MSC#3 – Wildflower Rush, Crested Butte, CO
Crested Butte has some of the sweetest trails anywhere. It was great hanging with the tribe, ripping the courses and — thankfully — riding some real trail.
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The sweetest trails and riding spots
A private riding paradise
Last weekend I was invited to a delicious training spot. It’s 160 acres owned by a family whose son rides, and it’s shaping up to become Whistler South. Read to the bottom, because they’re offering camps.
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A very tough pump track in Winter Park, CO
This one has tight turns, lots of rollers and a major uphill. Mortals need not bother.
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A little Winter Park XC action
This is my third summer in Colorado, and last weekend I rode Winter Park for the first time. It won’t be my last.
Sweet local moto singletrack
Here’s one of our local trails, just 10 miles from home. We seldom stop in the sweet sections, but last week we got a few snapshots.
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A quick post-race moto
After last Sunday’s race, I was beat down like a clown, but a dirt bike waited in my van, and trails beckoned.
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Backyard pump track: Convince your parents
hey lee. i want to ask u about a pump track. i was thinking about building one in my back yard but i still have to convince the perental units. any advice?
– l’belle
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Local moto adventures
We have so many amazing trails near Boulder, I have a new mission: Exploration.
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Hike. Ride. Repeat.
The Fix monkeys and I have been getting strong and ripping [sic] trails.
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Pump track bike: Hardtail or suspension?
Lee,
Do you recommend that pump track bikes should have front and back suspension?
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Pump track plans are in the works
Hey Lee,
This video is great!
https://www.leelikesbikes.com/wp-content/111405McPump.mov
We are putting in a pump track under a highway overpass to keep us out of the Texas sun. Have you drawn a blueprint of the course in the video? This art is evolving fast and we would like to leap frog a bit from the current Best Standard Practice. Shoulder standing is good. We have 40′ x 50′ marked, but could grow either dimension if needed to get to BSP.
Thanks again for the book and the site,
Ed
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Estimating dirt quantities for dirt jumps
Lee,
It has come to my attention that people often ask questions about dirt quantities for dirt jumps. I can come up with numbers for this. Basically it’s a routine that is used for civil engineering for building roads and such. It just needs to be applied for dirt jumps. I have been involved with one project thus far and have a second one coming up. If you want you can direct people my way.
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