I have gotten my hands on a poster a couple of days ago(thanks Fitzy) about festival coming up on July 11th, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Now for those of you that don’t know a group of us local guys and gals went down to Rapid City in May to the Fat [...]

This coming Saturday the 16th at 10:00am there is going to be a group ride that is a must do. It is called the Tour DE Barry’s and it will tour the singletrack trails in the Bismarck/Mandan.
This group will meet at Barry’s Bikes at 10:00am. From here we will ride to [...]

2008 is in the books for another 12 hour Race to Sunset, and what a race it turned out to be! The final rider tally with dropouts and some additions turned out at a record 101 riders. The weather for most part of the day was good to go with only the afternoon [...]

The Race to Sunset is right around the corner and I have a few things to report on it. There will be 104 riders competing, or like myself surviving, the race this year that almost doubles last year’s numbers. For those of you that were there last year know the parking lot was [...]

Location: Bismarck, ND
Trail head coordinates:
Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced
Trail Type: Loop
Length: 3.5 miles, option to shorten by .75 miles with shortcut

Description:
The trail is located on the east side of Bismarck, ND, in Sleepy Hollow park, hence the name. This trail loops through the park, using up most of the real estate of the park [...]

This trail consists of 15 miles of singletrack in pasture surrounding the Adventist Academy north of Bismarck, ND. To get there go north on highway 1804 until you see the Adventist Academy, keeping going about another half mile past the sign until you see a group of trees to the right side of the [...]

The idea turned into a plan, the plan turned into a time and place, and from there a tradition may have be born. The first ride consisted of eight riders, four stops, eleven miles, a few traffic laws broken, a whole lot of fun, and not getting home on till way to late. We thought [...]

We came, we raced, and we did better than any of us thought we would. The race to sunset is a 12-hour endurance relay race, which starts at 8:30 and goes for twelve hours, unless like us you are racing the sport class then you do six hours. The race its [...]

The Ice Caves are actually about 1/2 miles east of the Maah Daah Hey, but they are well worth the detour. This is the second time I have been there and the first time for Jodi. This year we found and even bigger cave that we were able to stand upright in and actually walk [...]

This trail is in the area to the West of the Mandan Community Center. Fairly easy to find since it is well ridden also. This is a fun trail, not overly technical but good for a work out.
12-hour Race to Sunset held here annually.
Mandan Park District Community Center
901 Division St NW, Mandan, ND
(701) 667-3260
Parking area [...]