Honey...Guess what happened on our mountain bike ride today?
Josh ... Little Creek Mesa
Want to tell everyone about the mountain bike ride you just completed?
Get tired of telling the same story to your wife, girlfriend, friends, kids, 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, photos, and videos 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 is 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 Pages on this site. As a result, we can easily display a myriad of experiences and opinions, helping lead us to some great overall mountain bike 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
Mountain Bike Diaries exhibits over 700 photos of the trails, the riders, and the physical features found on each ride ... like towering snow capped peaks, sparkling alpine lakes, strange sandstone rock formations, tightly packed aspen groves, and plenty more. Don't feel like reading? You can use this website simply as a picture book. By clicking the arrow below you will be treated to these photos shown as a slide-show. Try selecting the FULL SCREEN feature (in the lower right corner) to get the most of this experience.
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? Please let us know so we can try them! We can all benefit from your experiences, so ... please tell us about your ride(s)!.
Videos From The Trail
Want to get a preview of the terrain as you plan your next trip? Would you like to see videos of the trails before you ride them? I have taken video footage on every ride I've done lately and we have made several YouTube videos from this footage. These videos can be viewed either at our video page on this site, named Mountain Biking Videos or on our YouTube channel called MountainBikeDiaries.
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.
As a person who thoroughly loves mountain biking, I hope you will also come to value this sport and enjoy our website.
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Table Of Contents
Is Arizona mountain biking for you? Find out with my personal trail descriptions, custom landmark maps, photos, videos, and more.
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.
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.
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!
Much can be learned from this page spcically designed for Mountain Bike Beginners ... even if you are not new to the sport!
This is the place to ask Joe your Mountain Bike Questions!
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!
I give a detailed description of my near-fatal crash ... then invite you to share stories of any crashes you might have had.
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.
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.
Personal trail stories of San Diego mountain biking, accompanied by custom maps and details about the best San Diego mountain bike trails.
Slab City offers many different activities, including ... Mountain Biking!
Read about the Tabeguache, a marvelous 4-day Colorado hut to hut trip.
Utah Mountain Biking ... from desert to mountain forest ... a gteat diversity of trails!
Find out more about Joe (the author of this site) and his family.
The Best Mountain Bike Trails in and around Grand Junction? My personal guide says these are his favorites.
This page shows and reviews videos to teach mountain bike techniques.
Tahoe Mountain Biking ... The Best in the West? In the Nation? Find out here.
Short Blogs will provide stats, a map, a few photos, and a short description of recent mountain bike activities.
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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.