Honey...Guess what happened on our mountain bike ride today?
Want to tell everyone about the mountain bike ride you just completed?
Get tired of telling the same story to your wife, kids, friends, parents, etc?
Find it hard to show them the pictures you took on the ride?
Like to have a way of sharing your experiences with others?
These are the questions I've been asking myself the past few years. Then it finally hit me (not real quickly I might add) ... a website! I could create a website where I, and anyone else, could tell (and show) what happened on their mountain bike ride.
Personal Mountain Bike Trail Reviews
This site is filled with Story Pages. These Story Pages display the text and photos from my personal mountain biking trips. Each Story Page can serve as a trail review for anyone trying to do research for an upcoming trip, someone looking for new trails to tackle, or just for entertainment.
But this website would be even more useful (and entertaining) with the addition of your stories. Mountain Bike Diaries is built on a platform that allows visitor-submitted stories to be published automatically as their own Story Page on this site. As a result, we can easily display a myriad of experiences and opinions, helping lead us to some great overall trail reviews and ... some very interesting stories.
Do you have your own mountain bike story to share? Feel free to tell us about something interesting that happened on one of your rides. Long story? Short story? It doesn't matter ... You can share that story with us here.
Hundreds of Photos
Detailed Trailhead and Ride Maps
Mountain Bike Diaries provides two different types of maps. The first is called a Trailhead Map, which shows icons for each trailhead in a given region (like the one below). Clicking on an icon gives the reader the chance to get directions to the trailhead, or to link directly to the Story Page for that ride.
The second type of map is a Ride Map, where icons highlight interesting events along the route. Clicking icons on a Ride Map gives the reader additional information about each event. The first icon listed for each Ride Map links directly to the Story Page for that ride.
Trailhead Map:The map below shows all the trailheads for the entire MBD website. By clicking on an icon you will get the name and location of the ride, an option to link to the ride's Story Page, or get driving directions to the Trailhead.
View Mountain Bike Diaries - Trailhead Locations in a larger map
Do you have any opinions on the rides mapped above? Are there better rides in these areas? We can all benefit from your experience so ... please tell us about you ride(s)! Just click: Share my ride.
Videos From The Trail
Helpful Advice
I may not be a pro or a "semi-pro" mountain biker, but I have learned quite a few things of this sport. Having been a teacher for the past 32 years, I feel I can give you clear explanations on many aspects of mountain biking. From my Beginners page I share many ideas about buying a good bike, getting a helmet, which shoes to wear, and many other ideas that go along with getting started in this great sport. My Tips and Techniques page offers advice on what "To Do" ... and what "Not To Do" to make each ride a success. And my Best Rides rankings give you ideas on which trails are really worth exploring.
You will also find many helpful hints within the context of each story.
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Table Of Contents
Crested Butte mountain biking in Colorado is the best I've found. CB offers the most picturesque mountain bike trails in the country...Learn about these trails as they are ridden.
Is Arizona mountain biking for you? Find out with my personal trail descriptions, custom landmark maps, photos, videos, and more.
A 4-day Fruita mountain biking trip led me to discover that there are some incredible trails in the vicinty of Fruita and Grand Junction, Colorado. You can read stories from my trip here, and share your own as well!
Personal trail stories of San Diego mountain biking, accompanied by custom maps and details about the best San Diego mountain bike trails.
Rides that lie in my Other Mountain Bike Areas category don't fit into the geographic catagories I have established. I will introduce these rides to you on this page.
Read about the Tabeguache, a marvelous 4-day Colorado hut to hut trip.
Find out more about Joe (the author of this site) and his family.
I give a detailed description of my near-fatal crash ... then invite you to share stories of any crashes you might have had.
What's the best way to get information on a new ride? Read mountain bike stories and trail reviews from people who have done the ride themselves. And then share your own story!
This is the place to ask Joe your Mountain Bike Questions!
Park City mountain biking in Utah is some of the best I've ever done. Ride singletrack trails around and across Olympic ski runs, and down the backbone of the Wasatch Range.
Much can be learned from this page spcically designed for Mountain Bike Beginners ... even if you are not new to the sport!
California Mountain Biking ... I do not claim to be an expert on all of California's regions and rides ... yet, the many trails I have explored I know pretty well.
Colorado Mountain Biking ... I do not claim to be an expert on all of Colorado's regions and rides ... yet, the many trails I have explored I provide maps, stories, photos,and videos.
Utah Mountain Biking ... from desert to mountain forest ... a gteat diversity of trails!
Slab City offers many different activities, including ... Mountain Biking!
Nevada Mountain Biking? I had never even thought about it until my buddy told me about a small, unusual town, 18 miles west of Las Vegas. Now I have a page of rides in the Silver State.
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What is Mountain Bike Diaries?
This site is, in large part, my mtb diary, documenting my mountain bike trips for those interested in reading up before their own adventures. But it's called Diaries for a reason. This site is made exponentially more useful because of your own contributions. So ... got a ride story to share? Please do!
Joe's Best Rides
- Wasatch Crest
-Park City, Utah - Trail 401
-Crested Butte, CO - Rock Creek Canyon
-Mammoth, CA - Flag Creek
-Crested Butte, CO - Noble Canyon
-San Diego, CA
Who's Joe?
That's me, Joe Unden, your guide on this site. Since 2005 my favorite activity has been mountain biking. In 2011 I decided I wanted to share my biking experiences with others online, to make it easier for people to learn about the trails I love.
You can learn more about me and what has led to this site here.
And, if you've got a mountain biking question you want to ask me, feel free to use the button below.