Biking Guide Archives

SPRING FEVER: Tune Up Your Spring Ride: New Trails, Training Tips, and Events

Biking, Get Out There / By Brad Naccarato

Winding through stands of giant ponderosa pines while pebbles and mud scatter in your wake. Gliding over slick rocks as your bike responds to each element of the trail. Bombing aggressively through canyons as you navigate smooth, narrow singletrack. Sound familiar? Yes folks, it’s that time of year again; time when we emerge from our […]

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Fat Biking 101: Your Guide to Snowbiking in the Inland Northwest

Biking, Get Out There, Snow Sports / By Hank Greer

I remember the first time I saw a fat bike at a bike shop in Spokane about two and a half years ago. I asked about it and was told it was great for riding on sand at a beach. I looked at the price: $1,700. I picked it up and felt how heavy it

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Mountain Bikes Take Over Ski Towns

Leave a Comment / Biking, Get Out There / By Derrick Knowles

When the snow disappears each year, many ski resorts and mountain towns throughout North America shift gears. They’ve learned to lure valley dwellers back up to the mountains with their bikes to pursue flowy ribbons of dirt and heart-pounding descents. Several Inland Northwest area ski resorts have been slowly heading that direction for years, while

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View of rolling green hills of Palouse farmland from the summit from Kamiak Butte.

Let Loose On The Palouse: A Guide To Great Road Riding Right Out Your Backdoor

1 Comment / Biking, Destinations / By Out There Outdoors

In the pastoral landscape of Eastern Washington’s Palouse, miles are measured in wheat fields, 70-mile loops are easily accessible, and there’s no such thing as traffic. Learn about 6 popular ride routes from local cycling experts.

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Everyday Cyclist: The Wonder Fabric You’ve Never Heard Of

Columns, Everyday Cyclist, Magazine Article / By John Speare

Over the years, I’ve discovered that there is no such thing as dry and warm for long, vigorous rides in bad weather. And because most high-tech fabrics start with promises of “warm and dry,” which I’ve never actually experienced, I’ve developed an aversion to most high-tech clothing. I like wool. Sometimes I’ll wrap a cheap

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Beacon Hill/Sekani: Spokane’s Mountain Bike Mecca

Magazine Article / By Derrick Knowles

If bikes could sport bumper stickers, a good slogan for this upcoming cycling season would urge us all to “Bike Locally.” Last year it was steep gas prices; this year it is a plunging economy that might have many of us taking a closer look at the backyard trails and other recreational treasures we may

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Road Warriors: The State of Urban Cycling in Spokane

Biking, Magazine Article, The Urban Outdoors / By Out There Outdoors

If you want to know what’s up with urban cycling you’ve got to talk to folks who put rubber to the road everyday. OTM recently sat down with four bike commuters who are all dedicated to the idea of bicycles as transportation. We got a great roundtable discussion-including some crash stories. Henry Seipp Shadle Park HS

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