Leadville 100 – The Calm Before…

Racers getting some last minute riding in on Powerline before the race.

(Part one of our trip following several Arkansas mountain bikers to Leadville, Colorado to cover their attempt at one of the most difficult races in the world) Friday, August 10th, […]

Bentonville Bike Festival 2026

We’re Not in Arkansas Anymore

After 16 hours of driving through the night and part of the day, Arkansas Outside contributor Cliff Li and I arrived in the historic mining town of Leadville, Colorado. Home […]

Floating in the Drought

Look! We found water.

From Summer, 2012 Much of Arkansas is currently under severe/extreme drought conditions. It hasn’t rained much here all summer. Every time we get a few drops Facebook lights up with […]

Firecracker 5K

It’s our first contest!

Arkansas Outside has partnered with Fayettechill Clothing Company to offer our first ever contest. And this is an easy one to enter. For the rest of August all you have […]

More on Leadville

Heading up Columbine (photo courtesy of Leadvile Race Series)

Below is the latest media release from the Leadville MTB100 folks. Looks like a strong group of riders. They also sent along a tease about Lance Armstrong training in the […]

Hex Carbon Repair

Change is good

Thanks

It’s been about 8 months since Lisa said, “pull the trigger” and ArkansasOutside.com was launched. She was right. The site has been going crazy thanks to very supportive friends. We […]

Riverside Classic XC Race 2012

Ahhhhhh….late July in Arkansas…steamy. But that didn’t stop the Arkansas Mountain Bike Championship Series from rolling into North Little Rock this weekend. The Riverside Classic Cross Country Mountain Bike Race, sponsored by […]

Olympic Feats

Try to get past the logo...just try.

I grew up in a family that watched the Olympics religiously every four years. I even remember one year watching the Summer Olympics on a black and white television set […]

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Always striving for the summit....

Last Fall we decided to give outdoor participants a little something extra and came up with an idea. When we are covering a race or other outdoor event we sometimes […]

Heading for Leadville

Leadville Training

A couple of weeks ago I attended a meeting of a group of very serious mountain bikers at the Oyster Bar in Little Rock. This group of local riders came from […]