[grantheppes]

Just wanted start a thread for people to post their favorite city with great mountain trail systems within biking distance.

Getting out of college soon, where to live, where to live?

Example: I live in downtown Richmond, Virginia and I can hop on my bike and in less than 10 minutes be at a bunch of trailheads.

 

[sean salach]

anchorage, alaska. probably hundreds of miles of singletrack within city limits, accessible by paved bike paths that wind their way all around the city. one of the best cycling infrastructures i've seen.

 

[zeeduv]

I hear through the grapevine that Pittsburg is a great place to live for mtbers. There are about 10 spots offering over130 miles of singletrack within 15 minutes of the city. Other than that, the city is for **** (I'm from Cleveland)

 

[AZ XC]

Phoenix--T100, Hawes, South Mountain, McDowell Mtns, BCT etc all with in 30 mins of downtown.

Lived here my whole life and still have yet to ride even half of what's available.

 

[alm80]

St Louis
Low cost of living, and plenty of trails within 30min. of downtown with more every year.

www.gorc.com

 

[u2metoo]

Maricopa County (Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale etc) has numerous trail systems, and if you tried really, really, really hard, it could be feasibly possible not to live near an amazing set of trails.

The valley is surrounded by ranges, and just about every one of 'em (prolly not Camelback) have trails.

 

[jeffw-13]

I hear through the grapevine that Pittsburgh is a great place to live for mtbers. There are about 10 spots offering over130 miles of singletrack within 15 minutes of the city. Other than that, the city is for **** (I'm from Cleveland)

:thumbsup: Planning to move there within the next six months. Let's go Pens!

 

[btadlock]

Metro Denver Colorado

Jefferson County Open Space parks and trails abound, and it is Colorado after all.

 

[grantheppes]

Awesome, so glad that in the few hours so many responses. It's cool to here all sorts of areas across the country that have great mtbing.

 

[ericfoltz]

Just a sampling of places I've ridden and been impressed with the quality of the riding:

Bend, Oregon - Great trails you can ride from town.

Phoenix, Arizona - Lots of riding right near town.

Prescott, Arizona - Town is surrounded by trails including a 60-miler that circles town.

Sedona, Arizona - Trails all over the place.

Flagstaff, Arizona - Great trails close by.

Moab, Utah - I'm sure you've heard of it.

Fruita, Colorado - The new Moab.

Los Angeles, CA - Santa Monica Mtns, San Gabriel Mtns, San Bernadino Mtns.

South Orange County, CA - Hundreds of miles of trails including the Santa Ana Mtns.

Ocala, Florida - Santos Trails

Madison, Wisconsin - Lots of trails. Kettle-Moraine, Levi-Mound, etc...

Asheville, NC - Close to Tsali and other NF trails.

Honorable Mention: Baltimore MD, Philadelphia PA, Austin TX, Gallup NM, and great trails in Missouri and Arkansaw.

 

[Ouroboros]

San Francisco's trails are suprisingly good and getting better with bigger bike/trail maintenence groups spreading awarness. There's more open space here than you would think and you can get to other parts of the Bay Area to ride fairly easily by bike, train, ferry, etc. Rent here sucks though, unless you're geared towards some sort of IT job. Or you don't mind living out in the burbs...

 

[Bikinfoolferlife]

San Francisco Bay Area has pretty good riding, too.
Others not mentioned that come to mind:
Redding, CA
Oakridge, OR
Santa Cruz, CA
Crested Butte, CO
Salida, CO
Durango, CO
Ketchum/Sun Valley, ID

 

[helenarider]

Helena, Mt. Miles of trails that start pretty much in town!

 

[4SEVEN3]

Greensboro, NC. We have some excellent trails here, only a hour or so drive from Pisgah and a few hours from Tsali. The bike club here is awesome about building/maintaining trails and has a good rapport with the Parks&Rec division of the city.

 

[The Yetti]

Colorado Spirngs aint to shabby... Palmer Park in the middle, Ute Park, red rocks, Cheyenne Mtn on the outskirts, all of the other trails alll around the city...

 

[Fischman]

Concur with C-Springs

Helena, Montana also fits the bill quite well with Mt Helena, the Mt Helena Ridge, Rodney Ridge and Mt Ascension and the Scratchgravel Hills all adjacent to town. It's the only place I've been that rivals the Springs for top quality singletrack in town.

 

[emtnate]

Bloomington, IN, home of Indiana University. 100s of miles of singletrack winding through brown county.

 

[LMN]

Kamloops BC.

A couple of 100kms of single track a 2 minutes road ride from my door.

 

[davir]

livin on Tulsa time

60 miles of paved path 20 or so of single track and technical as well at turkey mountain, all connected + 6 or so at keystone 15 miles away. layed back and friendly Okie attitude. All with in site of town, nearly year round riding and Arkansas just a few hours away, It works for me

 

[retro-newb]

St Louis
Low cost of living, and plenty of trails within 30min. of downtown with more every year.

www.gorc.com

yup and within 1-2 hours berryman,council bluffs has a great trail system...not to mention 600 miles of the great ozark trail :thumbsup: