Singletracks

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Riding the Pine-Strawberry Loop. All photos: Leslie Kehmeier Arizona is chock-full of world-class mountain bike destinations, but there’s a new singletrack hotspot on the rise that you probably haven’t heard of: the Town of Payson. Located just over an hour’s drive northeast of the Phoenix metro area, the town of 17,000 people rests at an elevation of 5,000 feet above sea level, with the nearby Mogollon Rim soaring to over 8,000.

Listen, I’m not here to convince you that you need a mountain bike fit. If you really need one, your body will make it abundantly clear. Still, finding a bike fitter nearby isn’t always easy, and the cost can be prohibitive for some. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. mountain had ever Have you ever had a professional mountain bike fit? * Yes, I get one for every mountain bike I buy. Yes, I’ve had more than one MTB fit Yes, once No, but I’m thinking about it.

Photo: Don Kinney Just a few years ago, the land that is now the Old Creedmoor Nature Preserve near Raleigh, North Carolina, was slated for a housing development that would have deprived local mountain bikers of access to a popular social trail network. Fortunately, as the name suggests, the area was spared; trails were adopted, more were built, and the preserve is now established and managed by the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC).

Photo: Jazmine Kohl The Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association (TAMBA) held its 14th annual mountain bike festival at the end of June, and by all accounts the event was a big success. How big? About $40,000 big. That’s enough to buy a mini excavator. Or to hire a part-time executive director. Or to buy a shed full of tools, with enough money left over to buy a year’s worth of pizza to feed your volunteer trail builders.

The Haw River State Trail. Photo: Alamance County Alamance County sits directly between Greensboro and Durham, North Carolina. And that is exactly where mountain bikers living in the county go to ride – west to Greensboro or east to Durham and Raleigh. While certain areas of the state are mountain bike destinations, there aren’t any mountain bike trails in Alamance County. For now. The county recently acquired around 700 acres of land near the Haw River.

File photo: Mike Cartier. I don’t know about you, but the moment I arrive at a mountain bike trailhead, I’m a ball of anxious energy, raring to ride. It’s the same feeling I used to get pulling into the parking lot at Six Flags and seeing the throngs of people who arrived before me. These days, I’m lucky if I remember to put my helmet on before I zoom onto the trail! But lately, I’ve been thinking that my pre-ride routine might be missing something. Should I be stretching? Warming up? Meditating?

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Photos courtesy of Tamarack Resort On Saturday, July 4, Tamarack Resort reopened its bike park after a Memorial Day storm damaged one of the towers on the Tamarack Express lift on May 25. The storm was a significant blow to the resort, halting operations just days after the bike park officially opened for the 2026 season.

Photos: Travis Reill Like a lot of people who land on the more aggressive side of trail bike riding, my go-to tire combo is a Maxxis Assegai up front and a DHR II out back. Do I believe these are the very best tires one can buy? Not necessarily, but they are damn good, are common on many bikes, and are likely the tire combo I have the most experience with. “Best” is relative. But what about switching that tried-and-true DHR with the new Dissector?