New to the sport? Just getting back in after a few years away? Seasoned rider with a few minutes to kill? One of the BEST sources of information is the local bike shop. But there is also an infinite amount of information available online to today's rider. Here is a sampling of information to get you out there. If there's a shop or a site you want to see added, let me know.

 

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GETTING STARTED

So you want to buy a mountain bike?

Staying safe on the trails!

Tubes or tubeless?

Bikepacking - get off the grid for a few days.

You know you're addicted to mountain biking when...

Pinch-Flat: a Bicycle Blog

 

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BIKE SHOPS

Absolute Bikes, Sedona & Flagstaff, AZ

Adventure Bicycles, Mesa, AZ

Cactus Bikes, Chandler & Ahwatukee, AZ

Exhale Bikes, Phoenix, AZ

Fountain Hills Bikes, Fountain Hills, AZ

Paragon Cycling, Mesa, AZ

Over the Edge Sports, Sedona, AZ

Two Wheel Jones, Mesa, AZ

Slippery Pig, Phoenix, AZ

 

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TRAIL RESOURCES

-GPS SOFTWARE-

Hands down the greatest GPS program out there is Topofusion. Click link to go to their website.

TOPOFUSION
 

For the most up-to-date trail maps, visit www.trailforks.com

-ARIZONA-

The Arizona Trail

The Black Canyon Trail

Gold Canyon Trails

McDowell Mountain Regional Park

San Tan Mountain Regional Park

South Mountain

Phoenix Mountain Preserve

Hawes

F.I.N.S.

Tucson

Flagstaff

Sedona

Prescott

Other AZ trails

-COLORADO-

Buffalo Creek

The Colorado Trail

Trail 401

White Ranch

Other CO trails

-UTAH-

Gemini Bridges

Klondike Bluffs

Porcupine Rim

Slick Rock Trail

Poison Spider Mesa/Portal Trail

Wasatch Front Trails:

Lambert Park

Sundance

Antelope Island

-NEVADA-

TRAILS-OV, Beatty, NV

More to come...stay tuned!