The Mountain Bike Oregon Story

May 31, 2007


By Randy Dreiling

People have asked about the best way to see the trails in the Oakridge/Westfir area. You could buy a guide book called Oregon Adventures for shuttle and/or guide services. For this blog, however, I am going to shamelessly plug one of the events I promote: Mountain Bike Oregon (MBO).

Before you hit that “home page” button, please read on and find out what this event does for our community and mountain biking in general.

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My 1st Real Spring Ride in the Willamette Valley

May 10, 2007

By Randy Dreiling

Spring in Oregon is always interesting and our first ride of the season proved that. Sure we have ridden the fun trails close to Oakridge- trails that are a short distance from our houses (like Salmon Creek and Flat Creek). But today we wanted to hit Alpine Trail, my personal favorite. This was going to be a fun ride because we had a fun group together. It was nice out and we had some brand-new, giant demo bikes provided by Collins Bike Shop in Eugene. They had provided these bikes to me for their customers to test ride, and also for my Oregon Adventures tour clients to demo if they wished. John and Jake help me out with tours so I wanted to make sure they had a chance to get a feel of the bikes.

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Mountain Biking Trails in Oregon

March 30, 2007


By Randy Dreiling
*This entry is a continuation of Adventures in Mountain Biking, posted on 3/28/2007

Randy Dreiling, one of our resident mountain biking gurus, has decided to share his favorite biking trails in Oregon. Read on to discover a new trail- and start ridin'!

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Adventures in Mountain Biking

March 28, 2007


By Randy Dreiling

This is my first attempt at a blog, and I guess the first entry should start by giving you a
little background about myself. I am 39 years old and live in Oakridge, Oregon.
I grew up in Kansas until I was 12. We arrived at our new home in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on Friday the 13th of July, 1979. I guess you could say I started mountain biking right away, as the hill by our new house was bigger then most mountains in Kansas (the tallest point in Kansas is Mt. Sunflower at a whooping 1,200 feet).

My brother David and I immediately rode and pushed our bikes up the hill, while my little brothers Jeff and Tim were too tired. David and I rode down the hill, and it scared the hell out of us but excited us at the same time, so of course we did it over and over again, going higher and faster each time up. We could tell we were going faster because the speedometers on our bikes looked exactly like the ones you would find in an old car. We had contest to see who could lay the longest skid mark. I have now learned as an adult mountain biker, however, that skidding is a bad idea. But hey, we were on pavement. As we got faster, it got more painful, because we started to crash. Mom and dad were not too happy about their bloodied, skinned-up kids.

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Inside Scoop: The World’s First Dedicated, Lift-Assisted Downhill & Freeride Mountain Bike Park

February 13, 2007

Fat-tire fanatics already know that hundreds of mountain trails, designated bike lanes and widened shoulders make Oregon a haven for incredible bicycling adventures (just have a look at the trails on our site).

We’re psyched to announce some really exciting news from our friends in the mountain biking community. We’ve just heard that Oregon will soon be home to the world’s FIRST dedicated, lift-assisted downhill and freeride mountain bike park.

For those of you unfamiliar with this sport, “freeriding” is to traditional mountain biking as the demolition derby is to bumper cars. And it's performed by adrenaline-junkies seeking the ultimate thrill of gravity defying free-flight…on a bicycle!

For more about the world’s first dedicated lift-assisted downhill and freeride mountain bike park, read the following blog by Iris R, Oregon’s “bike guru” at the Dept. of State Parks:

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