Off-Road Cycling Detours for June 22, 2016

Three more bicycle things which crossed our desks this week.  No endorsement should be inferred or implied…

We just liked them and thought you might too.
Enjoy and ride safe!


1 – Cautionary Tale or Opportunity for an Intervention? A Melbourne cyclist experiences an existential crisis after forgetting any way to tell the internet that he went for a bike ride.

2 – We’ve always felt a strong kinship with our horse-riding fellow trail users. In Oregon, a little cowboy handiwork thwarted a bike thief.

3 – A recent Bicycling Magazine article tells the curious tale of bikes being banned from certain trails using only Strava data – and quotes MCBC Off-Road Director Tom Boss on why that’s inappropriate.

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