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Bentonville - Mountain Bike October 7-10, 2026

	Lane Fire Starter. This is their green beginner trail...but since it's yet another fully-paved trail, I thought it was super fun. Or maybe I was just tired of all the rocks at this point in the trip. :) #1257Oct 13th, 2026 3:01 PM

Lane This is Bentonville's lift-assisted bike park, which I think is a pretty recent addition. They only have one lift, but it's still pretty impressive how much good stuff they've crammed into a relatively small area. #1256Oct 13th, 2026 2:59 PM

	Lane The pic makes it look like nothing. It seems like the pics ALWAYS make it look like nothing. :( #1255Oct 12th, 2026 5:48 PM

Lane I went back and forth about doing this fairly benign balance feature. It's really not hard, but it JUST high and skinny enough that it could be high consequence if you went off at a bad time. I actually was able to do it, then decided to video it...and then NEARLY went off the first half. Doh! You can kind of see it in the video. #1254Oct 12th, 2026 5:47 PM

	Lane More of Sally. #1253Oct 12th, 2026 5:45 PM

Lane Sally. This whole southern area of Blowing Springs had a lot of cool under-a-cliff style trail. #1252Oct 12th, 2026 5:45 PM

	Lane Smuggler's Run. Some cool wooden bridge things you ride down. #1251Oct 12th, 2026 5:44 PM

Lane Ace of Spades. Another all-paved trail. Fun! #1250Oct 12th, 2026 5:43 PM

	Lane This trail is called Mad Hatter, and it looked super fun. It was closed this day for some reason, though. :( #1249Oct 12th, 2026 5:36 PM

Lane The Blowing Springs area was more remote, and had some cool features. #1248Oct 12th, 2026 5:36 PM

	Lane This was way too much stuff going on for my taste. The bottom lever is the dropper post, fine. But the upper two levers control locking out of the suspension, apparently. Not a bad idea in theory, but they kept interfering with the dropper operation. Plus in a place w/o big climbs, like Bentonville, it was mostly pointless. #1247Oct 12th, 2026 5:34 PM

Lane At first I tried to put the bike in backwards like I did in Asheville, but it would not fit w/o the front wheel sticking out too far. I was about to take off the front weel when I decided to try to put it in forwards. And viola, it fit. It was still a pain getting in and out though. #1246Oct 12th, 2026 5:32 PM

	Lane They rented me a Dodge Durango. I was hoping it would have a hitch so I could maybe use a hitch-mounted bike rack. But...of course it didn't. #1245Oct 12th, 2026 5:30 PM

Lane Hard to read, but the sign says COLER. #1244Oct 12th, 2026 5:27 PM

	Lane This was the only drone video I took the whole trip. The way this video ends explains why I didn't bother trying to take more. :) I DO like this perspective better than the chest mount GoPro footage though. Someday they'll have a drone that can truly do it all. #1243Oct 12th, 2026 5:26 PM

Lane I just wanted to see what it looked like on approach. :) #1242Oct 12th, 2026 5:24 PM

	Lane This feature is known as Drop the Hammer. I did not drop the hammer. :) #1241Oct 12th, 2026 5:24 PM

Lane Fire Line. This one was loooong. My quads were feeling it by the end. #1240Oct 12th, 2026 5:19 PM

	Lane This was the hub at the northern end of Coler where the popular Fireline trail, as well as several others, start. #1239Oct 12th, 2026 5:18 PM

Lane Family Flow. I actually really liked this trail, maybe my favorite at Coler. The jumps didn't have the flat tables that I tended to land flat on, more my style. :) #1238Oct 12th, 2026 4:36 PM

	Lane Thunder Dome. This was one of the more highly rated trails at the southern end of the Coler Preserve area. #1237Oct 12th, 2026 4:32 PM

Lane Leopoard's Loop. This is another all-paved flowy trail. I read that this one has embedded glow-in-the-dark pebbles in it, but I did not experience it in the dark to confirm. Sounded cool though. #1236Oct 12th, 2026 4:31 PM

	Lane The Masterpiece. This might be THE most famous feature of the Bentonville trails. It really showcases the lengths they went to to create unique trails right in town. This one is basically all man-made using stone and metal. I wish I had busted out the Neo for this trail rather than the chest-mounted GoPro video. Oh well. #1235Oct 12th, 2026 4:29 PM

Lane Wildfire #1234Oct 12th, 2026 4:26 PM

	Lane Why build a regular old hub when you can build a CASTLE with knights in...rusty armor, and bike wheel shields? Thanks Walmart! #1233Oct 12th, 2026 4:24 PM

Lane View of The Castle hub as I first approached it. This was also the fanciest "hub" area I've ever been to. Super cool. #1232Oct 12th, 2026 4:19 PM

	Lane You can see all the different drop heights. Oops looks like there are 7, not 8. #1231Oct 12th, 2026 4:17 PM

Lane This was probably the fanciest skills park I've been to. They had 8 levels of drops you could practice on, and several jump lines of progressing difficulty and height. Pretty nice! #1230Oct 12th, 2026 4:16 PM

	Lane I wanted to do this trail...because of course I did. (Berm Peak). But it had a kind of intimidating drop, not done justice by this pic, to start off. I REALLY did not want to get injured or damage the bike on this trip...so it was a no go. Looks fun though. :) #1229Oct 12th, 2026 4:15 PM

Lane This was the bike I rented. A Scott Carbon Genius something or other. At first I thought they'd rented me an ebike 'cause the frame is kind of fat. But nope, it's a regular bike. It DID have electronic shifting which I had a hard time getting used to, and some weird rear-shock lockout levers above the dropper post lever. Overall was a good bike. #1228Oct 12th, 2026 3:58 PM

	Lane This is kind of where it all begins. All American starts at the very southern end up the Slaughter Pen area, near the center of town. There is also a paved path that more or less parallels it called the Razorback Greenway. They are kind of like the spine of the trail system running the entire length north-south. #1227Oct 12th, 2026 2:13 PM

Lane I believe this one is called Medieval, from the top of the Castle Hub. #1226Oct 12th, 2026 11:00 AM

	Lane I'm pretty sure this one is called Cry Baby. #1225Oct 12th, 2026 10:55 AM

Lane This trail is called Choo Choo, one of several all paved trails I did. I didn't state the name of the first few trails I videoed, so I am putting the name in the comments before I forget. :) #1224Oct 12th, 2026 10:53 AM

Spinal Tap May 16, 2026

	Lane Andy borrowed Dave's orange vest and was rocking the "construction worker" look for part of the ride. :) #1223May 18th, 2026 3:53 PM

Lane I like this shot a lot. This was actually from Andy's camera. It shows the "Spinal Tap" trailhead sign, shows us JUST embarking on the ride, the view, and some sweet clouds to boot. #1222May 18th, 2026 3:42 PM

	Lane Whoops, wrong people. :) #1221May 17th, 2026 12:51 PM

Lane The lower section had lots of techy drops. We were able to ride most, but a few were a little bit too dramatic, like this one. Too old to get injured! Off the bike we go. :) #1220May 17th, 2026 12:51 PM

	Lane A sort of "spine" that we rode across. This area of the trail I thought was reminiscent of Thunder Mountain down by Bryce. #1219May 17th, 2026 12:49 PM

Lane Not sure what happened to the bottom left corner of this picture. #1218May 17th, 2026 12:48 PM

	Lane As we descended it started to get more deserty and red rocky. There was threat of rain throughout the ride, but fortunately we experienced hardly a drop. #1217May 17th, 2026 12:47 PM

Lane I think we saw dirt of every color in the rainbow this day. I really liked the contrast of the red dirt with the green plants for a lot of the ride. #1216May 17th, 2026 12:46 PM

	Lane Lots of nice views to the east down in the valley where Richfield is. #1215May 17th, 2026 12:45 PM

Lane The trail started out nice and flowy with lots of little jumps and drops...and the best part, virtually no switchbacks! I loved that. #1214May 17th, 2026 12:44 PM

	Lane I don't know what the top is like other times of the year, but this day (mid-May) it was supper green and pretty, with lots of nice yellow and purple wildflowers. #1213May 17th, 2026 12:43 PM

Lane The actual Spinal Tap trailhead. Not sure what's going on with Dave in this shot. :) #1212May 17th, 2026 12:42 PM

	Lane It was a bit chilly on top so we donned our jackets. Luckily the unloading process was pretty efficient, so we were soon on our way. #1211May 17th, 2026 12:41 PM

Lane It was about an hour-long ride to the top. Very bumpy road and tight quarters...and the van didn't exactly have the best air circulation, so it was a pretty stuffy ride. Still worth it though! #1210May 17th, 2026 12:38 PM

	Lane We hired a shuttle placed called Ride Richfield to take us up. This was the van we piled into...eleven riders and eleven bikes on the roof. The rack they used was pretty ingenious. #1209May 17th, 2026 12:36 PM

Kalalau Trail / Hanakapi'ai Falls June 4, 2024

	Lane I like this shot...it nicely captures in one still what the hike up to the waterfall was all about. #1208Dec 16th, 2024 1:26 PM

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