Riding Sedona
North Star Mountain Bike Guides (NSMtb) enjoyed the company of five adventurous riders for four days of guided riding on the scenic...
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Byron Adams
- Mar 10, 2019
- 6 min
Lemons to Lemonade
No doubt you’ve heard the old saying when life hands you lemons you make lemonade. The weather provided us with a big bag of lemons on...
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Byron Adams
- Jun 24, 2018
- 4 min
Cuyuna - Shredding the Red & Yoga
Kudos to the eight intrepid riders and aspiring yogis who joined us to ride the red dirt trails at of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation...
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Byron Adams
- Apr 11, 2018
- 6 min
Sedona Singletrack
After a winter off from mountain biking and attempting to maintain some semblance of fitness through visits to the climbing gym and the...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Nov 7, 2017
- 3 min
Giving Back
I love where my bike takes me, from the red rocks of Moab to mountain tops in Canada, it is a way for me to see the world, meet new...
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Byron Adams
- Jun 23, 2017
- 2 min
Why Take a MTB Clinic and What Will It Do to Help Your Riding
If you have not taken a mountain bike clinic before or received any formal coaching, you’re probably not alone. One of the reasons many...
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Byron Adams
- Apr 30, 2017
- 4 min
The OZ Trails
The first week of April Tara, Oscar and I drove 10 hours due south to northwestern Arkansas to mountain bike on the hilly, single track...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Mar 24, 2017
- 2 min
Why I Love DIY
I’m kinesthetic, I learn by doing. I want to figure out for myself how something works and only open instruction manuals after something...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
I Don't Fat Bike
As someone who can be creature of habit, I need variety in my life. In the winter months I run, I ski, I hike, I snowboard, and I lift...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Nov 21, 2016
- 2 min
Embrace the Night
Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas The daylight hours have dwindled and...
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Byron Adams
- Oct 17, 2016
- 2 min
A Weekend in the Northland
Last week we headed north to Duluth and Cuyuna for some guiding and riding. It was a lovely fall weekend with peak color changes for many...
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Byron Adams
- Sep 25, 2016
- 1 min
Announcing Fall Clinics
We're excited to announce fall Intro to Mountain Biking Clinics at Carver Lake Park in Woodbury. We will be offering two dates to choose...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Sep 14, 2016
- 3 min
Tara's Big Red Pack
I wear red 10L Evoc FR Lite pack on the trail and get asked all the time, “What do you have in that pack?” My response, “Everything.”...
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Byron Adams
- Sep 5, 2016
- 4 min
Riding Steamboat Springs
A few weeks have passed since our last post, travels, coaching and work have kept us busy. In mid-August we headed out to Steamboat...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Aug 10, 2016
- 2 min
Practice Makes Better
Each winter as a I tire of single digit temps and begin to daydream of hero dirt, I begin to set my riding goals for the year. Last...
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Byron Adams
- Aug 2, 2016
- 2 min
Single Track Notes
Since our last post, Tara and I finished teaching a beginner and intermediate men's mountain bike clinic at Buck Hill, called Macho...
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Tara Reddinger-Adams
- Jul 25, 2016
- 2 min
Gaining Coaching Skills
After obtaining our IMBA ICP Level I and PMBI Level I certifications, we knew we had to continue to teach others in order to keep what we...
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