Category: Mountain Biking

Did my first mountain biking at Gooseberry Mesa in Southern Utah.  What an incredible place. There are miles of trails which are right on the edge of the plateau.  Incredible riding and incredible scenery.

Here’s some drone follow footage. Be sure to watch at full 4K if possible.

After attending the Pac-12 Championship game I did some mountain biking west of Las Vegas.  Never done any riding in Nevada before. It was quite interesting.  I made a new friend who showed me around and we did almost 20 miles of trails.

The ride started in the Blue Diamond area, which is a neat spot.

Flew my racing drone and captured some very cool mountain bike jumping footage at Corner Canyon.

I’ve been riding my mountain bike regularly and seriously for over a year on real mountain bike trails. I had been riding an old bike for many years prior, but just on a flat, paved trail.  After a year of some hard riding my rear break was worn out.  It was nearly down to the metal.  In the spring around here in Northern Utah, bike shop services are booked out weeks in advance.  So I decided I’d take a shot at replacing my own break pads.  How hard could it be?

Not hard at all.

After watching a couple of YouTube videos related to my brand and model of breaks, I ordered some replacement pads on amazon and did them myself. It was super easy.

I had to take the break mechanism off by unscrewing two large hex bolts.  Then a smaller hex bolt released the pads.

Being careful not to touch the pads with my fingers and transfer harmful skin oils and dirt to the pads, I replaced them with the new ones.

Once on I loosely put the two larger hex bolts on and lined up the mechanism with the break disc so it wasn’t rubbing and the wheel could spin freely.  Once I found that spot I tightened them them down.

Done.

Here’s one of the videos I used as a reference below.  This is a Tektro video.  Tektro is the brand my bike currently has.

Rode a new trail this morning, the East Mountain Wilderness Park section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

Overall it’s quite an easy trail, but there were a couple of very rocky steep sections where I had to get off and walk my bike up.

The scenery was nice and there was a lot of shade which helped.  It’s still quite hot, nearing 100 today again.

Would I ride this trail again?  Probably not, unless I’m riding it to access some other trails nearby. It’s about a 45 minute drive and I can find more fun and challenging trails a few minutes from the house.  I wanted to check out something new though, and it was nice to get an idea of something up in Davis County, Utah.