Regardless whether you are male or female, one has to be inspired with an athlete like Rebecca Rusch. We make it a weekly ritual to check out her site to see what is new with the ‘Queen of Pain’. After winning her second Leadville 100 race in as many years, she continues to dominate her sport. Check out this video by the folks at Specialized as they chat with her about her preparation for the event.

Race Report—Ultimate XC

By Bob Miller

Day 1 – Kayak 62k (34k down-river, 28k lake)
Day 2 – Trail Run 56k
Day 3 – Mountain Bike 100k

The BC Bike Race is a 7 day mountain bike stage race which takes you through some of the most technical singletrack on the British Columbia coast. This year the racers checked in on June 26 with a prologue day in North Vancouver which was a short course to allow them to get the bugs out of their bikes and give them a feel for what was in store for the days ahead. The next morning the racers boarded the ferry and travelled from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island to begin stage 1 with each stage of the race being held in a different community.

We have posted several videos in the past of Danny McAskill. This one is of him in Chamonix. We never tire of these great videos.

Saw this video posted over at The Adventure Life.

Thanks to Spencer at Traffic Bikes for the heads up on this humorous Craigslist Ad. (FYI- the bike has already found somebody new)

Divorcing my almost NEW Giant XTC 2 – $750 (Cabbagetown)
Date: 2010-06-29, 11:07PM …

I recently spent five days on my bike riding from Pittsburgh, PA to Washington, DC via 2 off-road trails consisting of the Great Allegheny Passage (rails to trails) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Path. I normally select my rain gear with different criteria, but for this trip I was looking for a true cycling rain shell. I found a jacket that exceeded my expectations for this trip in the Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Barrier WxB Jacket.

Having done the Lodi Farms 12-hour mountain bike race in 2009, I knew what to expect. The course is tough. Each lap is around 8-9 miles of single track and gains a total of approximately 700 ft elevation. Wow, that doesn’t sound so bad. Wrong. The largest climb on the course probably gains 30, maybe 40 feet in elevation.

What do rollercoasters, a great rappel, fantastic scenery, a first class event and “10-24-1″ have in common?

Adventure Sports Week 2010!

The Gore Bike Wear Tool Jacket has quickly become my go to jacket for chilly early morning rides. Western Pennsylvania has recently experienced above average temperatures after a February of historic snowfall proportions. However, we have returned to our typical springtime weather for the area with early morning temps in the upper 30′s.

Queenstown ace mountain biker Mark Williams successfully defended his title at the 2010 New World Tour de Wakatipu on Saturday (April 3) completing the 45km course in 1hour 41.52mins to set the fastest time over the 840 strong field.

The 4th Black Hills Fat Tire Festival will be May 28-31 this year. The Festival in Rapid City, South Dakota centers around the Hanson Larson Memorial Park in the center of town.

The Festival has something for everyone. Group rides, races, a film festival, picnic, and a pub crawl.

Converting your bike to a fixed gear may not make you cool, but if you can ride it like Chris Akrigg in this video, then it would sure help. His first video quickly went viral and was posted on bike and non bike sites all over the web, and at pinkbike.com where it was first uploaded, it quickly amassed over 65,000 views.

Follow along as Chris take his Mongoose Muarice fixed gear bike to the streets of Barcelona in this must see vid.

Randy Ericksen who brought us the Primal Quest webisodes and the recently released Primal Quest Badlands DVD has sent me another video that was winner of the most creative video at the 2008 Black Hills Fat Tire Festival.

Kevin Shannon, 23, is embarking on the challenge of a lifetime, to circumnavigate the globe using only human and natural power. The expedition, titled Because It Is There: A Zero Emissions Odyssey, will take 3 years to complete, will involve cycling 40,000 miles across 5 continents and sailing 10,000 miles across both the Atlantic and the Pacific. Kevin’s odyssey will take him through the extremes of our planets weather, with temperatures ranging from -30°C to 50°C; powerful, potentially tent destroying, Patagonian winds and tropical storms.

I first saw this over at The Adventure Blog but saw that he found it posted on The Adventure Life. Two great resources for adventure news.

We have already posted some great inspirational bike videos this year in anticipation for some spring riding. With an above average snow accumulation in the east this year (over 50″ in Pittsburgh for February alone), I for one was anxious to break my bike out and hit the trail. This video is by far the best one we have posted this season. And I for one am inspired and motivated.

If you are anywhere near southern California, you should be gearing up to attend one of the longest running mountain bike races around. The Keyesville Classic, will be marking its 22nd birthday as the event sets off this weekend bring pro mountain bikers, casual riders, as well as friends and family.

Definitely a crowd favorite: a recent comment posted online by -rmueller89 (Mammoth Lakes) claims, “that is by far my favorite race of the year, great vibe, good course and all around fun! every one should come to this race!!!”

What makes a mountain bike race stick around so long?

Keyesville boasts a weekend full of great events and activities: beyond your typical cross coutnry/Downhill/Short Track, there is a Niterider sponsored night ride….

For the last 2 years everybody asks me “when are you going to race again?” I tell them it is more fun to train and film the races. I haven’t done a race since the Leadville Silver Rush, mountain bike 50 miles on Saturday and then run it on Sunday.

Last year I spent the year training and filming with my wife, Paulette Kirby, as she got ready to do Primal Quest Badlands. Two weeks before the race I was asked by Don Mann If I would film the race and produce the DVD. Now the DVD is done and I need to find another project.

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.