Enter online for your chance to win a trip for two this fall to mountain bike with 3-time reigning 24-hour solo mountain biking world champion, Rebecca Rusch. It is time to dial up the training in the basement until I can get out on the trails to prepare in the event that I win this great opportunity.

Okay, so when I first saw the Animas Quadracycle…I was perplexed. Then, I watched everything that it was capable of doing. I ride the Great Allegheny Passage (Pittsburgh to DC) each year on my mountain bike. I am wondering how the Quadracycle would perform over the 300+ miles? I do know one thing…you would definitely have right of way and other bikers would be scrambling to get out the way of this four-wheel, electric and human powered beast.

Randy Ericksen, the guy that brought us all of the Primal Quest Web Episodes, emailed me today to send me a much more relevant bike video (as opposed to the one I posted last night) for the general population (including myself). Randy won the Best Emerging Director at the 2009 Black Hills Fat Tire Film Festival.

As I look out the window here in western PA, I can only dream of the months ahead that will be snow free where I can once again saddle up and take to the trails. The last few weeks in the mid-Atlantic states have dropped record amounts of snow on the area. In the span of 5 days, we have received over 30 inches. Not that I am complaining. I have dusted off the snowshoes and blazed new trails.

Okay…so this video is over 3 years old. But, it is still awesome! Check out what unicycle legend Kris Holm does on one-wheel that some of us would have a hard time doing with two.

Mountain Hardwear announces the recipients of the 2010 Expedition Sponsorship Program. Mountain Hardwear will give total of $10,000 to help fund five 2010 expeditions.

In and effort to raise $10,000, after months of planning, the 2nd Annual 2-Day Howler Mountain Bike Race presented by Bodhin Adventure Services is moving ahead for February 20 & 21st, 2010.

On January 8, 2010, Jacob Thompson, Sean Monterastelli and Goat arrived in Ushuaia, El Fin del Mundo (the tip of South America). What began in in July of 2006 and covered more than 34,000Km and passed through 14 countries has come to an end for the team.

When it comes to mountain biking in British Columbia, Canada most people hear about the trails around the North Shore in North Vancouver and the trails and bike park in Whistler. However, taking a 1.5 hour ferry ride over to Vancouver Island is well worth the trip with most of the trails being within 1.5 hours of Nanaimo.

Monavie-Cannondale team worked their way up the volcanoes on Stage 3. Tinker Juarez did an outstanding climb towards the Irazú Volcano, he ascended like it was his last climb.

Jeremiah Bishop followed Juarez with a gap of close to 3 minutes along with Deiber Esquivel and Marc Trayter, both trying to break the trio apart and move upfront on the hunt for Tinker.

One of La Ruta’s strongest ascents was ridden today nearly one and a half kilometers after the start of the stage, a wall that took riders from 800 meters up to 1400 meters above sea level within 8 kilometers.

Top racers showed their world-class level making the first ascent seem like a ride in the park although several elite riders paid the price of a rapid pace and a grueling push to the top. Such was the case of Ben Sonntag when at a mere 100 meters from reaching the top of the mountain his chain sunk within the depths of his rear cassette.

A total distance of 108 kilometers were ridden today by 225 racers from 17 different countries in a terrain as defying as the untamed tropics can hide deep within its foliage.

An early lead out of the Carara National Park by three-time Vuelta a España winner Roberto Heras, one of the favorites for the race, was short-lived when apparently a beverage he drank the night before affected his stomach.

We have touched on or follow extensively several bike expeditions that are currently taking place. We decided that we would compile all of them that we knew of within one post so that our readers could check out each with a brief description of the expedition and where the adventurer was currently. We know of at least the eight below. Let us know of any others and we will add to the list.

The 17th edition of La Ruta de los Conquistadores is two weeks away. The drum roll can be heard and fireworks are in place for the arrival of some of the best Mountain Bike racers in the planet.

With much euphoria and enthusiasm the 17th edition of La Ruta de los Conquistadores has been carefully handcrafted for racers from all over the world. Over 200 mountain bikers from 17 different countries will be part of this year’s edition.

Last night was the nationwide premiere of ‘Race Across The Sky’ which highlighted the Leadville 100 race this season. The event next year is scheduled for August 14.

The 5th annual Coast 2 Coast event took place this past weekend on the island of Trinidad. I was in Trinidad last year for the event but was unable to compete due to having been in an altercation with an automobile which compromised my ability to train. However, I spent a great week with some great athletes from around the world along with a phenomenal race staff.

The Tropical Power Coast 2 Coast 2009, the Caribbean’s premier Multi-Sport Race, took place last weekend, October 17 and 18, along Trinidad’s picturesque North Coast. This year marked the fifth anniversary of the race, in which athletes competed in three disciplines – trail running, cycling and paddling.

Last month, Pittsburgh was the host city for the G20 Summit. To kick it off, Venture Outdoors wanted to see if a team of riders could ride the 335 miles from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh, PA in 24-hours in time for the official opening of the Summit. They began the journey at 6pm on Tuesday, September 22 and rode along the C&O Towpath and Great Allegheny Passage and arrived in Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning. This is a short video of the journey.

Last weekend I raced the 24 Hours of Moab which was also the USA Cycling 24 Hour National Championship for 2009. After a long, hard, successful season, I elected not to race Moab as a solo. The course is physically very brutal, my season has been going strong since February and I have accomplished more than I set out to do this season. So, I let myself relax a little on this one and teamed up with Colorado mtb pro and good friend, Gretchen Reeves as a women’s duo team. Gretchen has a long, impressive resume in cycling and is a blast to hang out with. My biggest fear was that she’d be significantly faster and I’d be a disappointment. It turned out we were a perfect match up.

This video is the post race recap of the 2009 Furnace Creek 508 race that was held this past weekend. It is one of the top ultra cycling events in the U.S. and is billed as ‘The Toughest 48 Hours In Sports’ taking competitors from Santa Clarita, California, across the Mojave Desert, through Death Valley, and to the finish line in Twentynine Palms.

In less than 4 days, the 24 Hours of Moab is set to get underway in Utah. The 15th annual event is scheduled for October 10-11. This world-class event will see over 4,000 racers, staff and spectators in the desert venue for the 2-day event.

We found this adventurer who plans on spreading the ‘cricket gospel’ via his bike as he isCycling To The Ashes!

Oliver “Oli” Broom, a 29-year-old Briton plans to depart on October 10, 2009 to cycle approximately 25,000Km solo from Lord’s Cricket Ground, London to Brisbane Cricket Ground (“The Gabba”), Australia and arrive in time to see England play Australia in the first Ashes Test Match (2010/11) in November 2010.

There was recently a bit of a buzz online about Ollie Erkkila, a design student who made a forkless cruiser bike for his graduation project at Design Institute Lahti – Finland. This was just one of his many phenomenal bike design projects. Others including chopping up an old bike and rewelding the same pieces into an exquisite single speed called Kosmos Fixie.

Though, it was the Funky Elephant Chopper that really caught my eye.