Biking News

On Bike to Work Day the city of Oregon launched a website dedicated to the Oregon bike trail. This new website gives the locations of trails, parking, restrooms, bike rental locations, areas with refreshments, and locations of bike fix-it stations. The list also gives the exact mileage from one point to another. You can check out the Oregon Trail website here.

A new single track mountain biking trail opened on May 7th at Oak Openings Preserve, this trail features some technical skill tests like a curved ladder plank bridge, obstacle bumps, and a teeter-totter bridge. Read the full  Toledo Blade article here.

Wednesday, the Lucas County Commissioner approved projects to expand the University Parks and Chessie Circle Trails, taking another step towards the Toledo Metroparks' vision of having bike trails connecting the parklands. Check out The Blade's article to learn more.

*1/31 Update- Over 50 bikers rode in the new year with a race in Providence park in Grand Rapids, Ohio. This race consisted of many different divisions, including a fat-tire bike division! Check out this article to read more about the race!

Fat-tire bikes are getting more popular, especially for winter riding. Check out this article from MLive on the increasing number of fat-tire bike trails in Michigan.

The Metroparks of the Toledo Area is building 11 miles of singletrack for mountain biking at Oak Openings! Read the article in The Blade (click on arrow on photo to see the map). Metroparks is looking for volunteers to help build the trail.