The Minnesota State Championship Road Race. At a glance Location Minnesota Discipline Road race Distance ~54 miles When September Category Cat 4/5 2015 Results Steve 20th in Cat 4/5 (7th in Cat 5), +0:29 I looked around at the rest of the starting field to realize my hairy legs were sticking out like a Sasquatch … Read more
The Ken Woods Memorial is a Minnesota road race. At a glance Location Minnesota Discipline Road race Distance ~42 miles When July 2017 Results Steve 8th of 52 Here is my race report from the Ken Woods Memorial Road Race last weekend. I had better results this time around, but still have a lot of … Read more
The THK is a road race in Avon, Minnesota. At a glance Location Avon, Minnesota Discipline Road race When Spring 2017 Results Steve 19th place Well… I decided I would like to try road racing again. Not that I was ever into road racing seriously in the past, but I did try a few road races … Read more
The Cuyuna Whiteout is a winter fat bike race at Cuyuna, Minnesota — a single-lap, point-to-point format Steve rates as one of the most fun races he has done. At a glance Location Cuyuna, Minnesota Discipline Fat bike race Distance ~18 miles When Winter Format Point-to-point, single lap 2016 Results Steve 27th place I’ll start … Read more
The Red Wing Classic is a lap-format mountain bike race in Red Wing, Minnesota, run late in the season before the snow flies. At a glance Location Red Wing, Minnesota Discipline Mountain bike race When Fall Format Multi-lap 2014 Results Steve 7 laps, 3:36:20 I am a little late in getting this post out, but … Read more
Kyle and Reid raced USA Cycling Gravel Nationals in La Crescent, Minnesota in 2025 — their first USAC race. 74 miles, five big climbs, a mid-race crash that took them both down, and a finish for both. La Crescent hosts again in 2026.
On This Page Bikes Ridden Here Ride Notes Ride Videos Parking Map Trailforks Trail Map MTB Project Trail Map Strava Activity Bikes We’ve Ridden At Pine Valley Trails Cervelo ZHT-5 Niner Air 9 RDO Niner RKT 9 RDO Niner RIP 9 RDO Ride Notes Nice little trail system with some fun sections of trail that … Read more
On This Page Bikes Ridden Here Ride Notes Ride Videos Parking Map Trailforks Trail Map MTB Project Trail Map Strava Activity Bikes We’ve Ridden At Shakopee Trails Cervelo ZHT-5 Niner Air 9 RDO Niner RIP 9 RDO Trek Procaliber Ride Notes We’ve been down to Shakopee a few times. The kid’s have raced there for … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Jail Trail Mountain Bike Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden here for fun to check out the trails once before a race and also raced here a few times between the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series and MCA (Minnesota Cycling Association) High School races. It’s a lot of switchback packed … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Tioga Trails Ride Notes We’ve done some general riding here and also went up for the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series races as well. It’s a fun trail system with a mix of all types of trail. There is some old style general singletrack, nice and flow stuff, some … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Springvale County Park Trails Ride Notes We’ve been over here a few times and our shop actually paid for a couple of the bike racks at the park. According to the maps, it looks like there might have been some new trail added in 2024 that we haven’t … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Mission Creek Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden Mission Creek Specifically once and then passed through while riding the Duluth Traverse trail that passes through. They are fun trails to ride and you will do some climbing as well. There are lots of flow and berms and some jump … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden On The Duluth Traverse Ride Notes Steve has ridden the Duluth Traverse once from south to north. It’s a good ride. We keep saying we’re going to do an out and back on it one of these days. It’s a cool ride because you get this little sampling of … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Mount Kato Trails Ride Notes We’ve mostly ridden Mt Kato for the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series Races, but we’ve also been down there a few times just to ride. It’s a love hate kind of trail as it’s a ski hill and you have to climb a lot. … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Lake Rebecca Trails Ride Notes We’ve been here a couple times between a fun joy ride to check out the trails and then for the kid’s MCA races. It’s a fast singletrack ride, kind of similar to Elm Creek, but maybe not as many switchbacks. I enjoyed the … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Lebanon Hills and we should get back down there for a ride. It’s a fun place to ride and there is a great trailhead. Ride Videos We’ll grab some GoPro POV the next time we get there. Parking Map Trailforks Map … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Theo Wirth Trails Ride Notes We’ve been here a few times for both Cyclocross racing and Mountain Bike racing. Lynn and the boys have also been to Theo for some general riding to get tuned up for a their MCA race. Our experience is on the trails surrounding … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been awhile since riding these trails as well. Been there for a Minnesota Mountain Bike Series 4 hour race and also 1 other time to check out the trails. I suppose we need to stop back in again and ride. I remember the trails being kind of fun to … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been awhile, but we used to head down to Carver on occasion. I always remember it being the trail that felt like you were going downhill most of the time, even though it was a loop that finished where you started. It just seemed like the trail flowed so … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Hillside Trails Ride Notes We’ve only been over to Hillside Park in Elk River 1 time. It’s a short, but fun loop at about 6ish miles with the trail being packed into a fairly small area of land. They’ve done a nice job of packing as much trail … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Elm Creek Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden here many times over the years. It’s a nice continuous loop of around 11 miles with a lot of switchbacks and very few hills. The elevation changes are short enough that momentum carries you up most of them with a few … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Detroit Mountain Trails Ride Notes We usually get up to Detroit Mountain every year for the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series race. We enjoy the trails. They remind us of old school hand built mountain bike trails… Likely they are. The race course doesn’t seem to have much machine … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Maplelag Resort Trails Ride Notes We’ve only been up to Maplelag for the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series Races. I (Steve) haven’t actually ridden the trails myself, but Lynn, Kyle and Reid have all raced once or twice there. They say the trails are good with a mix of … Read more
On This Page Ride Notes It’s been a long time since riding here and think it’s only been a couple times. I remember the trails being a lot of fun to ride and seemed like mostly classic singletrack. I enjoyed the trails, but they’re a bit of a drive with all the other options we … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Bethal Mountain Bike Trails Ride Notes We ride here every once in awhile as it’s probably the closest trail to our house, although the opposite direction of the shop. It started off with only about 4 miles of trail and has grown over the last couple years and … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Cuyuna Mountain Bike Trails Ride Notes We’ve ridden up here multiple times. Plenty of day trips and a few camping trips. We’ve seen the Cuyuna trails grow since first riding them. We haven’t made it up there for joy riding the last couple years and only for the … Read more
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Sunfish Lake Trails Ride Notes Sunfish Lake is about 40 minutes from our shop and we’ve been down there a handful of times. It’s a fun trail that has a mix of fast flow trail, berms, various features and general singletrack. It’s a short loop, but a fun … Read more
The Cuyuna race is part of the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series — a multi-race summer series that runs at trail systems around the state from June through September. The Cuyuna stop is held at the Cuyuna Lakes trail system near Ironton, which is one of the best trail networks in the upper Midwest. The MN … Read more
The Tioga race is part of the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series and is held at the Tioga trail system near Barnum, Minnesota — a DNR trail network with a good mix of climbs and flow sections that makes for an interesting XC race course. It’s a smaller venue than Cuyuna but a solid race, and … Read more
The Frozen Forty is a winter fat bike race in Minnesota — 40-plus miles of all singletrack. As Steve put it, not many fat bike races are entirely singletrack, which makes this one pretty unique. At a glance Location Minnesota Discipline Fat bike race Distance 40+ miles, all singletrack When Winter (February) 2016 Results Steve … Read more
The Freezer Burn is a winter fat bike race in Minnesota. At a glance Location Minnesota Discipline Fat bike race When January 2017 Results Steve (15 mile) 13th in 1hr 34min The Freezer Burn Fat Bike Race was a small low key race that turned out to be a fun little event. The race fields … Read more
The Fat Vasa is a fat bike race held in Traverse City, Michigan in February on the VASA trail system. Multiple distances. I did the 18-mile option in 2020. fatvasa.com At a glance Location Minnesota Discipline Fat bike Distance ~18 miles When February Official site fatvasa.com 2020 Results Steve (18 mile) 16th in 1hr 16min … Read more
The DAMN — Day Across Minnesota — is a gravel ultra that crosses the state of Minnesota. It starts at midnight in Gary, South Dakota and finishes in Hager City, Wisconsin. The full double is 480 miles; there’s also a 240-mile option. About 95% gravel roads, very little pavement. The first 160-180 miles is fairly … Read more
At a glance Location Lutsen, Minnesota (Superior National Forest) Discipline Mountain bike race Distance 99 miles (39-mile option) When June Official site lutsen99er.com Results and Race Recaps 2017 · 2015 · 2014 2017 Results Best finish, but wet and cold race. Steve (99 mile) 42nd in 6hr 49min Bike setup Steve Bike: Felt Edict NINE … Read more
We have raced the Freedhem 76 Gravel race a few times now and the boys (Kyle and Reid) did their first 100 miler this year with the Freedhem 106. It’s a nice grassroots event that has a great turnout. I feel like it has become one of the top gravel events in Minnesota.
On This Page Bikes We’ve Ridden At Bertram Trails Ride Notes We had a chance to get over to Bertram Mountain Bike Trails a couple times this past spring. The first time was by myself (Steve) and then the next weekend Lynn and I went. It’s kind of similar to Elm Creek in a way … Read more
Redhead Mountain Bike Trails in Chisholm, Minnesota are a really fun place to ride and race mountain bikes. The trails include beginner to advanced trails with everything in between. It is also one of our favorite trails to race in the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series.
The Mt Kato Mountain Bike Race is a bit of a love & hate thing… Each lap you climb the full front side and the full back side of the ski hill, along with mid lap going about half way down and back to the top again. It’s a hard course and the reward sections are short, but there is something about it that has us coming back most years. If you like climbing, this is your XC race.
Ki Chi Saga Mountain Bike Trails were brand new trails added to Ki Chi Saga County Park in Lindstrom, Minnesota in the spring of 2024. It’s a short trail system with very little elevation change, outside its rolling flow. It’s flowy with some table top and jump lines.
Pincushion Mountain Bike Trails are in Grand Marais, Minnesota along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Jackpot and High Climber Mountain Bike Trails are a must do ride if you are into singletrack mountain biking in Minnesota. It’s a fantastic ride with lots of flow, rock crossings and great north shore atmosphere.
The Detroit Lakes Mountain Bike Race is a bit of a drive for us, but we enjoy the venue and the Detroit Mountain trails. I wish more people would make the trip up for it as it’s a great venue for the race
We really like the Redhead mountain bike race course. The race loop has some tough climbs, fast descents and some techy singletrack. The race venue itself is also really good with plenty of parking and a nice infield area.
The Gamehaven Mountain Bike Race is part of the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series and is held at the Scout Camp on the Gamehaven Reservoir trail in Rochester, MN. It’s a nice course for racing with opportunity to pass and a variety of singletrack.