Editors Note: Quinn Brett & The Tour Divide is an inspiring short film on the challenges of life for someone who is physically unable to use her legs and decides to take on The Tour Divide by bike. This is...Read More...
Everything is Beautiful With metal pedals churning I aim my treaded tire up the silvery trail of frost below. Coils of wet smoke swirl from my flared nostrils fogging the sunglasses that sit above them. Here, I sweat pain: clear,...Read More...
Bicycle Commuting in Wenatchee – 17 Years Later by Charlie Hickenbottom In August 2005, Bob Bugert completed an article for Wenatchee Outdoors called Bike Commuting in Wenatchee describing some of the major bicycle routes here. The article included a bicycle...Read More...
Swakane Canyon/Peak Loop-Point 4297 By Ray Birks This report is part of a series, written for Wenatchee Outdoors, to document some of the classic mountain bike rides within an hour’s drive of the Wenatchee Valley. They consist of more than...Read More...
Question: Evan, please tell us a bit about yourself. Your hobbies, interests, etc. Answer: I love most things outside, but mountain biking has been my passion for most of my life. Question: We have heard you compete in mountain bike...Read More...
Sage Hills-The Horse Lake Lollipop By Ray Birks This report is part of a series, written for Wenatchee Outdoors, to document some of the classic mountain bike rides within an hour’s drive of the Wenatchee Valley. They consist of more...Read More...
The Reluctant Birder by Molly Steere This article was originally posted on the Visit Wenatchee Valley blog. I have fostered an irrational fear of birds for the majority of my life. Maybe it’s because I saw Hitchcock’s The Birds at...Read More...
Local community member Charlie Hickenbottom recently published a book on the history of the local pavement-based bicycle routes for Wenatchee and East Wenatchee. The 283-page history book begins with the 1970s and continues to the present. The book finishes by...Read More...
by Ray Birks One topic of conversation that pops up occasionally with my buddies on rides or road trips is, “What technology or piece of gear has changed mountain biking the most since you started riding?” We go back and...Read More...
Fix the Click by Ray Birks One of the keys to having fun riding a bike is that the bike operates as it should. You step on the pedals, the chain engages with the gears, the wheels turn and the...Read More...
