Maui Sunriders Bike Company offers bike rentals, shuttles and self-guided tours, including the longest Haleakala downhill bike tour on Maui. This will be the easiest most picturesque 26 mile bike ride you'll ever experience as it's almost entirely downhill. There are photo opportunities at almost every turn in the road with sweeping vistas of the slopes of Haleakala Volcano and the coast below.read more
From mountain bikes, town cruisers, and children's bikes to road bikes and comfort bikes; Aspen Bike's expert staff will outfit you and your entire family. With Aspen's largest rental fleet and highest quality bikes you are guaranteed to find the bikes that meet your needs.read more
4 POINTS VERMONT offers unforgettable mountain bike tours, lessons and clinics in the Stowe Vermont area. Our mountain bike guides cater to your skill level and share their local knowledge. Enjoy a full day of activity with mountain biking in the morning, lunch and brewery tour in the afternoon.read more
Oclaa Adventures is based in Moshi, Tanzania near the world famous Mount Kilimanjaro. They offer wildlife safaris, mountain bike adventures, mountain climbing and cultural tourism as single day and multi-day trips as well as bike rentals. read more
The Hoff's Bikesmith shop is located in the heart of Jackson, WY, a cycler's paradise only minutes from the famous Grand Tetons. Whether you are tackling the trails, taking a spin through the National Park, or cruising through town, they have what you need to get you on your adventure! read more
Geared Up is your Wind River bike shop base camp in Pinedale, WY. Located in the entryway to the Greater Yellowstone Eco-System, Sublette County offers miles and miles of wide open spaces with stunning views and epic rides. With plentiful options for mountain biking in summer and fat biking in winter.read more
Bike tours from local guides and avid cyclists that take you some of NYC's most iconic places, with more routes & tour options! Explore NYC and beyond with expert guides while meeting really cool people, and making new friends.read more
Ottawa Bike and Trail's bike rental services are geared toward getting you on your bike and making it easy for you to access the trails, roads, and prairie scenery that Kansas is famous for.read more
Alaska Trail Guides provides all-inclusive, high quality, small group biking tours based out of Anchorage, Alaska! As a locally-owned, small business they know the perfect trails to match your abilities and showcase the best of Anchorage and beyond.read more
The resort's shop provides mountain bike rentals for the Killington Bike Park, New England's fastest growing downhill mountain bike park. From beginner to expert, and classic New England to Gravity Logic's signature flow trails, Killington Bike Park has terrain suitable for everyone. read more
So, you’re ready to go mountain biking and ready to take it on as an adventure, but how do you figure out where to go?! We’ve put together a list of ways to find mountain biking near you!
Here is the method that we use when riding new mountain bike trails.
The best way is to visit a local bike shop and get information and then confirm those details online by finding your local trail building and maintenance organization or using one of the trail finding apps.
Ask a friend that mountain bikes and find out what your best options are for finding mountain biking trails and other mountain biking tips. But, make sure you use other sources of data to validate your friend’s recommendations. We’re not questioning your friendship but an ”easy trail” for your friend or colleague that has been mountain biking for 15 years may not be so easy for you as a beginner or the ”obvious right turn at the big rock” may not be so obvious.
There are a number of great apps to use to find and choose mountain bikeing trails and systems. Here are some of our favorites:
Singletracks.com is not only one of the top mountain biking blogs, it’s one of the best resources for finding mountain biking trails. While you’re there, you’ll want to subscribe to them as you’ll get lots of mountain biking inspiration, how-to guides, product reviews, and more. They also have their own trail finding app that you can use as well.
TrailForks.com is probably the most downloaded app as it provides in-depth trail information. You can download the trails and get offline data when you’re out riding to make sure that you never get lost. Like Singletracks and other apps, the data is an opensource database that provides information from fellow riders that have ”been there ridden that” and gets verified by admins for accuracy.
MTBProject.com is one the oldest mountain bike route and trail finding app and works very similarly to Trailforks. We have all 3 of these apps downloaded and have offline maps downloaded when we are finding new mountain biking near us.
Strava is a fitness app that also has the ability to search segments close to you which you can use to find trail networks, although this isn’t our preferred way.
With all of these apps, it is important to have the trail downloaded for offline use before you head out. It’s easy to lose signal in the mountains and you can’t just ‘Ask Siri’ for the quickest way back to your car.
See our “best of” compilation of our favorite mountain bike towns in the U.S. Some are well-known destinations, others are barely on the radar – but we feel they are all very worthy of the title. Is your favorite mountain bike destination on the list?
To recap, here are the best steps for finding mountain biking near you.
Some best practices when riding new trails:
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There are so many different types and categories of mountain bikes. Here are a couple of the most popular.
Hardtail mountain bikes have suspension only in the front. They are great for climbing mountains, since they are light and efficient. They work well for both cross country and trail riding.