Photo Credit: GoPro.com

With the advent of the many affordable HD helmet camera options on the market (especially the GoPro), the number of point of view (POV) mountain bike videos on the internet has exploded! To be brutally honest, the vast majority of the POV videos uploaded every day aren’t worth the time that it takes to watch them.

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Here are 10 fast steps to help you take your mountain bike from nasty to beautiful in 15 minutes! Click here to read all about it in my latest post on Singletracks.com!

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This essay was written on the 10th of September, 2009, for my 1101 composition course. It was the first essay we had to write for the class,  and our assignment was to describe an object in great detail that held meaning for us.

I don't see my grade written anywhere on the essay, and since it has been a while I don't remember the exact number. However, I am pretty confident that it was a mid-range "A."

My prof's final comment reads: "An excellent, insightful essay--lots of wonderful, specific details."

I've got a new blog post live on Singletracks.com!

From the post:

Trying to pick the 5 “best” mountain bike trails in Western North Carolina (WNC) is kind of like trying to pick the 5 best $5,000 mountain bikes. They’re all amazing, but they’re all just a little bit different. So while I’m picking these trails because I think they’re really great and may in fact be the best, I’m also choosing these specific trails in an effort to portray the incredible diversity of the mountain biking opportunities available in WNC.

 Be sure to check out the full article to see which trails I chose for the top 5!

I have been riding this pair of tires from WTB for the past several months, and I finally feel comfortable enough to have written a review of them.  Be sure to check out the main post on Singletracks.com for my thoughts on these tires!