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How to Pack Minimally for a Mountain Bike Trip

March 9, 2019

So you’re itch­ing for your next moun­tain bike adven­ture, but you’re dread­ing the inevitable schlep­ping of bags and gear across air­ports, up count­less flights of stairs and into hotel rooms. It doesn’t have to be that way. Believe me, I used to be a chron­ic over­pack­er — throw­ing every­thing I…

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Destinations

A Day on a British Columbia Mountain Bike Tour

August 7, 2019

Peo­ple are often ask­ing us,  “What’s it like to go on a Sacred Rides trip?” It’s a dif­fi­cult ques­tion to answer because we can nev­er find just the right words to describe the expe­ri­ence and do it jus­tice. So let’s just show you, instead. Scroll to the bot­tom of this post…

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Destinations

Mountain Biking in Spain: 5 Reasons to Ride the Camino de Santiago

July 20, 2019

The Camino de San­ti­a­go is a net­work of ancient pil­grim routes that stretch across Europe and lead to the reput­ed bur­ial grounds of the apos­tle Saint James. Dis­cov­ered in the 9th cen­tu­ry and locat­ed in the great San­ti­a­go de Com­postela cathe­dral in north­west­ern Spain, Saint James’s tomb has been visited…

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Photo Journal: Mountain Biking Washington

July 2, 2019

n June 2019, we offered a spe­cial 7‑day sin­gle­track moun­tain bike ride in beau­ti­ful Wash­ing­ton State. The ride explored ancient Pacif­ic North­west rain­forests and the beau­ti­ful Cas­cade moun­tain range. Home to giant Dou­glas firs, Orca whales, bald eagles, wild white-water rivers, strong cof­fee, count­less IPA’s and unbe­liev­able moun­tain biking -…

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For Women

Changing the Narrative: More Women on Bikes

May 5, 2019

Words by Char­lotte Bat­ty, IMBA Cana­da Board of Direc­tors  and Owner/Mountain Bike Instruc­tor at Minii Adven­tures. The air is humid, the ground is mucky, and it’s a rel­a­tive­ly bland time of year before things start to sprout and the colour returns. How­ev­er, there has been a shift in the air. Spring has arrived.…

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Mountain Bike Tips

Yoga for Mountain Bikers: Tips and Poses

May 1, 2019

We recent­ly caught up with Sacred Rides guide Johan­na Wein­trager. Johan­na has a con­ta­gious smile and enthu­si­as­tic ener­gy, as well as an impres­sive and wide array of skills. She’s an inter­na­tion­al moun­tain bike guide, yoga instruc­tor, rock climber, sports nutri­tion con­sul­tant, for­mer XC and DH rac­er and is always eager…

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For Women

13 Quirks of Female Mountain Bikers

April 16, 2019

I’m hop­ing there are a few moun­tain bike ladies out there that can relate to the fol­low­ing thir­teen quirks. We’re an eclec­tic bunch of women who don’t mind mud on our face and bruis­es on our shins.    What oth­er quirks can you think of?  Let us know in the…

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Destinations

Photo Journal: Journey to Northern Thailand’s Sacred Treasures

April 16, 2019

Thai­land may be bet­ter known for its white sand beach­es and ornate tem­ples, but as we quick­ly dis­cov­ered on Sacred Rides’ lat­est 10-day tour, North­ern Thai­land hap­pens to be rid­dled with an exten­sive net­work of sin­gle­track and back­coun­try trails that snake their way through stun­ning nat­ur­al and man-made won­ders. In addition…

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Mountain Bike Tips

6 Reasons to Do a Multi-Day Mountain Bike Trip

March 21, 2019

Moun­tain bik­ing after work or hit­ting the trails on the week­end is a great way to decom­press, stay in shape and con­nect with your rid­ing pals, but every so often to tru­ly recharge your bat­ter­ies, you should think about plan­ning a mul­ti-day moun­tain bike trip. Get out of town, hit…

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5 Must-Ride Mountain Bike Trails in Seattle

March 26, 2019

Today’s guest post is from Asa at evo.   Whether you live in Seat­tle or you’re mak­ing a pil­grim­age to the PNW’s lush forests and loamy brown pow dirt, the city’s sur­round­ing land­scapes are great for lovers of moun­tain bikes. Vast­ly under­rat­ed in terms of access to the great out­doors, Seattle’s geographic…

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