Trading my bike for a backpack, temporarily
Cycling By Karen Kefauver, Spin City Usually, if I’m hiking a trail, it’s because one of my fat tires went flat. Not this time. I’m ready to try something new this summer, so I’m trading in my mountain bike for hiking boots and a backpack. What’s it like to hike every step of...
Santa Cruz cyclists pedal for climate change
Cycling By Karen Kefauver, Spin City A pesky hip injury wasn’t going to get in the way of Greg McPheeters’ upcoming bike tour. In fact, it motivated him to take care of it and get more physically fit before he starts the Climate Ride — a five-day, 292-mile tour in Northern...
Wilder Ranch State Park hosts first mountain bike race in decades
Cycling By Karen Kefauver, Spin City It’s time to dig your 23-year-old mountain bike out of the garage and prepare to race it 22 miles. A race category like that is unusual. Where that race takes place is even more rare: Wilder Ranch State Park. On May 21, the Mountain...