Jeff co-founded Singletracks with his wife Leah in 1998 and has been dedicated to sharing the mountain bike information that inspires others to take epic adventures ever since. He started mountain biking in high school and served in the US Air Force before devoting himself full time to Singletracks in 2007.
Though formally educated as an engineer, Jeff began writing stories at an early stage, inspired by his mother who is a longtime accomplished author. He enjoys covering the world of mountain biking from every possible angle, whether it's trails or gear or skills. His goal for every story: that readers learn at least one new thing.
Author snapshot
MTB Background and expertise
- Riding experience: Trail, XC, and bikepacking.
- Mountain biking since: 1992
- Number of products reviewed: ?. I think my first product review for the site was this one for a plastic wallet.
- Current stable: Canyon Neuron, Orange P7 hardtail, and Scott Fun XC
Education and writing experience
- Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Duke University
- Masters of Business Administration, Duke University
- Other publications: Panther Press (Lakeside High School - Augusta, GA), CitySearch.com
Nope, this isn't about Ray's MTB Indoor Park in Cleveland - it's the Red Bull Ride the Sky 2007 from St. Paul, MN. If you haven't heard St. Paul has this crazy…
Good chance for Oregon mountain bikers to advocate for some new and improved mountain bike trails in Silver Falls State Park. The park recently added about 350 acres and park managers are…
Ron Rash had a great piece in the Aspen Times a couple weeks ago about mountain bike performance anxiety. Really, Ron is talking about the mental part of mountain biking - you…
I had hoped to get off the trail access topic for today's post but it seems like it's the only mountain bike news getting any press lately. The New England Mountain Bike…
Let's be honest: Mountain bikes cause erosion - but then again, so do hikers, horses (big time), and certainly ATVs. Heck, even wild animals like deer are known to leave trails in…
If you're a GPS mountain biker and you use an Apple Computer, you've been left out in the cold by many of the popular GPS software programs. Fortunately Google Earth for Mac…
Hikers and equestrians offer a number of reasons for why mountain bikers shouldn't be allowed to use certain trails but perhaps their most compelling arguments center around safety concerns. I'm sure most…
A little known feature of Google Earth is the ability to use custom map overalays. Several people have found ways to use topographic maps as Google Earth overlays and the Google Earth…
I have some good news and bad news to report regarding mountain bike trails - which do you want first? Bad news? Okay, let's get it out of the way. Hikers and…
I'm selling my beloved (and gently used) Garmin Edge 205 GPS on eBay and I'm throwing in a free 1-year full access singletracks membership to the winning bidder. If you've read my…
We finally sent our first email newsletter to singletracks members yesterday afternoon and the response has been great so far. To get the newsletter you need to have 1. signed up for…
Edward McIlvain posted a convincing column yesterday over at YourHub.com about riding on wet mountain bike trails in the Golden/Denver area. I'm certainly guilty of trying to get out too early after…
Learning to track stand on your mountain or road bike takes practice and it's tough for most people to hold steady for more than a few seconds. One rider in Oregon, however,…
If you're a regular reader of this blog you'll remember that just 2 weeks ago I posted a glowing review of the Garmin Edge 205. I was so smitten, in fact, that…
Poison Oak Productions has produced an excellent documentary called Singletrack MINDS that takes a look at trail access issues in Marin County, California, the birthplace of mountain biking. I had a chance…
The Glenwood Springs Post Independent had an interesting article (registration required) last week about high school students from Carbondale learning to build bike frames from master frame builder Koichi Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi has…
Editor's note: This review was first posted in August of 2005 on our sister blog at TripleBlaze.com and has been updated with mountain bike specific information. I purchased a Garmin Forerunner 201…
I was all set to write a thoughtful review of National Geographic's TOPO! software for mapping GPS data but after much frustration, I give up. Okay, I don't completely give up, but…
Seems like these days most mountain bike training focuses on improving physical endurance, but few take the time to teach technical skills. Most people are either just born athletes or they spend…
The Presidents of the USA song "Cleveland Rocks" was once just a sarcastic jab at the Forest City but it now looks like Cleveland may actually rock some midtown mountain bike trails…
For years mountain bike manufacturers have been sponsoring elite level riders as a way of promoting their brands. Everyone knows Lance rode a Trek so that makes Trek bikes cool. But does…
What has four mountain bike tires, disc brakes, no gears, and no pedals? Nope, it's not the pile of cannibalized bikes in your tool shed, it's the R-one 4x4 - the raddest…
Graham at Go Clipless posted recently about capturing flow in mountain bike photography and since I read his post I've been on the lookout for good examples, particularly in MTB videos. The…
If you haven't heard, there are some guys that are attempting to ride their mountain bikes from Alaska to the tip of South America and according to the blog they're down in…
It seems like there was something like this available before but apparently Shimano's "Coasting" technology is news worthy enough for CNET this week. The technology uses a computer chip to control automatic…
I came across a video preview of the Hans Rey Story on YouTube today and I have to say once again, Hans Rey is amazing. There are clips on there of his…
Over the past several years I've tried out a number of topographic software programs for mapping mountain bike trails and GPS data and they've all been seriously flawed in one way or…
The Colorado Spring Gazette had a great article two weeks ago about the South Shore mountain bike trails down in Pueblo, Colorado. The trails are being compared to Fruita and apparently alot…
The Stair Cycle is a bike you "pedal" by stepping up and down and based on the videos it looks fun as hell. There doesn't appear to be a mountain-specific version of…
"I don't care. Whatever you guys want to do.‚" Joey took off his helmet and ran his fingers through his long, curly hair. "If you guys want to go on, Joey and…
Well after a couple years of faithful service, my eTrex Vista GPS finally recorded its last waypoint. I called Garmin to see about a repair (out of warranty of course) and they…
I've ridden a few mountain bike trails over the years (129 trails over 13 years to be exact) and in that time I've formed an opinion or two about what makes a…
The US National Park Service is holding several forums around the country this month and listening to park users of all types (including mountain bikers). The meetings are designed to solicit public…
For most of us mountain bike trails just seem to exist. It's not that we're lazy or ungrateful, it's just that we don't put much thought into the sacrifices that are often…
Spring is in the air here this week and I've been having great luck mapping some of the local mountain bike trails with my GPS (Lake Crabtree, Harris Lake, and Southern Village…
Ah, the seductive powers of the mountain bike. In Sacramento a new program aims to use bicycling (I assume they mean mountain biking, cycling is still a pretty elite sport) to lure…
Mountain Bike Adrenaline looks like a sweet mountain biking video game for the PS2 but it appears to be offered only in France. The sample video clips on the site looks pretty…
In perhaps another example of mountain biking becoming the next golf, Paul Kedrosky writes "Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Mountain-biking." Paul makes some good points about looking where you…
Nice video compilation of mountain bike crashes on Google Video. Actually the vid is a little slow getting started but hold on - there's plenty of pain to keep you entertained.
To whom it may concern: My name is Jeff and I've been riding the same Trek 7000 mountain bike (hardtail) for the past 7 years. The bike has been everywhere as my…
I'm not sure why this is news but I guess things are a little different "Down Under." Apparently a mountain bike was spotted at the bottom of a gnarly cliff and no…
A review of the Garmin Edge 205 GPS.
A couple weeks ago I talked about our (sucky) mountain bike gear review pages on singletracks and now we've done something about it. The new mountain bike review pages are now online…
For some reason these mountain bike job posts always seem to come to me on Fridays -¬† which is too bad since most of us dream of these types of jobs on…
We haven't been officially blogging that long but we've been writing online mountain bike articles on singletracks for years (5 and a half years to be exact). Now you can find all…
When the Olympics come to town it usually means new athletic facilities and sometimes even new mountain bike trails (look at the Georgia International Horse Park trails - you too can ride…
The Fat Cyclist is organizing a raffle to help out Dave Nice, a rider in this year's Great Divide race, a 2,490 mile jaunt from Montana to New Mexico. Nice started the…
North Shore rider Ryan Leech is using his skills on the mountain bike to teach kids important life lessons through his 50-school "Trials of Life" tour this spring. The 28-year old rider…
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