Tag: Pisgah

by James Murren 02 November 2016 Number of comments0
MTB

Already Wanting to Get Back to the Rocks

Two weeks returned from a week of riding Pisgah, and I already miss the rocks.  Fortunately, I’ll be back inContinue Reading

by James Murren 20 October 2015 Number of comments0
MTB

New Teeth to Grind: The Sound of Silence

3-4 years later, and many, many miles of mashing, I wore out my original set of teeth: I got newContinue Reading

by James Murren 03 September 2015 Number of comments0
California MTB

Day 4. Ride 4. : Dog Miles in the Lakes Basin, Sierra Buttes, aka the Lost Sierra

We ended the ride worn out, beat down, tired, but with huge smiles on our faces.  There are times inContinue Reading

by James Murren 18 December 2014 Number of comments0
MTB

Ride the Rocks, Dammit

I’ve been riding bikes on dirt for more than three decades, with only a few more years until I canContinue Reading

by James Murren 26 November 2012 Number of comments0
MTB

Pilot Rock Climb Mechanicals and Group Ride Thanks

A few years back I flatted climbing up Laurel.  Fellow riders assisted in the fix then, a much appreciated actionContinue Reading

by James Murren 25 November 2012 Number of comments0
MTB

Black Mtn Trail in November

After hike-a-biking up the backside of Black to then descend to end day three’s ride, we took a break to enjoyContinue Reading

by James Murren 24 November 2012 Number of comments0
MTB

Julie’s Cure: Pisgah MTB

It rained overnight for three hours.  When we crawled out of our tents, one of us hadn’t slept but anContinue Reading

by James Murren 21 November 2012 Number of comments0
MTB Poetry

Backwoods Riding

upper daniels ridge to farlow out and back and then down lower daniels to complete the ride on day oneContinue Reading

by James Murren 20 November 2012 Number of comments0
MTB

Pisgah Fuel

Not a creation cooked up in my noggin, but when I read about it, I did immediately think:  mtb fuel. Continue Reading

by James Murren 30 October 2012 1
MTB

Appalachian MTB

As the last of the leaves fall from the trees to the earth below, and as the cold north windsContinue Reading

by James Murren 19 August 2012 Number of comments0
MTB

Schooner Yo-yo

I clear that small raised backboned ridge of rock slab with all the markings from bash guards and chainrings that haveContinue Reading

by James Murren 06 November 2010 Number of comments0
MTB

A Flat, An Endo, and A Gashed Elbow

It had been a little while since I had flatted in the middle of ride.  It was a good thing. Continue Reading