New Idria Superfun(d) Tour

Mercury or asbestos, why pick a poison when you can have both?

DIY: Adventure Dream Bike

Converting a mountain bike from the 90’s into an off-road bike touring machine!

Sierra Backroads to Quincy

Ninety miles is practically next door when you’re in the mountains, right?

Henry Coe Wildflower Overnight

Wildflowers and single track, it doesn’t get any better than this!

Traversing the Santa Lucias on South Coast Road

Spring is a phenomenal time to explore the mountains of California’s Central Coast. This 90 mile route combines pavement riding with an ocean view fire road for a spectacular two day tour.

Bikewhacking the Lost Sierras

Six days of logging roads, mining trails, and old abandoned paths in the northern Sierras.

Dirty Overnight: Black Diamond Mines

Who but an elementary school teacher would convince a buncha hooligans to ride their bikes on dirt and sleep under the stars? Gathering packs of forty or fifty bikecampers, Adam Moss’ adventure rides are legend. This spring the word went around. We’re heading to Black Diamond Mines, a steep and hilly reserve of cow pasture and remnant oak woodland […]

Ghost Rider of the Trans North

Doug Williams rode the Trans North, a 400 mile backcountry mountain bike race from Reno to Mendocino, in three and a half days. They called him the Ghost Rider because no one knew where he was until he showed up at a gas station in the lead pack.

Postcard: Fogbound in Marin

Off-pavement riding through fog in the coastal headlands of Marin.

Monroe Truck Trail: Riding Singletrack On Home Turf

Within days of coming home, I was dreaming of dirt. Of shredding familiar canyons, portaging the streams and picking poison oak out of my butt. I unloaded my bike, put in a load of laundry, and headed for the hills.