5 mountain biking tips

Mountain biking has gained in popularity in recent years, especially here in the High Desert. It’s easy to understand why. There is a lot of natural beauty in the desert, along with easy access to trails, hills and yes, even mountains.

Bicyclist dead after being struck by Expedition

VICTORVILLE — Authorities said a crash left a bicyclist dead early Monday morning. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said reports of a traffic collision involving a Ford Expedition and a man on a bicycle on Mariposa Road and Talpa Street were first received at 2:30 a.m. Monday. The Expedition struck the man on the bicycle, who suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Riverwalk takes shape

• Funding for final design approved; 11 miles of bike infrastructure is part of a wider overhaul

Over $10k of merchandise stolen from local bicycle shop

Authorities: No suspect information or arrests

New festival celebrates the snow

Snowshoe Races and Fat Bike Rides Headline Inaugural Winter Festival Big Bear Lake, Calif. — El Niño is off to a great start this winter, bringing much needed snow to Southern California’s mountain region. The recent boost of snow has inspired organizers of Big Bear Cycling and Open Air Big Bear to produce the inaugural Big Bear Winter Festival, which features fat bike rides and snowshoe races on professionally groomed, snow-covered US Forest Service roads and single track trails. Big Bear Winter Festival is Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28 at Snow Summit Resort with two sporting events as the main attractions, Fat Bike Big Bear and Snowshoe Big Bear.

Bears bring bikes

VICTORVILLE — Bicycles of all sizes were given away to children Wednesday evening as the City of Victorville Parks and Recreation held their 12th annual bike giveaway at the High Desert Event Center.

Bike lanes project will boost streets

Five-year plan’s funding mechanism will help road rehabs

Report to the Apple Valley town council about the 2015 Victor Valley Bicycle Tour

Smitty Smith of the VVBT reports that they raised enough money to donate $12,000 to children’s bicycle safety in Apple Valley, Hesperia, and Victorville.

Victorville to cover shortfall for bike path link

Apple Valley-led project seen as critical connector in eventual network of bikeways

Long road to go

Yucca Loma Bridge nears completion but won’t be open to traffic until 2017

Coasting through the desert

By Matthew Cabe

Progress set for bike lanes

VICTORVILLE — Determined to add 46.1 miles of bikeways over the next five years, the City Council this week authorized spending $34,300 with an Ontario consultant to develop preliminary plans and cost estimates for several streets where bike lanes are planned.

Town of Apple Valley bike path plans

Adopted budget 2015.

2015 Victor Valley Bicycle Tour radio ad

Here’s the first radio ad for the Victor Valley Bicycle Tour. It should be airing soon on KZXY, KIXA, KIXW, and KATJ.

2015 Victor Valley Bicycle Tour update

Got a call today from a rider who lives outside our area, who had heard about the Victor Valley Bicycle Tour we have coming up on October 24. He had a couple questions, so I contacted one of the ride organizers to get the answers. Just in case these same questions have crossed your mind, here’s what I found.

Apple Valley bike lane plan

From the State of the Town address (Council member Curt Emick).

Digital Bicycle Route 66 now available

For years Adventure Cycling has offered maps to help cross-country cyclists. One of its offerings covered the famous Route 66. Often called “The Main Street of America,” made famous in popular songs, literature, television and movies, “Route 66,” became a reality in 1926 as a highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles. Locally, it runs through Barstow, Helendale, Victorville, and the Cajon Pass. Between Oatman, Arizona, and Los Angeles are some of the most isolated stretches and busiest urban stretches of Bicycle Route 66. The route ends at the Santa Monica pier on the Pacific Ocean.

Ride 2 Freedom passes through Victor Valley

The 3,000-mile Ride 2 Freedom from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. passed through the Victor Valley on Sunday morning.

Apple Valley plans huge new distribution center

The Town of Apple Valley is in negotiations with a major company (probably Big Lots) to build a 1.3 million square foot distribution center in north Apple Valley. The new distribution center would be south of the Victor Valley College Public Safety Campus and north of Altadena Street, with an entrance off of Navajo Road.

Apple Valley’s cycling-related projects under construction

From the Apple Valley Engineering department.