Welcome to our humble off-road page.

The resources here are mostly local in nature. For a list of sites that have a more global focus, have a click at this. The Wisconsin and Regional sections of the Midwest Sites page also have a healthy peppering of pages with either a focus on off-road riding or at least a decent amount of off-road content.

Consider joining the National Mountain Bike patrol.

IMBA's National Mountain Bike Patrol (NMBP) program organizes and supports volunteer bike patrols throughout the United States and around the world. Patrollers provide assistance to hikers, equestrians, and especially mountain bikers. They give information, provide directions, help with minor repairs, and provide first aid. IMBA assists in forming new patrol groups, certifies individual patrollers, and helps to provide equipment and medical supplies

Off-Road Calendar

Mostly events in the Midwest, but also including some really major events further afield. All of the entries also appear in the comprehensive list of events.
If you find this calendar empty, feel free to SUBMIT your contributions.

Mont Sainte-Anne

Renowned as the Mecca of mountain biking, Mont-Sainte-Anne features the most spectacular mountain bike network in eastern Canada. Our 200 kilometers and 14 downhill runs are awaiting you. The Mont-Saint-Anne was host of Mountain Bike World Cup events:downhill, dual and cross-country.

[Added: November 11, 2001. ]

BikeBlast

A web site dedicated to mountain biking in Minnesota and thereabouts. They run an email update list.

Blue Mound State Park

WORBA and volunteers from the mountain bike community have opened 3 miles of singletrack at Blue Mound State Park, on top of the 4-5 miles of doubletrack available for you to ride. This is the first bike trail designed and built by bikers for bikers in a Wisconsin State Park, and while there is a "beginner" segment, please note that this trail was designed by people with full-suspension bikes, so it isn't completely "easy".

Levis Trow Mound Trail

Steve Meurett contributed this article about this multi-use trail in Neillsville's Clark County Forest.

Sierra Club Draft MTB Policy

The draft of January 21, 1996; the comment period ended on March 10, 1996. We're looking for a more current copy.

WDNR - Trails

A listing of mountain bike trails under the ownership of the Wisconsin DNR.

Wisconsin

[Added: February, 2002. ]

Wisconsin State Parks, Forests, and Trails Off-Road Bicycle Trail Guide

From the Wisconsin DNR, a guide to the State lands where you can legally ride your off-road bike, plus information on the often required trail pass. This one is getting a tad stale.

Conflicts On Multiple-Use Trails: Synthesis of the Literature and State of the Practice

Hypertext version of this report from the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Clearinghouse. Served from Jim's Mountain Biking Page, which also hosts The Dictionary of Mountain Bike Slang and a bunch of other useful and topical material.

Study finds hikers and bikers don't mix

More on the work of Al Bjorkman, this time in the form of an AP wire story reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, in which the results of his study of mountain biking in Kettle Moraine State Park are discussed.

Report on the February, 1995 WORBA Meeting

Al Bjorkman, a graduate student at UW-Madison talked at this meeting about his on-going research studying mountain biking at the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest.

Wisconsin Off-Road Series

Information on this statewide race series.

Local Off-Road Locations

Slender pickings, but perhaps plumper than at last browse?

IMBA Rules of the Trail (January 24, 1995)

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