, sure to become one of the region’s most iconic, is now open thanks to nearly 4,000 volunteer trail building hours and generous contributions from Tahoe Fund donors including the Mathman family and a triple match from Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise guest donation program at Northstar, Heavenly and Kirkwood. The new […] Cycle CycleBrains | July 14, 2021 10 Comments
60% of Idaho Ski Areas Offer Summer Mountain Biking Adventures This article was provided courtesy of Ski Idaho BOISE, Idaho (June 14, 2021) — 11 of Idaho’s ski areas offer lift-served mountain biking, and four — Lookout Pass (plus the Route of the Hiawatha), Silver Mountain, Soldier Mountain, and Tamarack — have already opened their trails for the season. Five more — Bogus Basin, Brundage Mountain, Grand Targhee, Kelly Canyon, […] Cycle CycleBrains | June 16, 2021 0 Comments
Soldier Mountain, ID To Open Brand-New Mountain Bike Park Friday Article shared courtesy of Soldier Mountain and Ski Idaho FAIRFIELD, Idaho (May 19, 2021) — Soldier Mountain is opening its new mountain bike park for the summer this Friday, May 21, after the Phillips Fire prevented the resort from opening it last summer. It will be open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, as well as Memorial Day and Labor Day, through the end […] Cycle CycleBrains | May 20, 2021 0 Comments
California’s First Official Cycling Route Will Start in South Lake Tahoe Just this week, the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA) announced the addition of a new cycling route in California. While this will be the first official route to traverse the width of California, the Adventure Cycling Association has already constructed bike routes in 29 other states across the U.S. Related: The American Perimeter Trail- 12,000 Miles of What Could Be The […] Cycle Spencer Cox | September 5, 2020 0 Comments
Yeti Cycles Makes Socially Conscious Moves – Will No Longer Use “Tribe” to Describe Community This week Yeti Cycles announced that they would no longer use the word ‘Tribe’ to characterize their community. This decision comes in the wake of many brands and sports teams reconsidering their choice of language which may be inappropriate, racist, or offensive. Related: Surge in Mountain Bike Sales and Trail Use as Pandemic Continues In a public statement made on […] Cycle Spencer Cox | July 17, 2020 1 Comment