Tales from the Trails

Raging Tale #3: Raging Against the Machine: Down in the Dirt by Xuân Mai Võ

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · September 30, 2020

...through jarring bar-meet-tree incidents, and provided the painful awareness that flat pedals stick to shins as well as they do Stealth Rubber. Exhausted, muddied and bloodied, I was smitten. Happy as a pig in mud.

Raging Tale #2: High and Low by Paul Andrews

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · September 28, 2020

...new trails — an entire new trail system! — had been opened just half an hour from Seattle. Raging River, the emerging crown jewel of Pacific Northwest mountain biking.

And then, the whispers began. I can’t remember exactly where I was...

Raging Tale #1: Weirdo on the Road by Dave Hutton

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · September 25, 2020

it was one of those situations where you want to look back and confirm everything you saw...but I also felt awkward about the interaction and so kept pedaling with that feeling of someone watching my back. It was such a weird encounter that I kept thinking about all the likely...

Tales from the Trails: Raging River Contest

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · September 15, 2020

A contest to tell the craziest story from the riding zone we specify, this time for Raging River. The winner will receive a prize package from PNW Components, Abit Gear and Dirco. Submit your tale by September 30 to enter!

Tales from the Trails: Tiger Mountain Contest

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · August 05, 2020

A contest to tell the craziest story from the riding zone we specify, starting with Tiger Mountain. Congratulations to our winner, José Ramírez! Read his winning tale: Against the Odds, Against the Beast.

Tale #13: Was it Bigfoot? by Max Haglof McCallum

Posted by Justin Vander Pol · July 30, 2020

...Then I looked to the sides and all I saw was big bushes with no trails around. I heard and saw some bushes shaking and I looked behind me again...

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