One of the most disheartening things I’ve seen over the last few years is the popularity of wide handlebars. Almost every rider I see is on bars in the 800 mm range, with few if any using bars in the 700-725 mm range. This is a result of the infamous “elbows out” advice that was born in the days of super...

You hear a lot of people talk about “flow” and trying to find it on the bike, but what does it really mean? And is it possible to be able to control it to some degree, being able to enter it when you want? As far as what “flow” is, it can be hard to describe. You know it when you see it or experience it but...

I hope your having a great Memorial Day weekend filled with riding, friends and family. We’ve got epic conditions for riding here in Fruita with a wet spring packing the trails in and a wildflower super-bloom, plus my wife got a new bike so I’ve been enjoying my long weekend. I also wanted to let you know...

One of my proudest achievements as a rider was hitting the 40 foot gap jump we had up at The Ranch. It was on a slopestyle course we had built that was part of the FMBR tour for a couple of years and it was the centerpiece of a lot of airtime. The reason I was pretty proud of myself the first time I saw it I...

This week I’ve got a new podcast to share with you. Instead of a single topic, I had a few random things that wouldn’t make for a whole episode alone so I put them together into this BikeJames Podcast. In this episode I cover… Knee Stomp vs. Hip Stomp: Why “stomp your feet” can be a bad coaching...

May is a lot of fun here in the Grand Valley. While every month is great to be a rider around here, to help kick off the riding season this month is the official Grand Valley Bike Month. We just wrapped up the Fruita Fat Tire Festival, which is always a lot of fun, and later this month we also have the Grand...