Phat Tire Cyclocross or BMX?

Charlie Roberts taking a high line through the berms.

It was still dark when we left Little Rock for the cycling paradise that is Bentonville, Arkansas. Who would have thought twenty years ago that the home of Walmart would […]

Northwoods Trails

Taking the Slow Road

Hang on Ginkgo leaves, hang on.

Today found me at the day job sans automobile and bike. It was my lucky day. This morning I found out that I had won a contest that I didn’t […]

It’s a Parade!

Image courtesy of cycletheearth.com

Join Bicycle Advocacy of Central Arkansas (BACA) for the Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade on Saturday,December 1st. It’s the shortest and slowest ride of the year, with a guaranteed no drop […]

Hex Carbon Repair

Save The Dates

DLT Events has posted the preliminary calendar of events for 2013. So start making your plans. They have triathlons, runs, mountain biking, road cycling and more scheduled for next year and you don’t […]

On the Dry and Dusty Trail

Andy has wings.

Arkansas is still in a drought. It was a very dry summer and the fall has not given us significant amounts of rain. This is not good for farmers, gardeners, […]

Firecracker 5K

Let’s Make New Friends

We’re hearing a lot about the shop local movement and we are all for it. Let’s take it a little farther. We have been blessed at Arkansas Outside over the […]

Adventure Racing is Still Alive

Long course racers near the Capitol.

Way back in the mid-nineteen nineties when I lived in another place and was between love affairs with the outdoors. I started watching this craziness on the Discovery Channel. They were […]

Gee Thanks

Good thing I have 26" wheels, a 29" would have never fit in the photo.

Shortly after Lisa and I arrived at Cedar Glades Park for the Attila the Hun Mountain Bike Race yesterday, Mike Simmons of Team Spokes approached me and said he had […]

Attila 2012

Doing a Wheelie at the top of Heart Attack like a BOSS.

As I sat in the woods, watching  the autumn leaves falling gently on the trail,waiting on the racers to make their first climb up Heart Attack Hill, I couldn’t help but wish […]