7 Tips for Indoor Mountain Bike Training
When snow hits the ground and the trails turn from mountain biking paradise to a skier’s winter wonderland it can feel like it’s time to hang the bike in the garage and kiss your mountain bike fitness good-bye for several months. It doesn’t have to be that way though!...
How to Ride a Rock Garden on a Mountain Bike
As summer rolls around and the trails start opening up, that means it’s time to dial in my technical skills again. I usually start out small, but quickly gain my confidence back and move on to bigger and bigger obstacles. I have one large rock garden where I live that...
How to Pace Yourself on a Mountain Bike
We all know that feeling; you’re out on the trail, someone paces you, and you can’t help but increase the pace a little bit. Better yet, you are in a race and at the start everyone sprints out of the gate. Mountain biking can be extremely challenging to pace due to...
The Ultimate Indoor Mountain Bike Training (With a Free Plan)
As mountain bikers, we all love riding on trails. Sometimes though, our schedule or workout just doesn’t allow it. There are plenty of times that I have gone to trails with the intention of executing a specific workout, only to discover that I am simply unable to...
11 Off Season Mountain Bike Training Tips
What do you think when you hear the word off-season? Do you imagine yourself hanging up your shoes, bike, and helmet in the garage and waiting to be able to ride again when spring rolls around? Don’t let the phrase ‘off-season’ fool you. I like to refer to the...
Is Spinning Good for Mountain Biking? (Learn How)
Nowadays, as a professional cyclist, my entire day can be centered around my workout. It hasn’t always been like that though. When I was attending college and working to reach this level, my ride had to fit around my day and not the other way around. I think that for...
Best Mountain Bike Tire for Street and Trail
One of the benefits of living in a small city, as I do, is that there are still quite a few trails to mountain bike on within a reasonable distance from my home. However, during the week I still mostly ride my bike in the city. I started looking for the best mountain...
Best Mountain Bike Tire for SAND (Plus Tips to Ride Better)
When I was in college, my friends and I would go down toward the river and race around a 20-minute mountain bike trail. It was always so fun to race both each other and our own time. The winning move, however, always came around the one very deep and sandy section. If...
Can I Use Mountain Bike Shoes on a Road Bike?
Cycling can feel like such a complicated and expensive sport. There is equipment and accessories for every need and there is an even bigger price tag attached to each item. I coach a lot of athletes who are just getting into the sport or who are trying to optimize...