Back in the Saddle
Ellen Kanzinger rides her bike around the neighborhood. Photo by Rachel StoneA Newbie Bike Commuter Faces Her FearsIt was a few days before my fifteent...
Biking in the Blue Ridge
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SHOWDOWN AT SNOWSHOE: UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CUP FINALS
The biggest event in mountain biking returned to American soil this weekend at Snowshoe Resort. Mother Nature was uncharacteristically cooperative thi...
Outdoor Updates: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Snowshoe + Gauley Season is Here
Photo by Kurtis Schachner at Snowshoe Mountain ResortUCI Mountain Bike World Cup Finals at SnowshoeSnowshoe Mountain's bike park will reopen tomorrow, ...
Best in Bike Gear
Photo by Jess DaddioAndy Beckman’s must-haves for mountain biking“I grew up riding bikes up and down the street as every kid does,” racer Andy Beckman ...
Gravel Grinder: For a backpacker, there may not be a better way to see North Carolina than on a bike.
“I hope we don’t kill the backpacker.” Funny joke. The folks I was having dinner with—a handful of cycling gurus from bike gear manufacturer Blackburn...
Bikepacking the Blue Ridge
Photo by Jess DaddioThe Big South Fork’s Untapped Bikepacking Potential Driving along the western edge of the Big South Fork National River and Re...
Bike Parks of the Blue Ridge
Bryce Bike Park's summer race series welcomes riders of all ages and skill levels the second Saturday of each month throughout the season. / photo by Andrew De...
September 2019: Best Bike Parks
FeaturesBike PackingFollow in the muddy tread of two classic bikepacking adventures in Big South Fork National Recreation Area and Pisgah National Fore...
IMBA’S Newest Ride Center: Snowshoe Highlands
IMBA Unveils West Virginia's FIRST Official Ride Center™If you're a mountain biker, then you probably already know Pocahontas County, WV is the plac...
ROANOKE, VA is the new host city of 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 TRIATHLON
Updated August 12, 2019Virginia pride is at an all-time high this morning, and rightfully so, after IRONMAN announced that Roanoke, Va is the new host city...
Cup Dreams
Snowshoe Resort will host the Southeast’s first mountain biking World Cup event in nearly 20 years. brevard's Neko Mulally is a favorite.“This is the most...
How Carvins Cove became a Recreation Mecca
A small landslide on a crude social trail at Roanoke, Virginia’s Carvins Cove Reservoir in 1997 was the first in a chain of events that culminated about 20 yea...
Hometown Hero: Charlottesville’s Ben King will compete at 2019 Tour de France
Charlottesville cyclist Ben King is riding in this year’s Tour de France, which begins this Saturday in Brussels, Belgium.After winning two mountain stage...
Rest in Power, Robyn
Richmond cyclist Robyn Hightman was killed on Monday, June 24th by a delivery truck in Manhattan, NY.Hightman was struck on Sixth Avenue near 24th Street ...
Happy Birthday West Virginia!
Every year on June 20th, the Mountain State celebrates a very special day – its birthday! This year West Virginia is turning 156 years old. How much do you kno...