John is an experienced cycling enthusiast and a great asset when it comes to writing skills. He's a Bachelor of Arts and a talented journalist. John is in charge of our blog and writes posts on a variety of cycling-related topics.
River Glen Trail is a short and sweet mountain biking trail for those living slightly north of Kletzsch Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that need something quick and easy. That said, you can also use it if you come from further away or are just visiting the area. It snakes along the side of the Milwaukee River and is ...
With about 30 miles of mountain bike trails, Horsetooth Mountain Park offers almost everything you'd want from a trail network that long. This includes long, hard climbs, flowy sections, fast descents, switchbacks, drops, etc. There's even the occasional fire road to get you from one section of singletrack to the ...
If you’re in Colorado and looking for a network of trails suitable to all mountain biking skill levels, then the Lory State Park trails are a good bet. Once you’re familiar with the territory, you can pick whichever trail section suits you best. However, for the more experienced riders, you can pick a trail and let it ...
The Devil's Backbone Nature Trail is an intermediate-level trail that lives up to its name due to how rocky it is, especially on the climbs. From the outside, it looks like rolling hills that you can just zip through, and while there are some sections of that, it doesn't paint an accurate picture of what you'll get ...
The Ginny and Powerline trail loop is an interesting short but technical loop that pays off with some epic views of the Rocky Mountain National Park. It starts with a technical climb that will have you questioning your mountain biking hobby, but once you get to the top, you’re reminded of why you do it. Overall, it’s ...
Maxwell's trail is one of the best ways for mountain bikers to enjoy the serenity and beauty of Horsetooth Reservoir while still getting something challenging and fun for a good workout. While it is open all year, the surface is dusty singletrack and, as such, can get muddy after a downpour. During these periods, you ...
The Barton Creek Greenbelt Mountain bike trail is a scenic intermediate-level ride next to the creek, and depending on the season, you may be riding next to a flowing or dry creek. There’s plenty to look forward to on this trail, including rocky and rugged terrain, caves, creek crossings, etc. It’s also fairly woody, ...
The Walnut Creek Trails is an intermediate-level network of trails allowing riders to curate their riding experience based on the trail sections they like most. There are many crisscrossing trails, and once you’ve gone through them once, you should be able to tell which ones are more technical, which ones to avoid, ...
Originally designed to be a motocross trail in the 1970s, the Emma Long Motocross Park trail is one of the area's most interesting mountain biking trails. However, it's not for beginners or even intermediate-level riders and is only suitable for those who've earned the right to be called mountain biking experts. It's ...
The Reimers Ranch Park is a curated set of networked trails that mixes everything from beginner to advanced expert-level trails and leaves you to choose. Even the beginner trails on this network are fun, which isn’t something most beginner trails can pull off. Also, with the different level trails intersecting, you ...
