MountainBikeAZ.com Group Ride

I get numerous emails from people looking for group mountain bike rides. So, here you go. Join us for weekly group mountain bike rides. Everybody is welcome. All riders need helmets and lights designed for night biking. The location changes, so check back each week for the location of that week's group ride. If you have questions or if you want to let us know you are coming contact us. Also, I will be posting weekend group mountain bike rides. So, check back for those each week too.

06/18/08: 7:00pm at Trail 100 (Phoenix Mountain Preserve - Meet at Tatum and Shea behind Fry's Marketplace.
06/25/08: 7:00pm at Desert Classic (South Mountain) - Meet at the Pima Canyon parking lot ramadas (48th st. and Guadalupe).

Arizona Mountain Bike Races, Rides and Charity Rides

• June 13, 2008- 2008 Arizona White Mountain Cup Presented by Sunrise Park Resort and Cactus Bike
• June. 14, 2008 - Mountain Bike in the Moonlight - McDowell Mountain Regional Park
• Aug. 23, 2008 - 7th Annual Absolute Bikes, St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance - Old-fashioned Mountain Bike Race - Flagstaff
• Sept. 20, 2008 - Payson Stampede - 24 Hour Mountain Bike Challenge
• Oct. 4, 2008 - Tour of the White Mountains
• Oct. 11, 2008 - Dust Devil Mountain Bike Series 1 - Estrella Mountain Regional Park
• Oct. 11, 2008 - Tour de Fat - Tempe Town Lake
• Nov. 1, 2008 - Dust Devil Mountain Bike Series 2 - McDowell Mountain Regional Park
• Nov. 8, 2008 - 24 Hours of Fury - McDowell Mountain Regional Park
• Nov. 15, 2008 - Dust Devil Mountain Bike Series 3 - White Tank Mountain Regional Park
• Dec. 6, 2008 - Dawn to Dusk Mountain Bike Race - McDowell Mountain Regional Park

Mountain Bike Gallery

Check out our mountain biking photos from around the state. Photos of trails, races and whatever else we point the camera towards. The videos section has videos of trails and racing from around the state, plus videos we have collected around the internet that have to do with cycling.

Cycling Articles

We have some good articles on cycling and interviews with the pros. We used to have a journalist, but he has moved on to bigger and better things.

Latest Cycling Articles

USA Cycling Mountain News
Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar Standings - July 1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:19 GMT
Both the cross country and short track races at the Deer Valley National made up the 16th event on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar. Ryan Trebon took the win in the pro men's cross country contest, while Katerina Nash earned the victory in the pro women's race on June 28. In the short track contest, Geoff Kabush topped the pro men's field, while Nash repeated her top performance from the previous day. The cross country race at Blast the Mast will be the next race on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar.
Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar Standings - June 25 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:31:23 GMT
Trevyn Newpher took home the victory in the men's pro downhill contest at the Capital Cup in McHenry, Md. on June 21. Kristin Cousin earned the win in the women's race. The fifth event on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar will include the downhill, mountain cross and super D contests at Blast the Mass in Snowmass, Colo., July 12-13.

USA Cycling News Headlines
Last 11 road race titles claimed at Masters Road Nationals Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:21:54 GMT
The last of 25 road race national titles were decided Thursday at the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships in Louisville, Ky. Three individual winners were crowned, including Paul Martin, John Korioth and Thurlow Rogers, in addition to eight tandem pairs. With the time trial and road race events now in the books, criterium racing is set to take center stage Friday through Sunday at one of Louisville's most historic landmarks - Churchill Downs.
2008 Trustee election candidates announced Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:29:24 GMT
USA Cyclingandrsquo;s annual election is set to begin on Tuesday, July 15 and USA Cycling members are encouraged to vote online through their My USA Cycling account. The trustees are representatives of the USA Cycling membership whose mission is to help shape governance policy, association bylaws and racing rules. Voting will begin on July 15 and will remain open until August 15, 2008. Click on the story to read the complete list of candidates and open positions.
Six athletes claim their second national titles in Louisville Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:17:29 GMT
Day three of the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships saw another 10 amateur cyclists claim national titles in the road race on Wednesday. Of the champions crowned, six were repeat winners after claiming time trial championships earlier in the week, including Anne Marie Miller, Elizabeth Tyrell, Julie Lockhart, Franz Hammer, Kent Bostick and Kenny Fuller. Only one more day of road racing remains before the master athletes head to Churchill Downs to compete in the criterium events over the weekend.
USA Cycling News Update: July 2 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:50:41 GMT
Over the past few weeks in American cycling USA Cycling announced its nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, the USA Cycling election process continued, the Masters Road National Championships kicked-off in Louisville, Melissa Buhl brought home a Four Cross World Title from the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, nine juniors began preparing for the 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships, endurance off-roaders are preparing for the upcoming Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships on July 4, all five national calendars rolled on and much more....

About Mountain Biking
Blowin in the Wind 2008-04-16T23:31:15Z
So I'm out in Monterey, CA for the Sea Otter Classic. Although the event is notorious for crappy weather, it looks like we are in for some good sunny days. I...
Time for Another Reminder: Check Your Tire Pressure 2008-04-12T12:04:16Z
Alright, I know I talk about this a lot, but seriously, everybody needs to learn to use the right tire pressure. A simple change in tire pressure can take a bike...

Cycling News
Gunning for another green Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:24:41 GMT
A winner of the points competition in the Tour de France three years ago, Thor Hushovd appears on top of the list of the favourites for the green jersey this year.
Cyclist Tuft dominant at road championships Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:51:41 GMT
Svein Tuft cruised to his fourth title in the men's 40-kilometre time trial Friday at the Canadian road cycling championships.

Bike Magazine - Most Recent
Previewed: GT Fury Downhill Race Bike Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:40:00 EDT
The single biggest news from the GT Bicycles 2009 product release, currently underway in Livigno, Italy, is the new, all carbon-fiber, Fury downhill bike.
UCI XC World Championship Results Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT
The 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships concluded Sunday with a strong showing from the Swiss XC team while plenty of riders struggled to beat the heat. Christoph Sauser led his compatriots to a convincing win in Val Di Sole.

VeloNews: The Journal of Competitive Cycling