Trail Tales

Uncle Dave is here to cheer you up - by making you feel better about your 2016 - but at least he's still keen on sharing music...

This week’s Big Mountain Monday sees Doerfling take on a line that features a wickedly steep funnel.

"ERKKI PUNTTILA approaches bikepacking excursions with a straightforward manner and plenty of dry humour..."

"Sean has been battling cancer for many years and unfortunately it appears he has a limited time left to fight..."

"Maybe some cop saying you can’t drink a beer on the beach. Or some old guy with a moustache lecturing you trailside about your mountain bike..."

No pros or posturing, just good old fashioned carnage and belly laughs.

“One of the more iconic trails on Mount Fromme has been declared permanently closed by the District…”

"I crashed 10 years ago and my tooth turned blue. Should I get it fixed and give up my bluetooth joke or keep it..."

Stevie talked about wanting a cool place to ride near his home to develop young riders and help them build some skills...

My wife has compared me to our dog in the sense that I need some sort of activity every day or I get all fidgety, at least I hope that's what she meant...

"I waded through pictures of myself peppered with insane hashtags and dog whistles**, and I actually started to feel a bit sad..."

Who are the real pros? The riders who travel the world showing off their skills, or the ones who toil at home to build the trails we love...

"At night, between mouthfuls of food, we'd discuss how... the skill set of BC riders is light years ahead of us..."

"No matter what you're doing, a mountain biker is standing on the side of a trail somewhere, waiting to tell you that you're doing it wrong..."

Santa Cruz got wind of Martin’s campaign to raise money for a new chainsaw, so they decided to just buy it for him. Presenting the Unicorn Slayer.

It appears the CMHC has met with stakeholders and is willing to allow continued access to the lands under their management on Seymour...

"Some scoundrel, maybe even the Industry, had taken that rock and skinny filled monstrosity and replaced it with a baby-bottomed smooth “flow trail” that required zero skill to navigate...'

"The last thing I want is to travel 4hrs by kangaroo to the nearest town, only to be scrwed over by the bike shop charging double what it costs online..."

"Is anybody, at all, swayed into a purchasing decision based on the gear choice of a mid-pack Cat 1 DH racer?"

"So maybe it’s time to slow down a bit, work more together, and try to get more dollars in our pockets and not the trash can..."

Ryan Gardner spent 6 months living in a van to save money in order to race overseas on the EWS circuit. While holding down a full-time job.

"A great fork can cover up a lot of mistakes and a bit of extra fork travel will usually add some capability to your bike..."

Industry insider answer this question: What change in mountain bikes over the past five years has provided the most benefit to riders?

We asked 8 industry insiders one question: Will the pace of change in MTB parts and standards remain contsant, increase or slow down?